Editing Steve Martin (section)

===Writing===
==== Books====
Martin's first book was ''[[Cruel Shoes]]'', a collection of comedic short stories and essays.  It was published in 1979 by [[G. P. Putnam's Sons]] after a limited release of a truncated version in 1977.

Throughout the 1990s, Martin wrote various pieces for ''[[The New Yorker]]''. In 2002, he adapted the [[Carl Sternheim]] play ''[[The Underpants]]'', which ran [[Off Broadway]] at [[Classic Stage Company]], and in 2008 co-wrote and produced ''[[Traitor (film)|Traitor]]'', starring [[Don Cheadle]]. He has also written the novellas ''[[Shopgirl (novella)|Shopgirl]]'' (2000) and ''[[The Pleasure of My Company]]'' (2003), both more wry in tone than raucous.<ref Name="Seriously"/> A story of a 28-year-old woman behind the glove counter at the [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store in [[Beverly Hills]], ''[[Shopgirl (novella)|Shopgirl]]'' was [[Shopgirl|made into a film starring Martin]] and [[Claire Danes]].<ref Name="Seriously">[https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,998225,00.html ''But Seriously, Folks: Steve Martin talks about his first novella, a delicate, poignant modern romance about a shy shopgirl''. ''Time'' article. October 16, 2000]. Retrieved August 14, 2010</ref> The film premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in September 2005 and was featured at the [[Chicago International Film Festival]] and the [[Austin Film Festival]] before going into limited release in the US. In 2007, he published a memoir, ''[[Born Standing Up]]'', which ''Time'' magazine named as one of the Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2007, ranking it at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 6, and praising it as "a funny, moving, surprisingly frank memoir."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Grossman |first=Lev |author-link=Lev Grossman |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1686204_1686244_1691787,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212163211/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686244_1691787,00.html |url-status=live |archive-date=December 12, 2007 |title=Born Standing Up review |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=December 9, 2007 |access-date=December 31, 2022}}</ref> In 2010, he published the novel ''An Object of Beauty.''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |author1-link=Janet Maslin |title=A New York Tale of Art, Money and Ambition |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/books/29book.html |access-date=October 24, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 28, 2010}}</ref>

Beginning in 2019, Martin has collaborated with cartoonist [[Harry Bliss]] as a writer for the syndicated single-panel comic ''Bliss''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Martin teaming with Harry Bliss on 'Bliss' cartoons |work=Tribune Content Agency |url=https://tribunecontentagency.com/steve-martin-harry-bliss/ |publisher=[[Tribune Content Agency]] |access-date=May 12, 2019 |date=April 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Polston |first1=Pamela |title=Cartoonist Harry Bliss Collaborates With Comedian Steve Martin |url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/cartoonist-harry-bliss-collaborates-with-comedian-steve-martin/Content?oid=27207712 |access-date=May 12, 2019 |work=[[Seven Days (newspaper)|Seven Days]] |date=April 17, 2019}}</ref> Together, they published the cartoon collection ''A Wealth of Pigeons''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Book Review: A Wealth of Pigeons|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-250-26289-9|access-date=October 27, 2020|magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref> In 2022, they collaborated again for Martin's illustrated autobiography, ''Number One is Walking''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Number One Is Walking |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250815293/numberoneiswalking |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=Macmillan |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Plays ====
[[File:Steve Martin by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|left|Martin at the 2008 [[Tribeca Film Festival]]]]
In 1993, Martin wrote his first full-length play, ''[[Picasso at the Lapin Agile]]''. The first reading of the play took place in [[Beverly Hills, California]] at his home, with [[Tom Hanks]] reading the role of [[Pablo Picasso]] and [[Chris Sarandon]] reading the role of [[Albert Einstein]]. Following this, the play opened at the [[Steppenwolf Theatre Company]] in Chicago, and played from October 1993 to May 1994, then went on to run successfully in Los Angeles, New York City, and several other US cities.<ref>[http://www.steppenwolf.org/ensemble/history/productions/index.aspx?id=122 History: ''Picasso At The Lapin Agile''. Oct. 13, 1993 – May. 12, 1994. Steppenwolf Theatre Company] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526114120/http://www.steppenwolf.org/ensemble/history/productions/index.aspx?id=122 |date=May 26, 2011 }}. Retrieved August 14, 2010</ref> In 2009, the school board in [[La Grande, Oregon]], refused to allow the play to be performed after several parents complained about the content. In an open letter in the local ''Observer'' newspaper, Martin wrote:  {{cquote|I have heard that some in your community have characterized the play as 'people drinking in bars, and treating women as sex objects.' With apologies to William Shakespeare, this is like calling ''Hamlet'' a play about a castle [...] I will finance a non-profit, off-high school campus production [...] so that individuals, outside the jurisdiction of the school board but within the guarantees of freedom of expression provided by the Constitution of the United States can determine whether they will or will not see the play.<ref>[http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/opinion/4066493-151/of-arts-and-sciences "Of arts and sciences". by Steve Martin. Article in ''The Observer'' (Oregon). March 13, 2009]. Retrieved December 19. 2017</ref>}}

