-How you doing? How's everything going?
-Couldn't be better, man. I'm on Broadway!
That's right! Exactly.
[ Cheers and applause ]
It's real. It's real. -It's amazing.
It's really, really amazing.
We're having a great time, and it's -- every day,
the camaraderie and the rhythm of it feels really fantastic.
It's nothing like live theater.
-This is the only night you have off, right?
-It's my only night off. Yeah, I work six days a week.
I wanted to be on "The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon."
-That's what I'm saying. That's why we love --
-And you know I love you.
-Yeah. Do you get any time off for the holidays at all?
Do you get to go -- -No, no, we are performing
right through the holidays, so we performed --
I had two shows before Thanksgiving
and two shows after Thanksgiving.
We have two shows, I think, the day before Christmas
and after Christmas. But it's so much fun.
But that's the gift. That's the gift.
Because I love to be -- the fact that we can perform
and give joy to the people in the audience
and families are coming, so we're here. We're here.
-Normally, do you go to Detroit? Is that where you're from?
-Yeah, I'm from Detroit. I'm from Detroit, so typically
I go -- nobody.
[ Laughter ]
-Not even -- -That's like silence.
-No, you heard someone, like, unwrapping a candy.
What's that? -What did he say?
-Detroit? -Dayton?
[ Laughter ]
Is that a Werther's? I love a Werther's.
-Oh, shoot. He's talking to us.
I'm from Detroit. I was born and raised in Detroit.
And um... [ People cheer ]
Okay, now it's pity.
[ Laughter ] Come on, guys.
But they -- -No, since you last talked,
we brought people in from Detroit.
-From Detroit, yeah. -Seconds --
-Seconds ago -- [ Laughter ]
-Dude, how about this stadium?
-The silver dome. -The silver dome.
-The Pontiac silver dome, which is in Pontiac, Michigan.
The Pontiac silver dome is where the Detroit Lions
played for decades. -Yeah.
-And I used to go there as a kid.
The Detroit pistons played there for decades and lots of things
took place there.
And they were supposed to demolish it on Sunday.
-Yeah. -And they put all the explosives
in there, they went to implode the stadium,
and it didn't go down.
[ Laughter ] We couldn't even get that right.
[ Laughter ]
So, like, a quarter of the stadium
is still standing right now.
They tried to blow this thing up three days in a row,
and they can't get it.
That stadium is built Ford tough.
[ Cheers and applause ] -That's right!
-It's still there. -That's right.
Detroit, that's right. -That's right, baby.
Chrysler, imported from Detroit. Buy American!
[ Laughter ]
I get no money for that.
-I want to talk -- There's a lot of things happening for you.
First of all, congratulations on your engagement.
-Thank you very much. Yes. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Hi, Elisa. -Thank you. Mm-hmm.
-But last time we talked, it was just announced that you
were going to be in the new remake of "The Lion King"
with Beyoncé. -Yes, with Beyoncé, yes.
[ Cheers and applause ] -And directed by Jon Favreau.
-Jon Favreau, yes. I play one of the hyenas.
Remember from the original movie?
-Of course! Everybody remembers.
-Whoopi and Cheech Marin. Yeah.
So I play one of the hyenas, and I was very fortunate
that Eric Andre, who plays one of the other hyenas,
we got to work together, which, you never get to work together.
You're always just kind of in a booth going -- What?!
You're never going to get him to do that.
Ow! [ Grunting ]
-[ Grunting ] -[ Screaming ]
[ High-pitched ] He's burning my ass!
You know? And you never -- you never get to see the person
who burns your ass. Never get to meet them.
You never get to understand what --
-You never get to meet that person.
-What's the motivation behind them burning my ass?
You don't get to learn anything about the other actors.
So, it was nice that we got to interact with each other.
-I can't wait for that. I'm looking forward to that.
But also looking forward to this.
Congratulations, you're getting great reviews on this,
"Meteor Shower." [ Cheers and applause ]
You and Amy Schumer. -I can't wait.
-You and Amy Schumer. Who else is in the cast?
-Two amazing actors, Laura Benanti and Jeremy Shamos,
who are both Broadway, just veterans.
