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    Monday, May 06, 2024

    Steve Martin and Martin Short perform Saturday at Foxwoods

    Honoree Steve Martin left, and Martin Short arrive at the 43rd AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Tribute Gala at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, June 4, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

    They’re like Cher and Kiss — they just keep touring!

    Steve Martin and Martin Short have been taking their act on the road, on and off, for more than three years now. I saw them during the early part of their jaunt, and I can attest that these hilarious performers and longtime pals make for ideal stage partners. Martin is dryly witty, Short is anything-for-a-laugh riotous, and they clearly amuse each other.

    The duo is bringing their show — whose title has ranged over time from “An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life” to “Now You See Them, Soon You Won't” — to Foxwoods for a performance on Saturday.

    Based on past shows, they do a bit of everything. They trade comic insults and culled-from-life stories. They bring out old characters — at least Short does, with the irrepressible Jiminy Glick turning up in semi-puppet form. They get musical. Short will usually trot out a song or two from his Broadway show “Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me”’; and Martin does his bluegrass thing, along with The Steep Canyon Rangers and Jeff Babko. About Martin’s bluegrass musicianship, Short has joked, “Touring with Steve is a lot like the movie ‘Deliverance.’ It’s all fun and games until the banjos come out.”

    Steve Martin and Martin Short, 7 p.m. Saturday, Grand Theater, Foxwoods; $60-$251; 1-800-200-2882, www.foxwoods.com.

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