Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me at CIBC Theatre

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

"...For my money, the show has too much tired Broadway parody and not enough material about the cultural world at large. There's repetition to excise, and I'd add in much more improvisation — of which Short is a master. Sometimes. Which is the point."

Chicago Sun Times - Recommended

"...this is a Broadway musical for the age of Jon Stewart -- one that is always sweetly winking in its politically incorrect naughtiness, but that at the same time gleefully indulges in that worship itself."

SouthtownStar - Highly Recommended

"...If you're a Martin Short fan, you'll fall even more in love with him after seeing "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me" in its pre-Broadway engagement at Chicago's LaSalle Bank Theatre. And if you've never been one of his followers, you will be if you catch this incredibly talented man in person.:

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...Martin Short's Broadway-bound revue should delight fans of the Canadian-born comedian, who trots out some of his popular characters (Jiminy Glick, Ed Grimley, Irving Cohen, Jackie Rogers Jr.) and displays astonishing energy with his singing, dancing, tumbling, and Peter Pan-style flying. But this trippy, free-associative "party with Marty," which purports to relate his saga from birth to death and beyond, has much besides its star to recommend it."

Time Out Chicago - Recommended

"...Most of Short’s characters have been deemed curiously unfunny by the generations who followed him, and I can’t really disagree. But his staggering dexterity as a musical performer is well showcased here, and it’s pretty darned entertaining. Short clearly wants to show off these skills, so the show is less of a vanity project than a vanity projection."