Tickets to Steve Martin & Martin Short at Dr. Phillips Center on Sale 1/15

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announces tickets on sale Friday, January 15, 2016 for longtime comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short in An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life, appearing one-night only at 8 p.m. in the Walt Disney Theater on Saturday, April 23. Tickets start at $55.00 an may be purchased by calling the Dr. Phillips Center Box Office or by visiting the Box Office at 445 S. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, or 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are also available by calling 844.513.2014 or online at drphillipscenter.org. Online and phone ticket purchases include handling fees.

An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life, includes stand-up, film clips, musical numbers and conversations about the comedians' lives in show business. Martin and Short will also be joined by the Grammy-winning Steep Canyon Rangers, the bluegrass band with which Martin frequently performs.

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).

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 songwriter" 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).

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