Steve Martin & Martin Short to Reunite for A VERY STUPID CONVERSATION WITH MUSIC at the Fox Theatre, 4/24

Multi-award winning comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short are set to unite on stage for "A Very Stupid Conversation...With Music" at the Fox Theatre on Friday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. The evening will also feature special musical guests, The Steep Canyon Rangers.

Tickets ($49, $69, $79 and $149) go on sale Friday, January 23 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, The Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611.

Steve Martin is currently in the fifth decade of a uniquely varied and accomplished career in which he's excelled as a comedian, actor, author playwright, and as a Grammy-winning, boundary-pushing bluegrass banjoist and composer.

Steve Martin began his career on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-1969), for which he earned his first Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety, or Music in 1969. In the mid-1970s, Martin shone as a stand-up on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and made appearances on HBO's On Location and NBC's Saturday Night Live. Martin's widely popular films include: The Jerk (1979), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Roxanne (1987), Parenthood (1989), L.A. Story (1991), Father of the Bride (1991), and Bowfinger (1999).

An accomplished musician, Martin's debut album The Crow: New Songs For The Five-String Banjo (2010), earned him a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album in 2010. Martin's second full-length bluegrass album Rare Bird Alert (2011), produced by Tony Trishka, featured 13 Martin-penned tracks as well as special guest vocal appearances by Paul McCartney and The Dixie Chicks. Martin co-wrote two of the CD's songs with the Grammy-winning bluegrass band, Steep Canyon Rangers.

Steve Martin's third full length album Love Has Come For You (2013), a unique collaboration with songwriter Edie Brickell took home the Grammy Award for "Best American Roots Song" for the title track. Martin is nominated again for the forthcoming 57th Annual Grammy Awards for "Best Americana Roots Song" for the track "Pretty Little One." The remarkable album offers 13 eloquently rootsy compositions that combine Martin's inventive five-string banjo work with Brickell's distinctive vocals and vivid, detail-rich lyrics.

Martin Short, a celebrated comedian and actor, has won fans and accolades in television, film and theater since his breakout season on "Saturday Night Live almost 30 years ago. He became a fan-favorite for his portrayal of characters such as Ed Grimley, lawyer Nathan Thurm and "legendary song writer" Irving Cohen.

His popularity and exposure on Saturday Night Live led Short to cross over quickly into feature films. He made his debut in Three Amigos (1986) followed by roles in Inner Space (1987), Three Fugitives (1989), Pure Luck (1991), Father of the Bride (1991), Clifford (1994), Father of the Bride II (1995), Tim Burton's Mars Attacks (1996), Madagascar 3 (2012), and Frankenweenie (2012).

An accomplished stage actor, Short was nominated for a Tony and took home an Outer Critics Circle Award for the musical version of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl (1993). Short later won a Tony and an Outer Critics Circle Award for his role in the revival of Little Me (1999). Returning to the stage a few years later, Short co-wrote and starred in Fame Becomes Me (2006), prompting The New York Times to describe Short as "a natural for live musicals, a limber singer and dancer who exudes a fiery energy that makes you want to reach for your sunglasses."

Short returned to television in an Emmy-nominated role for the mini-series Merlin (1998) and host of The Martin Short Show (1999-2000), which garnered him seven Emmy nominations. Short also wrote, produced and starred in three comedy specials, winning two Cable ACE awards and an Emmy. Short's critically acclaimed Primetime Glick (2001-2003), garnered another five Emmy nominations. Short was nominated for his nineteenth Emmy award for his work as the lawyer Leonard Winstone on the critically acclaimed FX series Damages (2010).

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