Martin Short

So, I saw this show in November, and it isn't exactly fresh in my mind, but since I am on spring break and I have a pile of Playbill's on my desk. I decided it was time to reach into my archives and start throwing out my opinion on some of these shows.

Martin Short: Fame Is Me will be touring I think I heard. So therefore. Here is what I think you should know before it hits the road.

The first thing that comes to mind as I look back and try to remember Martin Short are the jokes that made the afternoon performance absolutely hilarious.

"My wife told me if you need nightly stroken - do a one man show." This along with jokes like, "Did you hear abou the blind prostititue? You had to hand it to her," develop the basis for Short's vulgar jokes. You will be laughing non-stop. His fellow cast members, who just like Short continuously are taking on new characters provide hilarious sketches dealing with theater ledgends Tommy Tune and Bob Fosse. It was their use of pop culture and celebrity impersonations of Jona Rivers, Rene Zellweger, Jodie Foster, and Sarah Jessica Parker that had me nearly doubling over laughing. However, the highlight of the evening, and one of the sad subtractions from the tour I am sure was the celebrity guest. The afternoon I was there Diane Keaton was in the audience, and boy does that girl know how to wear a carpet bag well. Seeing her interact with Mr. Glick (one of Short's personas) was the moment of the night. The one question that stuck out to me was the following: "Ms. Keaton with all the wisdom you have shared through your movies.. If Lincoln was alive today would he be pleased with his tunnel?"

One of the show's stronger points is the obvious influence of Scott Whitman (the director) and Marc Shaiman (involved with the music). The two who are part of the team of masterminds behind the hit musical Hairspray bring the show together. It is their clever lyrics that make the show so hilarious.

Although there were some lighting problems throughout the performance, when you get to the end and the closing number happens, members of the audience were standing, and I assume all had enjoyed what was one hell of a parody of a show.