♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THE LAST FEW CROSSWALK
PRODUCTIONS IT'S BECOME CLEAR THAT THIS HAS BECOME A
THEATRICAL BEHEMOTH.
IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE BROADWAY CAME CALLING.
MY CHILDREN, MY SWEET, SWEET CHILDREN.
TAKE A BREATH.
WE'RE ON BOARD.
SO I CALLED MY GOOD FRIEND STEPHEN COLBERT AND WE'RE HERE
OUTSIDE HIS ED SULLIVAN THEATER ON 57th STREET AND I'M READY
TO MAKE HISTORY.
QUIET QUIET!
I'M READY TO MAKE HISTORY.
WE SHOULDN'T DO JUST ONE SHOW, IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO THE
HISTORY OF BROADWAY, IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO THE HISTORY OF JAMES
CORDEN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HUGH JACKMAN, ZAC EFRON, AND ZENDAYA.
DON'T CROWD THEM.
>> I'VE ALWAYS DMIERTD WHAT JAMES HAS DONE, IT'S SUPERGREAT.
>> I THINK WITH MY IMPORT WE CAN TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
>> James: THIS WAS MY VISION, MY IDEAS.
>> I CAME UP WITH A LITTLE LIST OF SONGS, I DISCUSSED THEM WITH
ZAC AND I THINK THEY'RE GREAT.
THIS IS SOME POSSIBILITIES.
>> James: OKAY IF ANYONE NEEDS TO USE THE BATHROOM,
PROBABLY GO NOW.
OKAY THEN WE'LL BE BACK AT IT.
HERE WE GO.
HUGH IS A VERY AMAZING MAN BUT WHILE HE MAY BE PLAYING "THE
GREATEST SHOWMAN" I HAVE TO LIVE UP TO BEING THE GREATEST
SHOWMAN.
GIVE ME A LITTLE BOX STEP, THAT'S WONDERFUL, YES.
THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT COULD COME YOUR WAY, THERE'S A TAXI,
THAT'S A PIZZA, THAT'S A HOTDOG EXPWHRP I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER
WHERE I HAD EXPERIENCED JAMES DIRECT ORAL STYLE, AND IT WAS
LIKE DANCE MOM.
>> WHY DON'T YOU GET YOUR CLOTHES OUT YOU GREAT SISSY!
>> James: STOP!
>> TAKE IT DOWN RIGHT.
>> James: RUN ROUND LIKE DUCKS, RUN ROUND LIKE DUCKS.
>> EVERYONE IS REALLY EXCITED.
HUE SEEMS PUMPED.
I HAVE LITERALLY NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON REALLY.
>> James: ZAC INCREDIBLE.
ZENDAYA INCREDIBLE.
HUGH -- >> HE IS CALLING ME HUGE, HUGE,
THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THERE.
>> James: THERE'S SOMETHING EVERYBODY KEEP IT TOGETHER WE
ARE HERE WE ARE IN NEW YORK, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THEM WHAT
THE CROSSWALK COMPANY IS ALL ABOUT.
I'M VERY DMRVEL A SAILOR'S -- COMFORTABLE IN A SAILOR'S
OUTFIT.
SAY CROSSWALK.
SAY NEW YORK CITY.
AND JAMES CORDEN!
>> JAMES CORDEN!
>> James: YOU GUYS!
>> THIS IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO DO A MUSICAL OR CROSS THE
STREET!
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> NEW YORK, NEW YORK!
>> NEW YORK, NEW YORK!
>> IT'S A HELL OF A TOWN!
♪ ♪ SEE THE FAMOUS GUY.
WE SEE THE ROMANCE AND WADING IN IT LEAD THE BROADWAY LIFE.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK THE HELL OF A TOWN THE BRONX IS UP AND THE
BATTERY'S DOWN.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, IT'S A HELL OF A TOWN!
>> James: CUT CUT CUT!
THAT WAS AMAZING!
I FELT LIKE WE WERE IN NEW YORK!
WHERE IS ZAC, WHERE IS ZAC?
>> HE'S SAFE.
>> James: UNBELIEVABLE.
UNBELIEVABLE.
>> IT WAS AMAZING EXCEEDED ALL OF MY IMAGINATION.
THAT BEING SAID THERE WAS A MUGGING GOING ON, DID ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING ABOUT -- OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS GREAT!
>> James: LET'S GO GUYS!
♪ I DREAMED LAST NIGHT I GOT ON THE BOAT TO HEAVEN ♪
♪ AND RIDE SOME CHAMPS ♪ ♪ I HOLLERED SOMEONE SAVE ME!
♪ ♪ SIT DOWN YOU'RE ROCKING DOWN ♪ THE PEOPLE ALL SAID SIT DOWN ♪
NOTE SIT DOWN YOU'RE ROCKING THE BOAT ♪
♪ SIT DOWN SIT DOWN SIT DOWN YOU'RE ROCKING THE BOAT!
