( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
MY GUEST TONIGHT -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
I'M EXCITED, TOO.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY GUEST THIS EVENING IS A TONY AND
EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "X-MEN," "LES MIS,"
AND "THE GREATEST SHOWMAN."
HE NOW STARS IN THE NEW MOVIE, "REMINISCENCE."
( GRUNTING SOUNDS ) >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME
BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW" HUGH JACKMAN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: WOW!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> WOW!
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> WOW!
WHOO!
>> Stephen: WELCOME.
WELCOME.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING COMING OUT OF THE PERCHING.
THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HAD -- THE FIRST EVER ALL OF YOU.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHAT AN HONOR.
IT FEELS GOOD.
>> Stephen: SO, OKAY, WE HAVE NOT SPOKEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN SINCE BEFORE.
HOW FARED YOU DURING THE PANDEMIC?
OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS NEVER A GREAT SITUATION.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: BUT WHAT TID YOU DO WITH YOURSELF?
>> I WAS HERE, YOU WERE HERE.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU WERE IN NEW YORK.
>> I WAS IN NEW YORK, SO I WAS HERE THE WHOLE TIME, AND IT
WAS -- OH, PICK AN ADJECTIVE.
IT WAS EVERYTHING.
IT WAS FRIGHTENING, IT WAS WEIRD, IT WAS STRANGE.
I HAD MY 16-YEAR-OLD AND 21-YEAR-OLD WITH ME ALL THE
TIME, HATING IT ALL THE TIME.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE THEY'RE STUCK WITH YOU.
>> RIGHT, WHAT 16-YEAR-OLD AND 21-YEAR-OLD WANTS TO HAVE NINE
MONTHS WITH THEIR PARENTS?
AND THE PARENTS ARE, LIKE, MONOPOLY!
>> Stephen: LET'S DO A PUZZLE!
LET'S MAKE SOME BREAD!
LITERALLY, OH, THIS IS THE WORST.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SUCH A BIZARRE SITUATION, AND, YOU
KNOW, BEING HERE -- I JUST WAS FILLED WITH SUCH GRATITUDE FOR
THE PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING AT IT EVERY SINGLE DAY MAKING IT
POSSIBLE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THE ESSENTIAL
WORKERS, HOSPITAL WORKERS.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GO BACK TO - BACK TO AUSTRALIA?
>> WELL, I JUST WENT DOWN NOW.
AUSTRALIA IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE HAVING A BIT OF AN OUTBREAK RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR
MANY MONTHS, THERE WAS NOT ONE CASE, ZERO CASES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
I ACTUALLY HAD TO GO INTO A HOTEL QUARANTINE FOR TWO WEEKS
WHEN I WENT DOWN THERE.
SO EVERYONE ARRIVES, GOES INTO A HOTEL --
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF IN THAT
QUARANTINE?
IT'S LIKE AN ISOLATION CHAMBER.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES HUGH JACKMAN LEARN ABOUT HUGH
JACKMAN?
>> I'M REALLY BORING.
( LAUGHTER ) IT TURNS OUT -- LIKE, YOU KNOW,
I SAY, OH, MY WIFE IS THE BEST THING ABOUT ME, IT'S TRUE.
LITERALLY, WITHOUT HER THERE, IT'S, LIKE, JUST TELL ME SOME
STORIES.
IT WAS A LITTLE WEIRD.
>> Stephen: IF YOU'RE IN A HOTEL ROOM AND BORED OF BEING
HUGH JACKMAN, YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THE PAY-PER-VIEW MOVIES
BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD HUGH JACKMAN MOVIES ON
PAY-PER-VIEW.
>> OF COURSE, I WATCHED THEM, BUT THAT'S, LIKE, TEN HOURS A
DAY.
AFTER THAT, WHAT DO YOU DO?
MY KIDS WATCH THEM.
THAT'S NORMAL, RIGHT.
