>> Stephen: NICE SEEING YOU AGAIN.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE DEEP CONVERSATIONS.
>> WE DO.
WE GO THERE.
>> Stephen: WE DO.
JUST DIVE IN.
>> Stephen: WE GO THERE AND LIVE THERE FOR A WHILE.
I'LL START WITH ONE OF THE DEEPEST THINGS NOW.
>> WHAT'S THAT?
>> Stephen: I NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT "THE BOYS IN THE
BAND" AT THE BOOTH THEATER, A RESTAGING OF THE LANDMARK PLAY
FROM 1968.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: BUT FIRST, BEFORE WE GET THERE, IS THERE GOING TO
BE A STAR TREK 4 AND IS TARANTINO DIRECTING?
>> THERE IS A RUMOR.
THERE IS TRUTH TO THE RUMOR.
I KNOW MORE NOW THAN A FEW WEEKS AGO WHICH IS THERE WILL BE A
FOURTH MOVIE.
>> Stephen: YEAH!
HOT DAMN!
>> HOT DAMN IF WE STAY ON THE TRACK WE'RE ON.
BUT I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A MOVIE MR. QUINTIN'S NEXT MOVIE
AND MAYBE A MOVIE AFTER.
THEY ANNOUNCE ADD WOMAN WILL BE DIRECTING THE FILM.
>> Stephen: THE FIRST TIME.
THE FIRST TIME IN THE FEATURE UNIVERSE, YEAH, AND ACTUALLY A
WOMAN I KNOW AND HAVE WORKED WITH BEFORE NAMED S.J. CLARKSON.
SHE'S INCREDIBLE.
I'M VERY EXCITED.
THAT SEEMS TO BE IN THE WORKS.
DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION, I DON'T
KNOW IF THE DEAL'S CLOSED BUT IT WAS IN DEADLINE AND VARIETY, SO
THERE MUST BE SOME TRUTH TO IT.
>> Stephen: I WAS A HUGE FAN OF THE SHOW.
>> I HEARD THAT.
>> Stephen: SATURDAY NIGHTS, LEONARD NIMOY WOULD COME OUT,
7:30 WOULD BE THE MUPPET SHOW, THEN I WOULD GO OUT WITH MY
FRIENDS.
>> AS YOU DO ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, WATCH THE MUPPET SHOW,
BEFORE YOU -- >> Stephen: OF COURSE.
AND YOU WERE STEPPING INTO THAT ROLE, TOO.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: ZACHARY QUINTO, 2018, WHAT ARE WE IN SEARCH OF?
>> WE ARE IN SEARCH OF -- WELL, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL SHOW WAS
GREAT IN ITS OWN WAY.
LEONARD WOULD OFTEN APPEAR IN A TURTLENECK AND A BLAZER IN A
STUDIO AND SAY GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO IN SEARCH OF, AND
THEN THROW TO A PRE-TAPED PACKAGE IN THE FILM.
WHEN I WAS APPROACHED ABOUT DOING IT I SAID I'M INTERESTED,
BUT I WANT TO BE ON THE GROUND.
SO I GOT TO TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE WORLD USING ANTHONY BOURDAIN
AS A TEMPLATE.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
YEAH, SO I WENT TO THESE PLACES AND CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS
MYSELF.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE ORIGINAL
SERIES, SO LOOK FOR THINGS THAT ARE UNEXPLAINED, UNKNOWN,
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE.
>> Stephen: ARE WE TALKING ALIENS?
>> ALIENS.
>> Stephen: BIG FOOT, STONEHENGE -- THAT KIND OF
STUFF?
>> SOME OF THAT.
WE HAVE AN EPISODE AT ALIENS, ATLANTIS, AND ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE, LIFE AFTER DEATH AND MIND CONTROL.
