Editing Steve Martin (section)

==== 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>