Janelle James, Principal Ava Coleman on ABC's 'Abbott Elementary,' will release her first hour-long stand-up special, 'How Romantic,' on Netflix worldwide on Nov. 10, according to theGrio, citing Deadline. James wrote, performs and executive produces the special; Marcus Russell Price directs and Matt Schuler produces.
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A five-time Emmy nominee who spent more than a decade on the stand-up circuit is getting her own Netflix hour, a marker of how Black women comics are converting TV fame into owned projects.
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First reported by Deadline: theGrio
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