-They know how to do it. -Oh, they know how to do it.
Laura's been doing Broadway her entire life.
18 years old. So good. So good.
Beauti -- Sings like an angel.
And Jeremy's -- they're both like these journeymen, solid.
They're the ringers. They're the ringers.
Amy and I are just like, "Down stage where?"
-But these are Broadway vets. -They're Broadway vets.
-And you and Amy working together?
-Amy -- here's the thing. Amy -- it's so interesting.
Amy being a stand-up and me being a sketch person,
we're used to -- and an improviser,
we're so used to performing with an audience
that's interacting with us and talking back to us.
So every now and again something will happen in the audience
where someone will say something and we both --
It's like chum in the water.
And we both -- like sharks, we're like -- you know,
there's times where we're holding hands
and stuff like that. And you'll hear someone go,
[ Muttering ] And we're like, "Oh, don't,
don't, don't, don't, don't. Don't, don't, don't.
[ Laughter ]
We in a play, girl, don't do it!"
You know? And there was a time --
I know she was onstage with Laura one day and she has a line
where she goes, oh -- her character's name is Corky.
And Laura says, "Oh, Corky, you're so sensitive.
Where did you grow up?" And she goes, "Cleveland."
And this guy in the audience goes, "Oh, no."
[ Laughter ]
-What? -What's that have to do with it?
And Amy's like, "Mnh, I want to get him.
I want to get him. I want to get him.
I want to get him. -But how -- she's getting
great reviews, as well. -Yeah. I mean, she's taken to it
like a fish to water. She's been really, really fantastic.
And super comfortable on stage.
And the show changes a little bit every night,
and we try to say all the same lines all the time.
But we'll stick little physical bits in there
and stuff like that. And sometimes --
-Just for you guys? Just for each other.
Just for each other. And the audience is always
watching going, "What is going on up there?
What are they doing?
They're having their own little fun up there."
But -- and sometimes -- like something -- like,
she'll just get a bee in her bonnet
and she'll just -- you know there's a thing
where we're having this romantic scene, and one day,
I'm holding her hand like, I'm holding her hand like this,
and she's on the couch and she's looking at me
and she just straight-up, for no reason, just goes --
she goes...
[ Laughter ]
And then I go -- -You got to finish it off.
-You got to finish it off. -You got to finish it off.
-And I had to finish it off.
No, it's a real nice, tight little piece and Steve Martin
has been so -- he's been so fantastic to work with
and collaborative and wonderful.
-Like, has he? Yeah. -Yeah. You walk --
It's like, we had one night, there was standing ovation,
everyone was clapping. We walked off stage,
and Steve's -- this is Steve Martin backstage going --
-Oooh! Oooh!
[ Laughter ] I've got some notes, though.
I've got some notes. -He comes at you with notes.
Yeah. -But he's -- he said
it's glorious for him.
He's really enjoying watching his words come to life
and watching the game. Our director says every night,
he goes, "You guys are like
the Golden State warriors out there."
That's what he said. -Aww, come on.
-It's like we're playing like a team and it just feels good
and fluid and wonderful. -And he's having a good year,
as well, the director. -Oh, my God.
He did "Bronx Tale." He directed "Bronx Tale."
He directed "Hello, Dolly!" There's gotta be half --
This audience is going to see "Hello, Dolly!" tonight.
-Yeah, yeah. The rest will go see "Meteor Shower."
-Exactly, right. But, yeah, so he had everybody --
we're feeling good. -I know it's set in 1993,
and I wanted to help you and the cast out in case you just need
a little bit more inspiration. So we asked the greatest deejay
in the world, Questlove -- -Oh, yes, he is. Yes.
-To make a mix of 1993 songs, and here are three cassettes.
[ Laughter ]
[ Cheers and applause ] 1993. All mix tapes.
-Look at that. I'm sorry, what did you call these?
What are these called? -They're cassettes.
-You just handed me three... -Space pods.
Yeah, no, they're not coasters.
They're not coasters. They're actually cassettes.
I don't know how you're going to play them, but anyways,
good luck, and congratulations. We love him.
Keegan-Michael Key! -Mwah!
-"Meteor Shower" runs at the Booth Theatre.