Originally posted Saturday, August 25, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog
Amy Schumer returns to Atlanta for a stand-up date two years after her big show at Philips Arena.
The comic/actress has scaled back to the more compact Fox Theatre this go around September 29. (Philips is in the middle of renovations and will reopen in October.) Tickets go on sale Monday, August 27 at 10 a.m. here. The site does not have pricing yet but her earlier show in Nashville at a comparable-sized theater is priced between $29.50 and $150.
At the Philips show, Schumer was super diligent about folks not using smartphones during her show, having security staff watch the audience like hawks. But recent technology has made her life easier: she is now using the same magnetically locked Yondr pouches as Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle that allow folks to hold onto their phones but render them useless.
Her comedic film earlier this year about body image "I Feel Pretty" got largely negative reviews but pulled in okay domestic box office numbers, finishing with $48.8 million on a $32 million budget. She also got married earlier this year.
