IF I'D SAVED, I WOULDN'T BE HERE: MARTIN SHORT ON BROADWAY

well, I can tell ya!!

Scott & I have been developing this show with Marty off and on this past year, and had an informal reading last month of the material we have written so far.

It was A LOT OF FUN. The reading featured 4 great performers besides Marty. Brooks Ashmanskas, Jackie Hoffman, Ana Gasteyer and Capathia Jenkins. All of them both hysterical and great singers!

Marty plays about a billion characters as we trace his (fabricated) life story and, one by one, have fun with the concept and the concepts of every "confessional one person show" to have hit Broadway these past few years.

Not to mention a lot of funny **** that has nothing to do with that! The action will take place ALL OVER the theatre. Look up the term HELLZAPOPPIN in your theatrical index!

The plan is to keep writing, do another workshop, then open out of town and hit Broadway sometime next season.

If you want to laugh and laugh and also hear a (perhaps) surprising amount of new songs and great singing, I don't think you will be dissapointed!! If you all laugh half as much as we do rehearsing, we are in great shape!

(knock wood)

Marc

Thanks for your post, Marc. It makes me even more excited for this show.

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I still think Flahooley is a funnier title.

it is impossible to think of something to post other than 1) i am watching martin short on HBO right now and 2) i am in love with him

well, i guess i could mention that the reading had the whole crowd in stitches! the comment afterwards was the general extreme facial and stomach pain resulting from two straight hours of belly laughs

hope everyone checks it out next year

MC, I knew you'd remember