Celebrity Encounters at The Book of Mormon

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On today's show, Seth casts with actors Josh Gabb and Andrew Reynolds. But first, a closer look. Donald Trump canot resist inserting himself into the NBA finals a day after throwing a tantrum on meet the press. For more in this, it's time for a closer look If you don't live in New York City, maybe you're not aware of this, but New Yorkers are very excited that the Kicks are in the finals. The Empire State Building is orange and blue, the subway stations are orange and blue. Even the rats are orange and blue Which is probably more due to a genetic mutation that's terrifying. But for now, let's just say it's Nick's reasons Even our local amateur baseball team in Queens is wearing orange and blue New Yorkers have been going absolutely wild, packing bars, partying in the streets outside Madison Square Garden. They're even break dancing robots. Wearing nick jerseys. And sure, the Nick robot stops dancing pretty quickly, but in fairness to the people who built it, no one ever thought it needed a battery that would last into the NBA finals. Between the beautiful weather and the next winning thirteen playoff games in a row, the vibes have been immaculate. Those mysterious guys crawling down manholes, those are Just Nicks fans holding watch parties and sewers We hope And the joy feels bigger than basketball. It's bringew Yorkers together as evidenced by this viral clip of Nicks fans celebrating. Mor Muslim Jewish my Christian New York? M That is poetry. and it's also a perfect example of how confident New Yorkers are. The Kicks haven't won a title in fifty three years and yet people are in the streets up two games to nothing saying it's going to be a sweep. I'm a Red Sox fan. If you would whisper to two thousand four, I think we might beat the Yankees. Everyone you knew would say You shut up of you Jks I can't blame the Kicks fans. They've won thirteen straight postseason games, Joy is in the air. The city is rocy. The players are lovable. notothing. and I mean nothing. Nothing can ruin this for us. President Trump is planning on attending game three of the NBA finals at Madison Square Garden Ruin everything Also, Nothing than making your first nextix game of the year game three of the finals Tonight is for the Dards. It's for Spike and Ben and Edie, Timmy, Marisha, Try. It's not for a dude who doesn't know about this team. Not only do I not think he could pronounce OGi Anenobi's last name, there's a good chance he thinks his first name is pronounced O. you just let us have this one thing without making it all about you? Do you even care about the NBA? As far as I can tell, your only connection to the sport is the similarity between your complexion and the surface of a basketball By the way, by the way, Trump going. Trump going to a Nicks game makes it one hundred times funnier that he didn't go to his own son's wedding What a knife twist. I bet when Don Junior was little, Trump would play catch with the neighbor's kid Now, it would be bad enough if Trump was just turning this into a political circus, but he's also making it a worse experience for everyone else trying to get into the arena. The Nicks are now warning fans ahead of game three of the NBA finals The team says there will be increased security measures. That's because President Trump will be at tomorrow's game at Madison Square Garden. Fans are encouraged to arrive at least two hours before tip offff. People are also asked to bring as little with them as possible. They say it'll be TSA style screening heading into the venue. TSA style security for a basketball game perfect. Right w Laguardi is finally nice MSG airport By the way, these tickets are expensive. The cheapest ones still cost thousands of dollars. Imagine spending that much money just to wait in line for two hours're not G'sonna to be happy when you find out who is doing the cavity searches He's not happy either By the way, if you can't afford those exorbitant ticket prices and you'll be watching from home, don't worry, the president is laser focused on affordability. After all, he is a man of the people. The cheapest price for the game for your going is eight thousand dollars. Everyday Americans can't afford these. Well, I know, but they can watch it on television. It's sort of semi free to watch it on television That's way life goes. All right. Soe nextxt time you're wondering why the presresident hasn't fixed the economy, just remember he uses terms like sort of semi free Next time you go to a gas station, look for that on the sign Second, that's the way life goes It is such a funny thing to say when you were elected to change how life was going This guy spent an entire presidential campaign promising to make life affordable for working Americans. Then the second he gets into office. he's like, d losers. I'm taking a break from building my ballroom so I can go to the MBA fininals. Maybe get into a cheaper sport like rat races But I take the presresident's point. New Yorkers can just enjoy the game on TV. In fact, there have been some raucous watch parties right outside the garden. With the approval of the city. if you can't afford to go to the game, you can just go to the watch party. You can still feel like you're a part of the action, right? The official watch party outside canceled. The NYPD saying this was done fully in coordination with the Secret Service because of the presidential visit. We're not going to see the usual scenes of celebration and fans gathering at the game that we have been seeing in the last few games. That is likely causing A lot of heartbreak for New Yorkers, definitely those who cannot get into the garden, who have been coming