Martin Short News

It's the final weeks to catch NEWSical The Musical before their two month hiatus. The show shares a venue with the Puerto Rican Travelling Theater who will be using the space for April and May. NEWSical will play its final performance Sunday, March 21st and is scheduled to re-open in June.

Contrary to previous speculation, it seems Neil Patrick Harris will not be opening the Oscars ceremony on Sunday in a musical number with Martin Short.

Deadline.com is reporting that before hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin make their much anticipated entrance onto the Oscars stage this Sunday, Neil Patrick Harris and Martin Short will perform a large, original production number choreographed by Oscar Ceremony producer Adam Shankman.

The producers of ROCK OF AGES announced today that the critically acclaimed, five-time Tony Award® nominated Broadway musical ROCK OF AGES will launch a 60-city, first national tour at The Bank of America Theatre, 18 West Monroe, Chicago, IL as part of ‘Broadway in Chicago' on September 21, 2010.

Jason Robert Brown's award winning musical, The Last Five Years, takes a fresh, contemporary look at romantic involvement. From the thrill of first contact, to the joy and angst of marriage, the audience becomes an intimate witness to how changing fortune shapes a relationship. Known as 'the musical for a new generation,' The Last Five Years stars married couple and FSU/Asolo Conservatory alumni Kris Danford and Sam Osheroff and is directed by Michael Donald Edwards.

Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick, Martin Short, Madonna, and a host of others will guest judge on the upcoming season of the ABC television show, 'The Marriage Ref.' The season begins February 28th and is hosted by Tom Papa and was conceived by comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

Asolo Rep announces additional casting for award-winning Managing Maxine, Janece Shaffer's new play that takes a straight forward look at sex, love and life after 70. The cast features Howard Elfman as Louis, the role he originated last season in the world premiere of Managing Maxine at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta.

Victoria Theatre Association has announced the lineup for the fourth season of the Universal 1 Variety Series at the historic Victoria Theatre. The 2010-2011 brings: the popular comedic theatre troupe, The Second City; the hilarious Forbidden Broadway: Dances with the Stars; and one of Hollywood's most recognizable comedians, Larry Miller.

Today, Friday, February 19, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops announced details of the orchestra's 125th anniversary season, May 4-June 20, 2010, outlining programs that celebrate the orchestra's rich tradition of performing the great music of this country's past and present, for which the Boston Pops is so well known.

Alley Theatre's world premiere of the new musical Wonderland will close on Sunday, February 14.

Back by popular demand, Philadelphia Theatre Company will present Chicago's legendary comedy theatre THE SECOND CITY from July 13 - 25 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (Broad and Lombard Streets).

This past Sunday and Monday nights, the Broadway at Birdland concert series was in full swing, showcasing two completely different, yet wildly entertaining acts! On Sunday, Nicole Parker (from MAD-TV, Wicked and Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me) took on the persona of Jilane Jenkins, a semi-washed up sit-com star, in the faux-autobiographical 'Suitcase Full of Lies.'

New York University's program in vocal performance will present a workshop production of the new musical Party Come Here -featuring a book by Daniel Goldfarb (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Radio Girl) and music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum (Summer of '42, Vanities)-at the Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street [Subway: A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West Fourth Street)].

A.V. Club Denver/Boulder presents CHICAGO'S FAMED SECOND CITY COMES TO BOULDER THEATER Saturday, February 6 doors 7:00pm, show 8:00pm

You could call it the 'Harvard of Improv,' the legendary laugh factory whose illustrious alumni include Tina Fey, Steve Carrell, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert, Joan Rivers, John Candy, Gildna Radner...well, the list goes on and on.

Asolo Rep Proudly Presents HEARTS January 22 -April 11, 2009 Willy Holtzman's Pultizer Prize nominated play; Winner of the Arthur Miller Award for Dramatic Writing and Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play

Jason Robert Brown's award winning musical, The Last Five Years, takes a fresh, contemporary look at romantic involvement. From the thrill of first contact, to the joy and angst of marriage, the audience becomes an intimate witness to how changing fortune shapes a relationship. Known as 'the musical for a new generation,' The Last Five Years stars married couple and FSU/Asolo Conservatory alumni Kris Danford and Sam Osheroff and is directed by Michael Donald Edwards.

Alley Theatre presents the world premiere of the new musical Wonderland about Alice, a children's book writer in Manhattan who is suffering through a creative block, estranged from her husband and alienated from her daughter. It takes a trip to a strange-yet-familiar Wonderland for her to regain her life's balance and again find the love and everyday magic that reside in us all - if we know how to look. With a book by Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy (The Civil War), lyrics by Jack Murphy, music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlett Pimpernel, The Civil War), and directed by Gregory Boyd, Wonderland begins previews Friday, January 15, opens officially Wednesday, January 20 and runs through Sunday, February 14.