==== Broadway ====
Inspired by ''Love has Come for You'', Martin and Edie Brickell collaborated on his first musical, [[Bright Star (musical)|''Bright Star'']]. It is set in the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] of [[North Carolina]] in 1945–46, with flashbacks to 1923. The [[musical play|musical]] debuted on [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] on March 24, 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pearson |first1=Vince |title=Edie Brickell, Steve Martin Broadway Bound With 'Bright Star' |newspaper=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/12/25/461005614/edie-brickell-steve-martin-broadway-bound-with-bright-star |publisher=NPR |access-date=December 29, 2015}}</ref> [[Charles Isherwood]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised its score by Martin and Brickell writing, "The shining achievement of the musical is its winsome country and bluegrass score, with music by Mr. Martin and Ms. Brickell, and lyrics by Ms. Brickell...the songs — yearning ballads and square-dance romps rich with fiddle, piano, and banjo, beautifully played by a nine-person band — provide a buoyancy that keeps the momentum from stalling."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Isherwood|first=Charles|author-link=Charles Isherwood|date=September 29, 2014|title=Love, Loss and Local Color Make a Bluegrass Musical|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/30/theater/bright-star-is-steve-martin-and-edie-brickells-new-show.html|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The musical went on to receive five [[Tony Award]] nominations including [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]]. Martin himself received Tony nominations for [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]] and [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] and received the [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Music and the Outstanding Critics Circle Award for Best New Score. He also received a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Musical Theater Album]].

Martin's next work as a playwright was the comic play ''[[Meteor Shower (play)|Meteor Shower]]'' which opened at [[San Diego]]'s [[Old Globe Theatre]] in August 2016,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Viagas |first1=Robert |title=New Steve Martin Play Meteor Shower Opens in California Tonight |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/new-steve-martin-play-meteor-shower-opens-in-california-tonight-com-368526 |access-date=October 24, 2016 |magazine=[[Playbill]] |date=August 7, 2016}}</ref> and went on to [[Connecticut]]'s [[Long Wharf Theatre]] later the same year.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rizzo |first1=Frank |title=Connecticut Theater Review: 'Meteor Shower' by Steve Martin |url=https://variety.com/2016/legit/reviews/meteor-shower-review-steve-martin-1201883671/ |access-date=October 24, 2016 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=October 10, 2016}}</ref> The play opened on Broadway at the [[Booth Theater]] on November 29, 2017. The cast features [[Amy Schumer]], [[Laura Benanti]], Jeremy Shamos and [[Keegan-Michael Key]], with direction by [[Jerry Zaks]].<ref>Cox, Gordon. [https://variety.com/2017/legit/news/amy-schumer-broadway-steve-martin-meteor-shower-1202517334/ "Amy Schumer to Make Broadway Debut in Steve Martin's 'Meteor Shower' "] ''Variety'', August 7, 2017</ref><ref>Gerard, Jeremy. [https://deadline.com/2017/11/broadway-review-amy-schumer-meteor-shower-1202216558/ "Broadway Review: Amy Schumer Splashes 'Meteor Shower' With A Burst Of Starlight"] ''Deadline Hollywood'', November 29, 2017</ref> Critic Allison Adaot of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote, "''Meteor Shower'' is a very funny play. Keening-like-a-howler-monkey funny. Design-a-new-cry-laughing-emoji funny...In the confident hands of writer and comedy maestro Steve Martin, the premise is polished to sparkling."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/theater/2017/11/29/meteor-shower-broadway-review/|title= Amy Schumer delights in Steve Martin's new comedy Meteor Shower: EW review|magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|accessdate= June 30, 2021}}</ref>