Bombastic Running on Empty Comedian Lewis Black Reveals His Surprising Theater Roots
Lewis Black is still a month away from bringing his comedic vitriol to the Broadway stage in his one-man show Running on Empty, but with the Democratic and Republican National Conventions topping recent headlines, the politically-inclined comedian still has plenty on his mind—a mind which, coincidentally enough, got its start in the theater. Black—who began writing plays in high school—revealed w…