Martin Short will appear as the lead guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS Tuesday, May 23 at 11:30 p.m. In New York City, the show airs on WCBS, Channel 2.
Short's guest appearance will take place between stops on the pre-Broadway tour of his alternate biography musical,
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. The new comedy musical co-written by
Marc Shaiman and
Scott Wittman (
Hairspray), 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?," according to press notes.
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me opens on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street) August 10 with previews starting Saturday evening, July 22. Directed by Wittman, the show completes an engagement at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco on May 21 before heading to Toronto's Canon Theatre May 27 - July 2, followed by
Chicago at the LaSalle Bank Theatre (formerly the Shubert) July 5 - 16.
Short appeared in the Broadway productions of Neil Simon and Cy Coleman's Little Me (Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), Marvin Hamlisch and Simon's The Goodbye Girl (Tony Award nomination, Theater World Award, Outer Critics Circle Award) and in the Encores! Series in Promises, Promises--with a book by Simon. In Los Angeles, he appeared in Lawrence Kasdan's production of John Patrick Shanley's Four Dogs and a Bone and Mel Brooks' The Producers. Short began his theatrical career in the Toronto production of Godspell.
In 1982, he joined the "SCTV Comedy Network" where his work garnered an
Emmy Award. Short's ability as a comedic chameleon brought him to
"Saturday Night Live." He co-wrote, produced and starred in the
television comedy specials: "Martin Short's Concert for the North Americas" (Ace Award); "I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood" (Ace Award);
and "The Show Formerly Known As The Martin Short Show" (Emmy Award). He
also co-starred in the miniseries "Merlin" (Emmy nomination) and "Alice
in Wonderland" as the Mad Hatter.
In the fall of 1999 he
hosted the daily "The Martin Short Show" (nine Emmy nominations). From
2001-2003, Short co-wrote, produced and starred as star-interviewer
extraordinaire Jiminy Glick in "Primetime Glick" (Emmy nomination).
Short made the jump to the big screen in 1986 with Three Amigos and Innerspace. Among his other films are Three Fugitives, The Big Picture, Clifford, Father of the Bride (1 & 2), Mars Attacks and Jiminy Glick in La La Wood.
In 1994, Short was awarded Canada's highest civilian honor, The Order
of Canada, for his contribution to Canadian culture and was inducted
into the Canadian Walk of Fame in June 2000. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit
www.martinshortthemusical.com.
