>> He started on Broadway that burst on to the screen with
breakout rose and shows like girls and black Monday.
>> Well now he’s reprising his role as Larry and the new film
the boys in the band based on the Tony award-winning Broadway
show when Larry and his boyfriend arrived at a friend’s
birthday party in old flame could spell trouble.
>> We’re here. I’ll take that as every as your president to
its surviving later.
Larry not give Michael the guest.
Lauder so my mother and Philadelphia can hear you
you’re standing there in a trance as a new method on old
and she sure as to see you I nice to me, I’m sorry I thought
you meant.
Well we haven’t exactly match the weave.
But you what.
>> And she joins us actually want to just sit and watch the
rest say, let’s get it going congratulations on the film.
The show originally debuted in 1968 you and the rest of the
cast, starred in the Broadway revival in 2018 1 year later
everyone reconvene to film the movie.
>> We’re all there. Yes, I just very quickly, I just want to
say thank you so much for doing that segment about the Trevor
projects listening to that organization that I work with a
lot. And it’s just so great that you have you put a
spotlight on it was that really was I was just very moved in I
excited to 2 to share some attention with them. So yes,
so boys in the band. Haha
yes, we did have drama in in in 2018. And remarkably the entire
cast got to come back in touch and make this dome last summer
so it was a really. It was a really unique experience
because that’s that’s very rare, you would get to do you
know the stage version and then all be asked back to do the
amazing film so yeah.
>> And it’s it gives you a chance to almost in a way to
memorialize these performances because you know a Broadway
show it’s ephemeral it’s done it’s and then that’s that’s
done. But what would the difference is doing it for
camera as opposed to being being on on stage.
>> Well we we have a brilliant director Joe Mantello who
directed the Broadway show and then directed the film it
I guess I mean
most importantly, I’m just I’m so excited that that mark
Crowley who wrote the show who unfortunately passed away in
March. Was able to see this revival to see that that it was
it was it was seen by a younger generation and sort of may be
heard in a different way than it was in 1968 people accepted
it in a different way than it did in 1968. And was so
thrilling to get to to witness him.
Witness this. He was such a sweet kind generous man and we
all miss him very much. But the fact that he got to see that
his his play 50 years later is still having the same impact
that we’re a different impact than it did. You know in 1968
was was just very very satisfying to see. I didn’t
answer your question now. But that’s okay haha enjoy them
out. I started talking about Mark Crowley but I do.
>> Here you are. I want to ask you about black Monday. So I
knew pretty I said, which I mean chronicles the worst stock
market crash in Wall Street history in the 1980’s 2nd
season just recently finished, airing he tell us the plans for
3rd season.
>> Yeah, I think that you know where you know fingers crossed
I think you know I I you know as we all know everything sort
of got
put on pause for a bit.
>> Friends, well, hopefully.
>> Yes, these routes starting up again and gets to that but
you know, everyone’s in a little better.
Limbo right now, but we’ll be back we’ll be back.
>> It’s not your face is not yourself like what does New
York City under your name so if you see this random little
Brown or like stocking its meat of your friend I think.
>> I want to be your friend and by the way I threat
intermittent fasting socks. Yeah. It’s it’s like just don’t
I mean basically it’s like not eating.
>> His and Rams reaches back 3 St.
>> You know what was going to say you some tips and that who
are part of the family, yeah, they’re the best if you’ve ever
had your last.
>> And Andrew rannells and this is what I watch.
What I watch what I need comfort food is 30 rock.
I will re watch 30 rock.
Again and again and again and again and I’ve been doing it a
lot recently actually it’s so funny and it’s so smart and it
A lot and it just always brings me great joy and great comfort.
There are a lot of a favorite moments from 30 rock. I love
Jane Krakowski and you not just the sort of ego of her
character Jenna and like the way that she so like confident,
but bap and I just I think it’s so hilarious I do have a
favorite line she’s talking about aging and the business
and she says I don’t want to lose a push-up contest to Julie
Bowen this even gets to be Kevin James, meanwhile, police
tired of having with.
>> Using a push-up contest to Julie Bowen to see who gets to
play Kevin James Disney wife Lee sick of having with.