>> Stephen: >> Stephen: I MAKE THEM WATCH
MY SHOW.
>> I KNOW YOU DO.
>> Stephen: WHEN BROADWAY GETS BACK UP, IT'S ONE OF THE MORE
EXCITING THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FALL IS WHEN,
COME SEPTEMBER, BROADWAY'S GOING TO OPEN BACK UP
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST
EXCITED ABOUT IS I LOOK OUT ONE OF MY OFFICE WINDOWS, I LOOK OUT
AT A BILLBOARD AT YOU.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AS HAROLD HILL FROM THE MUSIC MAN BECAUSE
YOU'RE GOING TO BE AT THE WINTER GARDEN THIS WINTER AS THE MUSIC
MAN.
>> JUST OVER THERE, RIGHT.
>> Stephen: JUST OVER THERE, EXACTLY.
>> WE COUD DO A JUMP SWAP, IT'S LIKE TWO BLOCKS AWAY.
>> Stephen: SURE.
( SINGING ) ♪
♪ GOOD NIGHT LADIES ♪ ♪ GOOD NIGHT LADIES ♪
>> YOU WERE AHEAD OF ME, HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
HE'S A MUSIC MAN, HE SELLS DRUM BONES.
THE PICK ALOE.
THE SHINY GOLD BRAID ON THE COAT.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT BANDS BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE A LIVING
SELLING BIG TROMBONES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES IT BUT HE LIVES LIKE A KING AND WHEN A
MAN DANCES, THE PIPE BASS SAID YES, SIR, YES, SIR!
THAT'S IT.
>> Stephen: THAT IS OFFICIALLY - THIS IS YOUR RETURN TO BROADWAY
TONIGHT.
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>> WE'RE DONE.
>> Stephen: DONE.
HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED THIS PART BEFORE BECAUSE YOU SEEM LIKE A
NATURAL FOR HAROLD HILL.
>> THE FIRST THING I DID IN HIGH SCHOOL IS THE MUSIC MAN.
I WAS SALESMAN NUMBER TWO.
>> Stephen: WHO'S SALESMAN NUMBER TWO?
THE ONE HAROLD HILL KEEPS RUINING.
>> HE'S A WHAT?
HE'S A WHAT?
>> Stephen: OH, THAT GUY.
MUSIC MAN.
THAT'S IT.
A LOT OF STANDING THERE WITH.
♪ OH THE WELLS FARGO WAGON IS A COMIN' DOWN ♪
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THIS IS YOU
WORKING ON THE OLD TAP DANCE.
( TAPPING ) >> Stephen: OKAY, OBVIOUS
QUESTION HERE IS THAT DOESN'T LOOK EASY.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO TRAIN HARDER FOR?
HAROLD HILL AND THE MUSIC MAN OR "WOLVERINE"?
DIFFERENT TRAINING, OBVIOUSLY.
>> I'M STILL GOING TO SAY WOLVERINE PROBABLY.
>> Stephen: REALLY.
I HAVE REALLY BEEN GOING A YEAR AND A HALF.
WE KEPT REHEARSING.
IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF WE HAVE BEEN REHEARSING FOR THIS.
SO IT CERTAINLY TAKES ME A LOT LONGER.
I'M NOT LIKE A TRAINED DANCER.
I WASN'T A TRAINED SINGER.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT A TRAINED DANCER, FROM OZ AND ALL
THAT?
>> I'M JUST PRETENDING.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ACTING LIKE A DANCER.
>> AS A KID I WASN'T.
I'VE LEARNED AS AN ADULT, SO I HAVE TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME.
I SING EVERY DAY.
I HAVE SINGING LESSONS EVERY WEEK.
YEAH, I'M LITERALLY FAKIC IT ALL.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT WHEN WE COME
BACK I'LL ASK YOU WHAT PART YOU WANTED TO PLAY IF HE GOT TO PLAY
ANY PART HE WANTED TO PLAY.
( LAUGHTER ) ♪♪