Sarah Silverman will return to HBO for a new comedy special, the network announced Thursday.
The standup special, which is set for a May launch date, will feature new material filmed in front of a live audience at the Wilbur Theater in Boston, Massachusetts. Silverman will serve as an executive producer.
The project is Silverman’s second comedy special for HBO, with her first hour-long project for the network, “Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles,” earning an additional Primetime Emmy nomination as well as Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. He received a Primetime Emmy for it. and a Writers Guild Award.
“We absolutely love working with Sarah,” Nina Rosenstein, HBO’s executive vice president of programming, said in a statement. “She truly is one of the all-time greats, and her new special is as smart, bold, and insanely fun as ever.”
Coming from JAX Media, Jonathan Krisel will direct the special, while Silverman, Amy Zwei, Jonathan Krisel, John Skidmore and Brooke Pausch will serve as executive producers.
Silverman said, “I love working with Nina at HBO.” “She’s a great support system and we rely on each other. She has lips, that one.
The comedian, actress, writer and producer is currently touring for her “Sarah Silverman: Grow Some Lips” tour and hosts “The Sarah Silverman Podcast,” which drops new episodes weekly. With HBO, the comedian also released a Netflix standup special, “A Speck of Dust,” which brought in two Emmy nominations and a Grammy nomination, and recently wrapped filming for Netflix’s “Maestro.”
Silverman previously hosted “The Daily Show,” hosted Hulu’s “I Love You, America” series and served as a voice actor on several animated series, including “Bob’s Burgers.” Additionally, Silverman’s off-Broadway musical adaptation of her 2010 memoir, titled “The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Peace”, is slated to sell out in 2022 with the Atlantic Theater Company.