WE TRY TO EXPLORE THINGS FROM PERSPECTIVE OF ALL THE
ADVANTAGES IN TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE THAT WE'VE BENEFITED
FROM IN THE LAST 40 YEARS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE FAMILIARITY OF THE SHOW, BUT TO
MOVE IT IN A NEW DIRECTION AND TO INVITE AUDIENCES IN, TO LOOK
AT THINGS FROM THE WAY THAT WE SEE THEM NOW RATHER THAN THE WAY
THAT THEY WERE SEEN IN THE LATE '70s AND EARLY '80s.
IN THE SPIRIT OF MY DEAR DEPARTED LEONARD, I AM REALLY
EXCITED AND WE HAVE A GREAT TIME FILMING IT AND IT WILL BE ON
SOMETIME IN JULY IN HISTORY.
>> Stephen: MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, TURTLENECKS?
>> I DO WEAR ONE TURTLENECK.
>> Stephen: YOU DO?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> IT'S LIKE A FISHERMAN SWEATER
TURTLENECK.
IT'S UTILITARIAN.
>> Stephen: BASED ON PEDESTAL.
TOTALLY.
>> Stephen: DO YOU BELIEVE IN ALIENS, BY THE WAY?
>> I BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD BE FOOLHARDY TO THINK THAT WE'RE
THE ONLY INTELLIGENCE LIFE IN THE EXPENSE OF THE UNIVERSE AND
BEYOND.
>> Stephen: I THINK WE MIGHT BE FOOLHARDY TO THINK THAT WE'RE
INTELLIGENT LIFE.
>> YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
FAIR ENOUGH, TOUCHEÉ.
BUT I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME VERSION OF LIFE BEYOND WHAT WE
KNOW ON THIS PLANET.
A LOT OF THE SHOW IS ABOUT THE CONVERGENCE OF SCIENCE AND
EXPERIENCE.
SO HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND SCIENCE AND WHERE THOSE TWO THINGS MEET.
SO WE MEET, LIKE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED BY ALIENS AND
WHO HAVE HAD THESE EXPERIENCES.
>> SURE.
AS WEIRD AS IT MAY SEEM, YOU KNOW, WE INTERVIEWED THREE
PEOPLE, NONE OF WHOM HAD MET THE OTHER BEFORE OR HAD ANYTHING TO
DO WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THE SIMILARITIES IN THEIR STORIES
WERE TO EERIE IT MADE ME DOUBLE TAKE THE WHOLE POSSIBILITY OF
IT.
BUT WHEN WE TALKED TO THE SCIENTISTS WHO, ARE YOU KNOW,
UTILIZING THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND RADIO TEL TELESCO
AND SEARCHING INTO THE DEEP RECESSES OF SPARKES IT FEELS
QUITE FAR FROM BEING REALITY.
THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE SHOW IS IT PRESENTS IT TO THE
AUDIENCE, GIVES US WHAT WE'VE LEARNED AND ASKS YOU HOW YOU
FEEL ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: DEFINITELY.
CHECK IT OUT.
>> Stephen: I NEED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS RIGHT HERE.
>> OKAY SNITS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: I LOVE WHEN GUESTS HAVE SHOW AND TELL.
MAKES CLASS EXCITING FOR THE OTHER STUDENTS.
DO WE NEED TO PUT IT OUT HERE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT
THAT?
IS THAT A GOOD SHOT?
>> THERE IT IS.
GORGEOUS, ISN'T IT?
I WAS TALKING IN MY PRE-INTERVIEW ABOUT SORT OF THE
LEGACY OF THEATER AND DOING THEATER AND THE IDEA OF LINEAGE
AND BEING CONNECTED TO THE PEOPLE BEFORE US.
>> Stephen: INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY.
>> THE LAST BROADWAY PRODUCTION I DID WAS "THE GLASS MENAGERIE"
AND THIS WAS GIVETO ME BY MY CO-STAR WHO PLAYED AMANDA.
