Martin Short Fame Becomes Me

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me will make one additional stop prior to coming to Chicago.  It has been announced that the show will now play Toronto's Canon Theatre from May 27 - July 2, 2006 in addition to the previously announced engagements at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco April 25 - May 21, 2006 and in Chicago at the LaSalle Bank Theatre (formerly the Shubert) July 5 - 16, 2006 prior to opening on Broadway at a Shubert theatre TBA August 10, 2006.

A humble musical salute to the cultural phenomenon that is Martin Short, Fame Becomes Me is fractured autobiography, searing show business expose and heart-rending confessional, climaxing in a giant metaphorical snowball. Backed by a versatile troupe of singer/actors and his on-stage music director Marc Shaiman, the show features Short in a tour de force performance guiding us through an improbable version of his life story in a transparent play for love and attention.

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, was conceived by Martin Short, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman with book by Short and Daniel Goldfarb (Modern Orthodox), music by Shaiman, and lyrics by Wittman and Shaiman (Hairspray). Directed by Wittman.

In the grand tradition of West Side Story and The Lion King comes the next great American musical... but until then, there's Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. A humble musical salute to the cultural phenomenon that is Martin Short, Fame Becomes Me is fractured autobiography, searing show business expose and heart-rending confessional, climaxing in a giant metaphorical snowball. Backed by a versatile troupe of singer/actors and his onstage music director Marc Shaiman, the show features Short in a tour de force performance guiding us through an improbable version of his life story in a transparent play for love and attention," state press notes. Live Nation & Becker Zeiger Entertainment and Harbor Entertainment will present Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me.