Martin Short News

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In an interview with the South Bend Tribune, Short confirmed that things are still moving forward, saying that although he's busy providing voices for several upcoming films and working on his concert special, 'I have found, the more eclectic the year, the more you add to this overview of things' and adding that he and Peters are still in talks for the revival.

MASKS is a buddy dramedy about two men growing up in the juvenile justice system, struggling to make it to manhood, battling with their past to shed their masks as they deal with crucial life issues that young people face.

The 1991 thriller The Silence of the Lambs has just been selected for preservation on the National Film Registry's annual list of 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films."

MASKS is a buddy dramedy about two men growing up in the juvenile justice system, struggling to make it to manhood, battling with their past to shed their masks as they deal with crucial life issues that young people face.

The Mary Kay Letourneau Players, a Chicago-based comedy duo, have announced the premiere of their new sketch comedy revue opening January 15 at iO Chicago, "The Mary Kay Letourneau Players Present..."

According to The Hollywood Reporter, 'The Help's Jessica Chastain has just signed on to lend her voice in the upcoming animated film from DreamWorks, MADAGASCAR 3: Europe's Most Wanted.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

SILENCE! The Musical, the unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs, with book by Hunter Bell, music & lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan, and direction & choreography by Christopher Gattelli, is set to begin a new winter playing schedule beginning tonight.

The Hollywood Reporter has spoken exlusively to director Rob Marshall and gotten the scoop that he is now at work on a new film adaption for Disney of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical INTO THE WOODS (which will return to New York this summer in Central Park).

The original cast recording of SILENCE! The Musical, starring Brent Barrett and Jenn Harris, is set to be released in stores and through Amazon.com today, January 10th.

The original cast recording of SILENCE! The Musical, starring Brent Barrett and Jenn Harris, is set to be released in stores and through Amazon.com today.

The Second City is back! Die Laugh Out Loud Tour nimmt in vollig neuen Sketches, Songs und Improvisationen amerikanische Celebrities, Politiker und den Durchschnittsamerikaner gnadenlos aufs Korn - keine Institution entgeht dem satirischen Auge von Amerikas beruhmtester Comedy Truppe mit Kultstatus, die bereits Stars wie Dan Ayckroyd, John Belushi, Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mike Myers, Martin Short uva. hervorgebracht hat.

As first reported on TVGuide.com, Broadway veteran Janet McTeer will guest star in an upcoming episode of DirectTV channel's popular legal series DAMAGES.

The original cast recording of SILENCE! The Musical, starring Brent Barrett and Jenn Harris, is set to be released in stores and through Amazon.com this Tuesday, January 10th.

SILENCE! The Musical, the unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs, with book by Hunter Bell, music & lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan, and direction & choreography by Christopher Gattelli, is set to begin a new winter playing schedule beginning January 12th at The 9th Space Theatre at Performance Space 122, 150 First Avenue (at 9th St.) SILENCE! The Musical opened July 9, 2011 to unanimous rave reviews, led by David Cote of Time Out and New York 1 News who said, "Pungent, punchy and raunchy, with a sheepish chorus to boot, the consummately silly SILENCE! will leave you stuffed and wanting mutton more." The show immediately became a sold-out smash hit and was just selected by Time Magazine as one of the year's Top 10 Plays and Musicals along with such lofty company as The Book of Mormon and War Horse.

The Mary Kay Letourneau Players, a Chicago-based comedy duo, have announced the premiere of their new sketch comedy revue opening January 15 at iO Chicago, "The Mary Kay Letourneau Players Present..."

2012 is quickly approaching, and in celebration of the new year, BroadwayWorld will celebrate 2011 with lists of our biggest features of the year! Below are BroadwayWorld.com's most popular videos from 2011 (in no particular order)! Catch up below on anything that you might have missed from the past year on BroadwayWorld.com!

The show takes on a Christmas standard in the clip below, with a little help from Martin Short (who appeared on Broadway in THE GOODBYE GIRL, LITTLE ME and MARTIN SHORT: FAME BECOMES ME) and Jesse Eisenberg (who wrote and starred in Rattlestick's ASUNCION earlier this year). Check it out!