An Evening with Judd Apatow

Schedule

Thu Oct 30 2025 at 08:00 pm to 09:15 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

The Ann and Jerry Moss Theater--New Roads School | Santa Monica, CA

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Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:


Thursday, September 11, 2025, 8pm

*Virtual event airs on September 18 at 6pm PT/9pm ET


An Evening with Judd Apatow

discussing her memoir, "Comedy Nerd: A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and Pictures"


TICKETS:

  • $65 General Admission ticket + signed book
  • $85 Two General Admisison tickets + ONE signed book
  • Additional books with sigend book plates available for purchase at event
  • The virtual version of this event airs on November 6, 2025, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets include a sigend book
  • Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the signed book)
  • ASL interpreter provided upon request.
  • Free parking at the venue

An intimate, rollicking highly-visual memoir of a comedic genius that offers a rare glimpse into the creative life and inner workings of legendary director producer Judd Apatow through never-before-seen photos, letters and behind-the-scenes stories.

Judd Apatow wrote and directed the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (co-written with Steve Carell), Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40; he directed Trainwreck; and his producing credits include Superbad, Bridesmaids, and Anchorman. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Leslie Mann, and their two daughters, Maude and Iris.

“Judd Apatow has put together an amazing scrapbook of his life and career. The best part? There’s a lot of pictures. And the stuff that isn’t pictures? You don’t even have to look at! Now if you do read the words, you’ll be delighted. But again, personally, I didn’t. Apatowww! You the best!!!”—Adam Sandler

In the mid-eighties, a young, self-professed comedy nerd from Syosset, Long Island, named Judd Apatow took to the stage to perform his first standup routine—and survived. Over the coming decades, Apatow would translate his obsession for comedy into one of the most successful careers in Hollywood, through genre-defining films such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Bridesmaids, and This Is 40 and iconic series such as Girls and Freaks & Geeks. Through his solo work as well as his collaborations with fellow comedians Steve Carrell, Adam Sandler, Amy Schumer, and countless others, Apatow reshaped the landscape of American comedy.

In this revelatory scrapbook memoir, Apatow has pulled hundreds of personal photographs, letters, scripts, drafts, and paired them with never-before-told stories to create a unique-in-format, deeply-personal-in-tone account of a storied career. Spanning decades, Comedy Nerd takes us on Apatow’s lifelong journey of fandom, creativity, and obsession: from the exacting, relentless work that goes into cracking people up; surprising stories about our favorite comedians; and insights into how Apatow has managed to push the limits of his craft in an ever-evolving cultural landscape. It is a candid, joyful, and fascinating portrait of an artist and storyteller who has spent decades making us laugh.


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The Ann and Jerry Moss Theater--New Roads School, Herb Alpert Educational Village, Santa Monica, United States

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