The Martin Short Show
Join beloved actor and comedian MARTIN SHORT for a delightful evening of laughter, surprises, and stories. Short captivates crowds with a customized variety show sure to entertain. Ideal for both longtime comedy fans and newer audiences, Short brings all his fun and humor from the screen to the stage.
An Evening with Martin Short
Perfect for a small group, this cozy conversation provides a window into MARTIN SHORT’s iconic life and career. Audiences have the opportunity to ask one of comedy’s all-time most popular stars for his perspective on performance, creativity, and living life to the fullest.
Coping with Cancer: Martin Short’s Story
In this uplifting conversation, beloved performer MARTIN SHORT shares his experience losing his wife to cancer, encouraging listeners to take action in the fight against the disease. This vulnerable, honest conversation not only brings awareness to an important cause, but also provides an intimate look into Short’s own source of inspiration to do good in the world.
Martin Short reprises iconic interviewer role on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
Comedy legend MARTIN SHORT reprised his role as Jiminy Glick for a hilarious interview with Bill Maher on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Short brought Maher to tears with laughter and shared his iconic mirth with audiences nationwide. Funny as a speaker, interviewer, or moderator, Short’s incisive wit leaves a lasting impression.
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Steve Martin & Martin Short: A Brief History of a Long and Storied Friendship
With wonderful on-stage chemistry, it is no surprise that iconic performers STEVE MARTIN and MARTIN SHORT have been real-life best friends for more than three decades. They first met in 1984 while filming The New Show by Lorne Michaels. Two years later, they bonded on set while filming Three Amigos!, playing scrabble together between takes. The Father of the Bride series took their shared hilarity to new heights, and their creative bond has produced comedy tours, films, and many Saturday Night Live appearances.
Martin and Short’s friendship is built on mutual respect. Of Martin, Short says, “Steve's best quality is who he is as a man. He's very moral, he's very loyal, very, very ethical. And this is beyond all that talent.” In the same interview, Martin describes Short: “He's kind of the perfect person. He's smart, he's funny… If he's coming to a dinner party, it's a better dinner party. If Marty can't come, you cancel the party.” The combined creative genius of these two entertainers is matched only by their endearing connection, an energy present in every performance.
Watch Steve Martin and Martin Short on Saturday Night Live here >>
Watch Steve Martin and Martin Short speak on the timeline of their friendship here >>
The genius of Steve Martin and Martin Short is best experienced live
The genius of Steve Martin and Martin Short is best experienced live
STEVE MARTIN and MARTIN SHORT have been consistently delighting audiences for over three decades with their endlessly witty banter. Their talent in impromptu comedy garnered them a devoted fanbase through multiple Saturday Night Live Appearances, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show, and many other late night comedy stages. Their live career began with the stage show A Very Stupid Conversation, which was followed by the wildly successful tours The Funniest Show in Town at the Moment, You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!, and Dukes of Funnytown. Their authentic synchronicity is captured on screen in their Netflix special An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life. From their first dual appearance to today, Martin and Short have only become funnier and more poignant both on screen and in their live events.
Watch Steve Martin and Martin Short in conversation on The Tonight Show here >>
Watch Steve Martin and Martin Short look back on PBS NewsHour here >>
Another iconic Steve Martin and Martin Short production: ‘Only Murders in the Building’
Iconic actors and comedians STEVE MARTIN and MARTIN SHORT star in hilarious Hulu series Only Murders in the Building with Selena Gomez. In this must-watch show, the three stars find themselves in the middle of continuous murder mystery inverstigations. Blending true crime with irreverent comedy, Only Murders in the Building showcases Martin and Short’s natural on-stage chemistry alongside their unique yet complimentary senses of humor. With three Primetime Emmy Award wins, six Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, and seven Golden Globe nominations, the show is a clear success. Yet another thriving project for the longtime pair, audiences delight at the chance to see Martin and Short in their natural collaborative element.
Watch Steve Martin and Martin Short in conversation on The Tonight Show here >>
Watch Steve Martin and Martin Short on Saturday Night Live here >>
Martin Short saves lives with cancer advocacy
Beloved public figure MARTIN SHORT lost his wife, Nancy Dolman, to ovarian cancer in 2010. Since Dolman’s passing, Short has been an outspoken champion of cancer research. The Women’s Research Cancer Fund honored Short and his wife with the Courage Award for his work raising awareness of cancers disproportionately impacting women. Short often speaks on the loss with news outlets and in his memoir, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend. He told CBC, “Whatever we think it's going to be, the sun will come up and you have to eat lunch.”
