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Bette Midler, Chevy Chase, Jerry Seinfeld, James Marsden, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tom Hanks, Lauren Bacall, and other stars turn out for the opening of Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me.

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Okay, here's the long and the short of it: Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me opened last night at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, starring the hilarious fellow who gained fame on SCTV and Saturday Night Live, went on to score in such films as Three Amigos, Innerspace, and Father of the Bride, and won a Tony Award for his performance in the 1998 revival of Little Me. Here's Short at the after-party, held at Tavern on the Green.

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Notables of all stripes turned out for the opening. Among them: the one and only Bette Midler...

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...Eugene Levy, famed for his appearances in the American Pie movies and in the Christopher Guest flicks Waiting for Guffman, Best of Show, and A Mighty Wind...

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...Nathan Lane, one of the celebs who have been making surprise guest appearances in Short's show...

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...film and stage icon Lauren Bacall...

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...Saturday Night Live veteran, movie star, and frequent Oscar host Billy Crystal, whose one-man show was a huge hit on Broadway in 2004-2005...

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...megastar Jerry Seinfeld, who did his own Broadway show in 1998...

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...Chevy Chase, another Saturday Night Live alum...

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...Andrea Martin, one of Short's SCTV cohorts...

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...Paul Shaffer, band leader for Late Night With David Letterman and yet another SNL vet...

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...Sex and the City's Sarah Jessica Parker, who'll appear in the upcoming film version of Rebecca Gilman's play Spinning Into Butter...

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...Broadway baby Bernadette Peters...

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...Tom Hanks, who recently cracked the DaVinci code...

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...James Marsden, who has been tapped for the role of Corny Collins in the upcoming film version of Hairspray...

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...and music man Michael Feinstein.

 

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