Ashmanskas, Birdsong, Jenkins, Parker Cast in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Set to Open at Jacobs on August 10

Brooks Ashmanskas, Mary Birdsong, Capathia Jenkins, and Nicole Parker will join star Martin Short in his autobiographically-inspired musical Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, scheduled to begin previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater on July 22 and to open officially on August 10.

Before it hits Broadway, the show will be seen at San Francisco’s Curran Theater, April 25-May 21; the Canon Theatre in Toronto, May 27-July 2; and the LaSalle Bank Theater in Chicago, July 5-16. Directed by Scott Wittman, the production features music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Wittman, and a book by Short and playwright Daniel Goldfarb. The creative team includes Christopher Gattelli (choreography), Scott Pask (set design), and Jess Goldstein (costume design).

Ashmanskas has been seen on Broadway in The Producers and Gypsy, and he appeared with Short in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway revival of Little Me. Birdsong co-starred in Elaine May’s Adult Entertainment Off-Broadway. Jenkins’s Broadway credits include Caroline, or Change and The Look of Love. Parker, who will make her Broadway debut in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, is a star of MAD TV.

Short won a Tony Award for his performance in Little Me and received a Tony nomination and Theater World Award for the musical The Goodbye Girl. He also starred as Leo Bloom in the L.A. production of The Producers. His television credits include SCTV and Saturday Night Live, and he has had major roles in numerous films.