Short’s poignant, vulnerable discussions of losing his wife to cancer empower other cancer survivors and their supporters to speak openly about their experiences. Short continues to reflect on his marriage as a “triumph.” Short inspires audiences at cancer fundraisers and events globally as a headliner, award presenter, or moderator.
Watch Martin Short on The Ellen Show here >>
Watch Martin Short’s opening monologue at the Canadian Screen Awards here >>
Martin Short is the nicest character actor in Hollywood
Beloved comedian, actor, and writer MARTIN SHORT has built a successful career of playing oddball characters equal parts bubbly, goofy, and lovable. His first paid acting job was playing a giant Visa card in a TV commercial. Since that debut role, he has gone on to perform as quirky characters with Saturday Night Live, Broadway, and countless classic films. One character, Ed Grimley, was even immortalized as a Saturday morning cartoon. Short has wowed audiences for decades with his ability to capture our imaginations with endlessly entertaining character work, as well as the genuine warmth and connection he brings to every engagement. Vanity Fair called him Hollywood’s “funniest, nicest, best of them all.”
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” over 30 years ago.
Short won his first Emmy in 1982 while working on Canada’s SCTV Comedy Network, which brought him to the attention of the producers of “SNL.” He became an “SNL” fan-favorite for his portrayal of characters such as Ed Grimley, lawyer Nathan Thurm and “legendary songwriter” Irving Cohen.
His popularity and exposure on “SNL” led Short to cross over quickly into feature films. He made his debut in “Three Amigos” and followed with “Innerspace,” “Three Fugitives,” “Clifford,” “Pure Luck” and “Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks.” One of Short’s most memorable roles was in the remake of “Father of the Bride” as Franck the wedding planner, a role he reprised a few years later in “Father of the Bride Part II.” Short lent his voice to the animated film “Madagascar 3” and Tim Burton’s Oscar-nominated “Frankenweenie.”
An accomplished stage actor, Short won a Tony, Theatre World Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award for his role in the revival of “Little Me.” He was also nominated for a Tony and took home an Outer Critics Circle Award for the musical version of Neil Simon’s “The Goodbye Girl.” Short co-wrote and starred in “Fame Becomes Me,” 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 most recently appeared on Broadway in Terrence McNally’s “It’s Only a Play.”
A two-time primetime Emmy winner and multi-nominated for both primetime and daytime Emmys, Short returned to television in 1998 for the miniseries “Merlin” and host of “The Martin Short Show.” In 2001, he launched the popular comedy “Primetime Glick and in 2010 received critical acclaim for his role in FX’s drama series “Damages.”
Short has also returned to “SNL” as host four times, most recently co-hosting with Steve Martin in December, and performed in the series’ landmark 40th anniversary special in February 2015. Other recent television credits include “Big Mouth”, “The Morning Show”, “Hairspray Live!” “Maya & Marty,” “Mulaney,” “How I Met Your Mother” and the critically acclaimed PBS series “Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That.”
Short’s New York Times bestselling memoir, “I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend,” was published in 2014.
In 1994, Short was awarded the Order of Canada — the Canadian equivalent to British knighthood. He was also inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame in June 2000. In 2017, he received a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award from the Governor-General of Canada.
Short’s 2018 Netflix special with Steve Martin titled “An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life” received 4 Emmy nominations in 2018. In 2019, Short and Martin launched the “Now You See Them, Soon You Won’t” tour, which visited major venues across the U.S. and Australia for the first time and launched a new comedy tour in 2020 called “The Funniest Show in Town at the Moment.” The duo is currently on their tour, “You Won't Believe What They Look Like Today!”
Martin and Short also star together in Hulu’s most-watched comedy series, Only Murders in the Building. Selena Gomez co-stars in the series, which was co-created by Martin and John Hoffman (“Grace & Frankie”), who served as executive producers along with Gomez, “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman, Rhode Island Ave’s Jess Rosenthal and Short.
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