>> Question I just think it is such a genius lacking.
What I watch that might surprise people don’t know if I
can admit this.
I will watch American Ninja warrior and
I will watch it. I don’t now I think because it’s like it’s
things that I could never do it’s like just impossible feats
of strength and endurance to my cause anyone doing that.
So it’s I find it weirdly like it’s like a scape is on
television that you can watch and just be like why.
>> I don’t I can’t do that.
Yeah, I just I really get a kick out of it.
>> What I watch that reminds me of my childhood would be little
House on the Prairie even though I’m not really from I’m
from Nebraska but not really from the Prairie’s there’s
something very cozy about it and just simpler times even
though it was always like the stakes on the Prairie are
going blind or you know like getting attacked in the woods
like that crazy things were going down in the Prairie I
guess it’s a little like and the city that Mike everyone
thinks they’re Kerry. It’s like everyone thinks the floor,
so I guess I would be Laura cousin, Billy.
What I watch what I need a good cry
would be easier, particularly like the the the season where
Maura Tierney mother is played by Sally field. She has
dementia
that’s more tyranny first of all I’m just in love with and
Sally fields like obviously, but that story line and that
season was just heartbreaking and I remember just like
solving to it.
What I watched I was prepping for the prom, oddly the and the
city and I know that doesn’t make sense because it’s not
really I mean the crime is about these 4 sort of very
narcissistic Broadway actors who go to the Midwest to try to
save this same. This young girl who’s denied access to her prom
because she’s a. But there’s you know that camaraderie that
is in and the city and like the different types of characters.
I did find to be awfully helpful because you know there
are 4 of us it’s Meryl Streep and James corden Nicole Kidman
behind me which one doesn’t fit in that picture. It’s me but I
you know just a good reminder of like how to find your place
of like don’t step on anyone else’s chose and basically stay
in your Lane but be you know collaborative and supportive,
but also like know what your know what you’re supposed to be
know what you’re bringing to the table I guess that was the
good reminder for that, I mean again like and the city
everyone thinks that there.
>> Kerry. But obviously Meryl Streep scary and the situation.
>> I guess I would have been who I am Charlotte with the
Samantha right thing I think is the way to go. Yeah, yeah.
When Ryan asked me to to be in the prom I was obviously well
away by it because of the cast. You know Meryl Streep Nicole
Kidman and an important I was like what that life.
But also getting the chance to do a big movie musical. I mean
I’ve obviously done a lot of music holes in my career but on
Broadway and not never done anything like that on film
before so that was really exciting the idea that I would
get to do like big production numbers in the film was really
exciting because I grew up watching movie musicals and you
know I always wanted to to be in one so now I got to be one
pretty full.
That whole cast was so fantastic and I think that
that’s the thing that was so exciting. We started was we
were lucky enough to have become longer for some period
to get you on the dance numbers and you can the music and
everything I mean the first day that we had you know, we
learned the dance together like everybody was just you know
actors doing it for just all there there was no ego there
was no.
You know you there was no horror story about like any
anybody being demanding or anything like that they were
just like all there to do the same job and it just felt
really collaborative and fun that I was like oh we’re on the
same team.
Watch for the music, you know, I watched recently that I
thought had such a great soundtrack to and so unexpected
was euphoria on HBO it was always really great and really
unexpected and the way they used music and that show I just
thought this was
how everyone should use music. It like was helpful to the
story it was a listed a lot of emotion was. Yeah, I thought
that they they really nailed that whoever whoever their
music supervisor was well done.
What to watch for the theme sign would be I think
growing pains at it.
It’s such a good thing and find that you can see some.
Yeah, I’ve attempted to carry a few times always kills. But I
watch them have with right now.
Like the rest of the world is the queen’s gambit
on netflix it and it’s great because like it’s it’s it’s a
bottom of it it’s just a story about a woman who develop some
skill that she doesn’t know that she has now granted it
involves and drug use. But
ultimately she’s just very successful because she works
hard at it. And it’s it’s I just I really got into that
whole world and I know nothing about chest Norm. I really
interested chest. But man I really.