The New York Film Critics Circle’s annual awards dinner unspooled in warmly dignified fashion, to the mild disappointment of any awards-circuit regular who witnessed last year’s riotously funny, 25-minute hijacking by Tiffany Haddish or other high drama from ceremonies past.
Thankfully, from a stagecraft standpoint…
Steve Martin and Martin Short were on the road when they heard that their Netflix special, An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life, had been nominated for a slew of Emmys, including Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. Filmed at the Peace Center in…
Martin Short drew raucous laughter Friday night at a comedy event titled “Netflix Is a Joke.” The gathering at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood was held to promote the streaming giant's ever-growing lineup of stand-up comedy specials and as part of its Emmy campaign push.
Short was joined by fellow comedians Tig Notaro…
UPDATED, 10:06 AM:Â Netflix has set a May 25 premiere date for An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life, its comedy special starring Steve Martin and Martin Short.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Marty Short's and my new @netflix special will be aired May 25th! "An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life."…
The Thomas Fire is now the largest wildfire in California’s recorded history, burning 273,400 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire.
Despite more than 2,500 firefighters still battling the blaze, it remains only 65 percent contained. However, firefighters…
James Franco kicked off his fourth turn as host of Saturday Night Live – an unspecial milestone that doesn’t come with a commemorative jacket – with a little help from friends Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and, best of all, an embittered Steve Martin, who whined angrily from his spot in the audience, “I used to be the center…
I could tell you that Amy Schumer is sensational in Meteor Shower and let the box office do the rest, but that would be a disservice to Steve Martin, whose comedy it is, and to the three actors joining Schumer in this 80-minute killer sketch. And to director Jerry Zaks, who now will have three hits running on Broadway…
EXCLUSIVE:20th Century Blues, a new play from Obie Award and Susan Smith Blackburn Prize winner Susan Miller (My Left Breast), has set an opening night of November 26 at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. The 10-week limited run will begin November 12 and conclude January 28. Emily Mann, a Tony nominee…
Steve Martin‘s next Broadway venture appears to be setting the stage for pal Amy Schumer’s Broadway debut this fall, production sources confirmed to Deadline on Friday, following a report earlier today in The New York Post.
Schumer, I’m told, is very close to signing on as the star of Martin's comedy Meteor Shower…
Friends, fans and co-stars are paying tribute to Glenne Headly, including Steve Martin, who appeared with Headly in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. “Our household mourns the sudden loss of  beloved friend, actress, and comic genius, Glenne Headly.”
Headly died last night at age 63. She was in production on the Hulu series Fut…
The Broadway wing of the Grammy Awards nominees announced this morning included five-time winner Steve Martin and five-time nominee Sarah Bareilles. Also in the mix: Kinky Boots (produced by Masterworks Broadway), the Cyndi Lauper-scored show that won the 2014 Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album, cited this time for…
Jenna Fischer and Greg Germann have been tapped to star in Meteor Shower, the new comedic play by Steve Martin that will reunite him with San Diego’s The Old Globe. That’s the venue where Martin and Edie Brickell debuted their musical Bright Star, which ended up on Broadway and scored five Tony nominations after its…