to the Watch partarty to try and get as close as possible. They will not be able to do so. What? The Watch Party is canceled. Well, all right, bear with me. If Trump's gonna to be at MSG, can the crowds at MSG use the White House And before you say, what, they'll trash the place. Take a look. The place be trashed. Seriously, man, what's Heightened security, brutal traffic, canceled watch parties. How else are you gonna ruin this for us? What are you gonna to do next? Arest The cute little Nyx robot? No. Actually, in fairness, it's not what it looks like he was arrested for exposing himself on the subway. Now we're taping this in the afternoon on Monday, so we don't know how Trump will be received, But if his history of appearing at sporting events is any indication, his appearance at MSG is not Donald Trump ventured out from his Bedminster goolf club just to get booed at today's FIFA Club World Cup final in New Jersey. The president decided he wanted to attend Sunday's men's singles final. The president of the United States was booed foootball fans could be heard booing President Trump during his appearance at the Lions and Commanders's game. He was there to swear in new military members Now of course there is a chance everyone in the stadium was named B and they were just following his instructions to state their name. If that wasn't the case, I mean, Yikes, he got booed tennis soccer and football, you think Nick' fans are gonna to be More forgiving? Here's how forgiving Kicks fans are. in Game one of the Eastern confonference finals, they were booing the Kicks Again, I don't know how it's going to go, but I do know it can't go any worse for Trump than it did on Sunday during his interview with Meet the press where he threw a hissy fit and stormed out becausecause a reporter dared to suggest to him ever so gently that he might Be full of President Trump stormed out of an interview with NBC's Kristin Welker after a heated exchange over what he perceives to be crooked elections in California. The election was It was a dirty election. It's happening again right now in California Pented evidence happening now California right crooked J just like you' coked. Y press is crooked. and meet the press is crooked. To be fair, I'm not crooked, but let's Really' Well you play right into their hands up. Let's continue. You're either crooked or you're stupid. Your elections are crooked And you're crooked. at least the press is crooked. So is ABC and CBS and CNN.. one sided crooked network.. let's call all it quit because I've had it Thank you, Darling. Have a good time If we can't have a watch party for the finals, can we have a watch party for this? Be I would absolutely stand outside MSG with ten thousand fans watching this baby throw a tantrum on a giant jumbo drone. And when he walks out, we all chant. You lost. You got indicted. There's the door M interview whining. For example, at one point, he complained about all the bad press he got. You know That these elections are rigged. Your network knows that they're rigged. You know that I won an election in a landslide and I got ninety four percent bad press. I love that the same guy can say in an interview, You're either crooked or stupid. And also, why don't people like me Why are you so surprised? you get bad pressed? Your approval rating is the worst in history. You were convicted of thirty four felony counts. You lost in twenty twenty. You oversaw a pandemic and an economic crash. You got impeached twice, you incited an insurrection, and you're a worse answer than the Nx robot. Trump somehow can't wrap his head around the fact that a disgraced and unlikable reality star villain who barely campaigned for mayor of a city that has fewer registered Republicans than food delivery robots is losing. He alleges fraud, but he can't offer a single shred of evidence when given an open floor to say literally anything he wants. Just one piece of evidence. The floor is yours, mister President Give us a single Exple Any Look at what's happening in California. What to that? It's fl d They're doing well again. Now California, it's no, they're not they're dropping fast because it's a rigged election. Let me tell you It's four days. And they aren't even close coming up That's how they can. You know why they're doing that? Because they're cheating on the election. There's what do have evidence to support? All I have to do is look. All I have to do is look. All they have to do is look is not an appropriate response when asked for proof of voter fraud. It's not even an appropriate response when there's a solar eclipse. Trump whined and stormed out like a baby, even though he was given an open floor to say anything he wanted to say to present any evidence he wanted to present, but he has nothing. That's why his approval ratings are at their lowest point ever. Priced are high. We're in a war, but at least we have This is been Pa Monday on NBC, American Ninja Warrior is back Mind blowing new obstacles. Heated regional rivalries. I cannot wait to represent and make everyone proud back home. An unbelievable athlette. The M Pas is gonna make it happen this year. because this season, every second count. For the first time ever, the three lane race Cse. American Ninja Warrior, Monday on NBC Tony nominated actors who originated the roles Elder Cunningham and Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, which went on to become the Tony and Grammy winning hit that is now one of the longest running musicals in Broadway history. This week they're returning to the show for Magical Mormon Mystery Week, which runs through june fourteenth at the Eugene O'Neill Theater. Please welcome back to the show, two of our favorites Josh Kat and A R He everybody No