MY GUEST TONIGHT IS A
TALENTED ACTRESS WHO'S WON AN EMMY AND TWO TONYS AND NOW STARS
IN THE NEW HBO SERIES, "THE GILDED AGE."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," THE DELIGHTFUL CHRISTINE
BARANSKI. ♪ ♪ ♪
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WHAT'S-- WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOT STUFF?
NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK. >> IT'S LOVELY TO BE BACK.
GOSH. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THIS
AUDIENCE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OBSERVING THE PROTOCOLS AND
WEARING THE MASK, BUT SHOWING UP AND SUPPORTING THEATER IN NEW
YORK. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: VERY LUCKY. VERY LUCKY TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE
LIKE THIS. >> YEAH.
YEAH. >> Stephen: YOU GREW UP IN
BUFFALO, NEW YORK. >> I DID.
>> Stephen: AND HOW MUCH-- HOW MUCH-- AFTER ALL THESE YEARS--
BECAUSE YOU KIND OF SCREAM MANHATTAN AT THIS POINT-- HOW
MUCH BUFFALO GIRL IS LEFT IN YOU?
>> YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THINKS THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS
SOPHISTICATED LADY, THERE NEW YORK TYPE, THIS-- THIS-- THESE
CHARACTERS THAT I PLAY, THEY THINK THAT'S ME.
THEY SHOULD BE IN A ROOM ALONE WITH ME WHEN I WATCH THE BUFFALO
BILLS.
>> Stephen: GREAT SEASON. >> LOUD.
IT IS A GREAT SEASON. AND GROWING UP IN BUFFALO, YOU
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, WE LIVED THROUGH FOUR CONSECUTIVE SUPER
BOWL LOSSES. SO I HAVE A T-SHIRT THAT SAYS,
"BUFFALO: A DRINKING TOWN WITH A FOOTBALL PROBLEM."
( LAUGHTER )
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THE WILD CARD GAME LAST SUNDAY.
THEY BEAT NEW ENGLAND. AND...
( APPLAUSE ).
WILL SIT IN THE STANDS FOR HOURS IN SUBZERO TEMPERATURES.
SO IF YOU'RE FROM BUFFALO, YOU KNOW YOU ARE A SURVIVOR.
YOU KNOW HOW TO, YOU KNOW, ENDURE.
( APPLAUSE )
WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO FIRST COME DOWN TO THE CITY?
I CERTAINLY REMEMBER MY FIRST WALKING AROUND BY MYSELF IN NEW
YORK, WHAT THAT FELT LIKE. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT FEELING?
>> WHEN I WAS SEND AT JUILLIARD, I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT BEING IN
NEW YORK, I REMEMBER STAYING WITH MY UNCLE IN LONG ISLAND AND
TAKING A TRAIN IN TO THE CITY. AND I'D GET OFF AT PENN STATION.
PENN STATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL.
>> Stephen: NOT GLAMOUR. >> NOT GLAMOUR.
>> Stephen: NO. >> BUT I WOULD WALK TO JUILLIARD
UP EIGHTH HEAVY, AND I WAS LIKE, "EIGHTH AVENUE!
WOW." >> Stephen: THOSE ARE NEW YORK
HOOKERS! THAT'S A NEW YORK RAT.
>> YEAH, I THOUGHT EVERY ASPECT OF IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
IT WAS GREAT I DIDN'T GET HIT BY A CAR.
I WAS JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT BEING IN NEW YORK.
AND I HOPE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COME HERE STILL FEEL THAT WAY.
BECAUSE--
>> Stephen: GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD.
>> IT'S STILL -- >> Stephen: GREATEST CITY IN
THE WORLD. >> IT'S STILL A PLACE PEOPLE
COME TO TO MAKE THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE, WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE
TO SHOW UP AT THEATERS AND KEEP SUPPORTING THESE-- THESE
ARTISTS.
QUICK BREAK, BUT STICK AROUND. WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK
CHRISTINE ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE FRIENDS WITH STEPHEN
SONDHEIM. STICK AROUND.
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