Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, a new musical starring the Tony Award-winning funnyman, opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street) on Thursday, August 17, 2006; previews started Saturday, July 29.
Conceived by Short and Scott Wittman, Fame Becomes Me features a book by Short and Daniel Goldfarb (Modern Orthodox) and music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Wittman and Shaiman (Hairspray). Directed by Wittman, the show previously played Toronto's Canon Theatre and Chicago's LaSalle Bank Theatre.
"Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me features Short in a tour de force guiding us through an improbable version of his life story. Backed by a brilliant cast of top Broadway performers (who constantly steal focus from Mr. Short when he's not looking), Short's transparent play for love and attention asks the burning question, does an autobiography really have to be true?," state press notes. The show features Brooks Ashmanskas, Mary Birdsong, Capathia Jenkins and Nicole Parker playing a wide variety of different characters, both real and imagined, who figure into Short's parallel reality.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.martinshortthemusical.com.
Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
Sara Gettelfinger
Sara Gettelfinger
Andrea Martin
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
Chevy Chase
Bette Midler
Billy Crystal and wife
Daniel Goldfarb
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Alyson Tucker-Mitchell
Christine Ebersole
Craig Bierko
Chris Elliott
Eugene Levy
Chevy Chase and Family
Harry Smith
Graydon Carter
Jerry Seinfeld and wife
Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Mitchell
Jerry Mitchell
James Marsden
James Marsden
Kristen Johnston and Scott Wittman
Kristen Johnston
Larry David
Kathleen Marshall
Kathleen Marshall
Marc Shaiman
Matthew Morrison
Matthew Morrison
Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker
Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker
The show's marquee at the Jacobs Theatre
Nathan Lane
Michael Feinstein
Robert Kennedy
Paul Shaffer
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
Tina Fey
Tina Fey
Rita Wilson
Lily Rabe
Marc Shaiman
Martin Short and Marc Shaiman
Martin Short and Marc Shaiman
Martin Short
Martin Short
Martin Short
Mary Birdsong
Capathia Jenkins
Brooks Ashmanskas, Nicole Parker, Capathia Jenkins, Mary Birdsong and Marc Shaiman
Nicole Parker, Brooks Ashmanskas, Martin Short, Capathia Jenkins, Mary Birdsong and Marc Shaiman
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Christopher Gattelli
Capathia Jenkins
Harry Smith
Chevy Chase
Craig Bierko
Martin Short
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