Steve Martin Plays Carnegie Hall Oct. 6

By Andrew Gans
October 6, 2009

Stage and screen star, comedian and playwright Steve Martin plays Carnegie Hall Oct. 6.

Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers will play the famed Stern Auditorium at 8 PM. The artists will perform songs from Martin's new album, "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo." His opening act is Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys.

Martin won a Grammy for his collaboration with Earl Scruggs on "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" in 2001 and was nominated for six International Bluegrass Music Awards.

Steve Martin wrote and starred in such films as "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid," "The Man with Two Brains," "Roxanne," "L.A. Story" and "Bowfinger." His plays include Picasso at the Lapin Agile and The Underpants, and he also published the novellas "Shopgirl" and "The Pleasure of My Company." Martin was also one of the producers of the 2002 Broadway revival of The Elephant Man.

The evening is presented by Live Nation.

Tickets range $55-$75; visit www.carnegiehall.org.