Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me Donna Vivino joins cast

Donna Vivino joins the cast of the Broadway comical musical Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, on 3 Oct 2007. Ms Vivino replaces Nicole Parker who leaves the show to return to Fox's Mad TV.

Ms Vivino was last seen on Broadway in the musical comedy Hairspray. Hetr other Broadway credits include Saturday Night Fever (1999) and playing Young Cosette in Les Mis�rables (1987) in which she made her BRoadway debut.

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on the 17 Aug 2006, following previews from the 29 Jul 2006. The musical is currently booking through to the 7 Jan 2007.

The show opened to mainly good to luke-warm notices. The Record called it "A wickedly amusing sendup of theatrical confessionals." The Hollywood reporter wrote "An ambitious mixture of satire, music and vaudeville style comedy sketches, the show is wildly uneven. But the appeal of its star and the number of big laughs provided should be enough to ensure Broadway success." However the New York Daily News said "Short calls it 'a party.' But before you RSVP, just know some of the refreshments are past their sell-by date."

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me begins with Martin Short and company singing the exuberant "Party with Marty," launching what he intends to be a celebration of his "fabulous, perfect life." Very quickly, it becomes clear the audience - addicted to Oprah and "Behind the Music" - expects scandal and angst from their star. Lacking any in his own life, Short frantically modifies his life story as he and the cast tell it, adding the requisite struggle, pain and psychobabble to fabricate an increasingly hilarious alternative autobiography.

The cast for Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, directed by Scott Wittman, also features Martin Short, Brooks Ashmanskas, Mary Birdsong, Capathia Jenkins and Marc Shaiman.

The musical has set design by Scott Pask, costumes by Jess Goldstein and sound by Peter Hylenski.

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me is conceived by Martin Short, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, it features a book by Martin Short and Daniel Goldfarb, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman.

The musical is produced on Broadway by Becker Zeiger Entertainment, Harbor Entertainment and Roy Furman.