Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me to Open on August 17

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me will begin previews at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on July 29 and have its official opening night on August 17, a week later than previously announced.

Conceived by Martin Short and Scott Wittman, Fame Becomes Me features a book by Short and Daniel Goldfarb Modern Orthodox, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Wittman and Shaiman Hairspray. Directed by Wittman, the show is playing Toronto's Canon Theatre through July 2 and will have a pre-Broadway engagement at Chicago's LaSalle Bank Theatre formerly the Shubert July 5-16.

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me features the Tony Award-winning actor in a tour de force guiding the audience through an improbable version of his life story. Backed by a cast of top Broadway performers who constantly steal focus from the star when he's not looking, Short's transparent play for love and attention asks the burning question, does an autobiography really have to be true?

As previously reported on Broadway.com, the supporting cast for Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me includes Brooks Ashmanskas, Mary Birdsong, Capathia Jenkins and Nicole Parker.