St. Louis Natives Lavell Crawford and Joe Torry to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' on July 23

St. Louis Natives Lavell Crawford and Joe Torry to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' on July 23

'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' Airs on Starz Every Wednesday at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Comedians and St. Louis natives Lavell Crawford and Joe Torry will perform in the Starz original stand-up comedy series "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" on Wednesday, July 23 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

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Crawford's television credits include NBC's "Last Comic Standing," BET's "Comic View," Steve Harvey's "Big Time" and "Comedy Central Presents." Over the last 18 years, Crawford has performed in many clubs including The Improv, The Laugh Factory, Caroline's on Broadway, The Stardom and the Comedy House Theater. He accumulated multiple movie credits as a result of starring in movies including Baby's Mama Drama, Beverlyhood and Ghetto South Problems. Also, Crawford played the part of Bobby in the stage production Friends and Lovers and performed in the hit play Men Cry in the Dark. On top of all these appearances, Crawford was one of the finalists in the Comedy Central "Laugh Riots" stand-up competition and released his own comedy CD entitled "Takin' a Fat Break" in 2002.

Torry's television credits include HBO's "Def Comedy Jam" and NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brian" and has been seen in movies such as House Party, Poetic Justice and Getting Played. He graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communications/Broadcast Journalism from Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. In 2006, Torry was inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame at Lincoln University and the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame. In addition to those acknowledgments, Torry was inducted into the Comedy Hall of Fame in 2007.

"Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" is executive produced by one of America's most popular actor/comedians, Martin Lawrence. Now in its third season, the weekly series features 35 talented, explosive, and certainly not politically correct, comedians who take the spotlight to tell it like it is in their own hard-hitting style. Filmed before a live audience in Washington, D.C. at the historic Lincoln Theatre, the show is hosted by comedian Doug Williams who adds his own style of comedy. Spinning the music is celebrated entertainer and DJ Biz Markie. Featured St. Louis native comedians include Lavelle Crawford ("Last Comic Standing"), Carmen Barton ("LAFFAPALOOZA") and B Phlat ("Def Comedy Jam").

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 16.8 million and 31.4 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Encore HD, Starz On Demand, Encore On Demand, MoviePlex On Demand, Starz HD On Demand, Encore HD On Demand, MoviePlex HD On Demand, and Starz Play. Starz Entertainment (http://www.starz.com/) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and is attributed to Liberty Entertainment Group, a tracking stock group of Liberty Media Corporation.

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Rhiannon Hendrickson Chelsye J. Burrows
Starz Entertainment Starz Entertainment
720.852.5802 720.852.5838
rhiannon.hendrickson@starz.comchelsye.burrows@starz.com

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CONTACT: Rhiannon Hendrickson, +1-720-852-5802,
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