THIS BELONGED T TO TENNESSEE WILLIAMS HIMSELF AND USED FOR
COOKING.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S BROKEN BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT
THERE IS A SPOON THAT GOES IN THERE AND ACTUALLY MAKES UP THE
TAIL OF THE BIRD, SO IF THE SPOON WITH RESPECT BROKEN, IT
WOULD BE IN THERE AND THEN THE IDEA IS THAT YOU JUST DIP IT IN
WITH A LITTLE -- ( SNIFFS )
-- AND THEN -- I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ACTUALLY USED
FOR.
>> Stephen: THE SPOON BROKE, A LOT OF HEAVY COCAINE.
>> VERY HEAVY COCAINE.
IT WAS LOADED IN BRIE, SO IT HAD EXTRA WEIGHT TO IT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: I FEEL LIKE, WHEN I WAS TOLD ABOUT THIS, I SAID
THIS SOUNDS LIKE AN ILLICIT "ANTIQUES ROAD SHOW."
( LAUGHTER ) LET'S SEE WHAT YOU CAN GET FOR
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS COCAINE HOLDER, JIM.
THAT'S NICE.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> Stephen: THIS HAS AN AMAZING CAST, "THE BOYS IN THE
BAND" AT THE BOOTH THEATER.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: JIM PARSONS, RANDALL'S.
HOW DO YOU THINK TELLING THE STORY NOW IS DIFFERENT THAN IN
1968.
WHAT PART OF THE MESSAGE IS THE SAME?
>> THIS PLAY WAS PRODUCED NOT ON BROADWAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF IT.
IT WAS PROSED ON BROADWAY, BUT IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE HIT.
IT WAS A REVENUES.
NOBODY HAD SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
THE EXPLORATION OF GAY MEN, PSYCHOLOGY AND RELATIONSHIPS AND
INTERACTIONS ON STAGE, HOW FAR WITH VIE COME IN 50 YEARS?
THE FACT THIS IS AN ENTIRELY OUT-GAY CAST I THINK IS A HUGE
HALLMARK OF THE ADVANCES THAT WE'VE MADE IN THAT TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY WRIESNATES FOR AUDIENCES.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S HYSTERICALLY FUNNY, BUT IT ALSO XPLORERS WHAT
IT IS TO INTERNALIZE SOCIETAL BIGOTRY, JUDGMENT AND, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY UNDER THE WEIGHT OF, THERE IS A LOT OF
BACKWARD-LOOKING, REDUCTIVE THOUGHT ABOUT THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THERE'S NO BETTER TIME TO BE TELLING THIS STORY
THAN NOW.
IT'S REALLY HOLDING UP A MIRROR TO WHERE WE ARE AND, YOU KNOW,
LOOK, MARRIAGE EQUALITY IS THE LAW OF THE LAND.
THAT CERTAINLY WASN'T THE CASE 50 YEARS AGO.
THE ORIGINAL CAST OF THIS PLAY HAD AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TIME
IN THE WORLD TRYING TO INTEGRATE WHO THEY WERE AS PEOPLE AND WHO
THEY WANTED TO BE AS ACTORS AND THIS IS A CAST THAT HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DO THAT IN THEIR OWN WAYS AS INDIVIDUALS.
SOMETIMES I THINK THE THINGS ABOUT OURSELVES THAT WE MIGHT
NOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH, OR THE PARTS OF OURSELVES THAT WE WOULD
RATHER CHANGE, THROUGH THE WORK THAT WE CAN DO AS CREATIVE
PEOPLE AND ALSO IN OUR OWN LIVES CAN BECOME KIND OF THE MOST
POWERFUL AND EXCITING PARTS OF OUR EXPERIENCE AND I THINK THIS
PRODUCTION HAS PROVEN THAT FOR ME AND I WOULD SAY ON BEHALF OF
EVERYBODY ELSE, PROBABLY FOR THEM, TOO, IT'S BEEN REALLY
EXCITING AND REALLY, REALLY FUN.
>> Stephen: HAVE A GREAT RUN.
THANK YOU, MAN.
>> Stephen: ALWAYS LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
>> YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: "THE BOYS IN THE BAND" ON BROADWAY NOW.
ZACHARY QUINTO, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH COMEDIENNE VANESSA BAYER!