SIT DOWN SIT DOWN SIT DOWN YOU'RE ROCKING THE BOAT ♪
♪ SIT DOWN SIT DOWN SIT DOWN SCHASHES
>> James: THE "LATE LATE SHOW" -- THAT WAS GREAT GUYS,
DID YOU HEAR THOSE CAR HORNS?
THAT'S A STANDING OVATION!
WHAT THE (BLEEP) IS GOING ON?
WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW?
>> James: THE SONG WAS FROM THE MOVIE "THE GREATEST HOEMAN"
AND THERE ARE SO MANY ROLES I COULD HAVE CHOSEN, LION TAMER
TRAPEZE ARTIST, RING MASTER BUT I THINK THE ROLE I HAVE CHOSEN
IS INFINITELY MORE DISTINGUISHED.
(LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE)
>> James: I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING A CLASS AND A QUIET
DIGNITY TO THE BEARDED LADY.
>> YES.
I WAS BORN TO THE ROLE, P.T.
BARNUM, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN.
>> James: YOU MAY BE PLAYING THE GREATEST SHOWMAN BUT IT IS
TRULY I WHO IS THE GREATEST SHOWMAN.
>> CAN WE STOP A MINUTE?
WHAT IS YOUR (BLEEP) PROBLEM MAN?
NOBODY THE IS CALLED HUGE, SERIOUSLY, I HAVE SERIOUSLY HALF
A MIND TO -- OH GOD OH NO!
>> James: DID I PRETEND TO FAINT?
BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE OFFED BY HUGH JACKMAN, HE'S
WOLVERINE!
DID I ALSO THINK HIS NAME WAS HUGE, HONESTLY YES, I DID THINK
HIS NAME WAS HUGE.
I'VE BEEN TOO HARD ON HUGE -- I MEAN HUGH.
I'M SORRY HUGH.
I AM, I'M SORRY, LOOK, YOU, YOU ARE, YOU'RE HUGH JACKMAN, YOU
KNOW?
YOU CAN SING, YOU CAN DANCE.
YOU CAN ACT, YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS ENTIRE PLANET WHO
IS ALMOST AS TALENTED AS ME.
AND I FELT THAT.
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT, COME HERE.
>> James: I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
>> I'M SORRY!
COME ON ♪ IT'S A PREACHER IN THE PULPIT,
AND YOU'LL FIND DEVOTION ♪ THERE'S SOMETHING BREAKING
AT THE BRICK OF EVERY WALL ♪ IT'S HOLDING
I'LL LET YOU NOW, SO TELL ME ♪ DO YOU WANNA GO?
♪ WHERE IT'S COVERED IN ALL THE COLORED LIGHTS
♪ WHERE THE RUNAWAYS ARE RUNNING THE NIGHT
♪ IMPOSSIBLE COMES TRUE IT'S TAKING OVER YOU
♪ OH, THIS IS THE GREATEST SHOW WE LIGHT IT UP
♪ WE WON'T COME DOWN AND THE SUN CAN'T STOP US NOW
♪ WATCHING IT COME TRUE IT'S TAKING OVER YOU
♪ OH, THIS IS THE GREATEST SHOW YOU'RE THE GREATEST SHOWMAN.
>> James: YOU'RE THE GREATEST SHOWMAN.
>> LISTEN TO ME YOU'RE THE GREATEST SHOWMAN.
>> ALL RIGHT THEN.
(APPLAUSE) >> REALLY?
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> James: OKAY GUYS THIS IS IT!
THIS IS IT, A BIG FINALE LET'S GET OUT THERE AND SHOW THIS TOWN
WHAT WE'RE MADE OF, LET'S GO!
♪ REMEMBER MY NAME ♪ ♪ FAME ♪
♪ WE'RE GOING TO LIVE FOREVER ♪ ♪ I'M GOING TO LEARN HOW TO FLY
♪ I BEEN COMING TOGETHER ♪ ♪ PEOPLE WILL SEE ME AND CRY ♪
♪ FAME ♪ ♪ I'M GOING TO MAKE IT TOGETHER
♪ LIGHT UP THE SKY FAME ♪ ♪ I'M GOING TO LIVE FOREVER ♪
♪ BABY REMEMBER MY NAME REMEMBER REMEMBER REMEMBER ♪
♪ REMEMBER REMEMBER ♪ ♪
>> James: GO GO GO!
WE DID IT!
♪ ♪ ♪ >> James: REMEMBER WHEN YOU
STEP OUT INTO THE STREET YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WAITING ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
WAITING ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS A PRODUCTION THAT WOULD CHANGE
BROADWAY FOREVER.
AND A FRIENDSHIP.
A FRIENDSHIP.
A FRIENDSHIP THAT WOULD CHANGE OURS.
[ CAR HORNS ] >> I WAS SKEPTICAL AT FIRST.
DEFINITELY, STILL SKEPTICAL.
(LAUGHTER) >> IN THE END, REALLY, THIS IS A
DREAM.
>> James: THANK YOU HUGH, THANK YOU.