Specific instructions that I was to sit closest to you. I would sold the same. Yeah, we do, We like to pit people against you back is ferocious. We love to pit people against guys We like a fight. gentlemen, you were at the Tony's last night in Bravo Tony the Tony's the gay Super Bowl. It wasn't gay was it was a really It was a real gay suuper Bowl last night. It was really. It was a f Yeah pack. It say I can't get away with saying that. I said it's a gay suuper Bowl, everybody How dare you? But you can say that I'm gay. But we had a great time. It was super fun. I think I don't know I feel same but we were you we've been rehearsing the show. It's been very overwhelming to get to rehearse this material again. And then here we are doing it on the Ton'. and the adrenaline kicked in and I felt like, I'm nineteen and I can sing forever. And then this morning I woke up and sounded like Lauren McCall and was like, oh, I guess I slightly differently. I went out there and I was like, oh my God, I'm forty five. I shouldn't be doing that This is something I want to ask because you were coming back to a show that I would imagine, again, you did it so many times, you must go it backwards and forwards, but like the human body ages. Yeah. Yeah. That is science. Yeah. That is science in terms of the aging process Or just how it's affecting your book of Mormon performance. It did not come back naturally at all. Really So everybody assumes that it's still there because what do we do? like Well, you did like four hundred performances. I missed, I did about two hundred fifty. J Josh called out a lot. A lot of cold. head co got dire veryly. very. But it was here's the way I would describe it You att first you're like, wait, I did this and then you do it like twice and all of a sudden it's muscle memory and everything starts coming back. But there are these like new lines that Treamatte have added since we left. And those are like a foreign antibody like you're like something short circuits are like, I didn't say this thing Yeahah, they made little little. Also it's not you guys are back. It's not the entire original cast. So it's a lot of you're out there with a lot of youngsters. Well, both. Yeah. Okay's combo. Yes, we do have most of the original cast great, but we do have to perform alongside like twenty three year old. Right. So that is tricky Yeah Because like the guy who plays Kevin Clay, who plays Elder Price right now, technically could be my son. The one plays Cunningham technically could be my grandson.d. He sort of looks like what belongs inside of Josh's nesting doll. Like it's just like a tiny version of do I have a nesting th? I don't know. What was last night, obviously now, know, the Tony's are old have for you guys. What was your first tony experience? My first tony experience was it for book was for book of. We went we lost. We lost. It was an incredible night And we did it together kid. we way got together. If you would a show one and that show one Yeah And everybody would have assumed had you not say it. H had you not said it we all would have assumed you would. Canould we cut that way Yeah. Definitely. Yeah thank you. But what was the after partarty like? That after partarty was pretty there's one memory that I have that's very specific for some reason in like a throne. I walked in and I just saw Al Pacino The actor sitting And he was like waiting for people to like give him their sort of like bow and reference. The pope. Yes, like the pope. So people would walk in one by one and he'd look at you and go, He And he'd be like I'm Josh and he's like, I'm out. And that was very like surreal weird thing. It was when he was going through his bandana f. Yes.. So he looked like Steve Van Zan Yeah had Yes. Yeah, yeah. I'm not even sure it was pretty. I knew it was a Tony party. We may have just been his house. This wasn't your first wasn't your first Tony party you actually ended up not at a Tony party? Yes, Yes. So when I was doing hairsprays my first Broadway show and they sell tickets to the Tony Awards, you can just like buy a ticket and I thought, well, that'll be fun to do ome friends from the show, we went. and one of our cast members was like, we should just like crash a Tony party ' there's like parties all over the place, right? So I was like, o, so we wander into this event and we like take some champagne, and we're just like standing around and I was like, it's weird that we don't recognize anyone. Like there should be more Broadway people here. And then we saw a woman at a wedding dress There wass a wedding reception. You walked into a weddingcept? Yeah. Yeah, but who has their wedding reception in Rockefeller on Tony Sunday You make an excellent point. You make an excellent point. At first, I was on her side, but you make excellent point. I win You guys were also you were at the Tonies in twenty twenty four. Bergoomberg, you guys were back on stage. Yeah twenty twenty four, Josh and Andrew, they're not you're not going to the wrong after party. you guys know your way around. Yeah, I went to something and got bed. Yeah. great party. Did you have to drive like to Canada that night? Was it? Yes. Yes, I did. Josh got to dri mo. Okay. Brag. When we did sort of Yes. So when we were doing the Ton', I came in that day and then left that night. I forgot about. You droke back immediately. Yes that was a fun night. We didn't get to perform, but we did' get to present. That's fun That was And that must be. I mean, again, your performers, it must be exciting and thrilling to perform like you did last night, but it must be nice to go and do a night where you also know you don't have to do the whole You didn't have to do it yard. We just got to speak Although I was shockingly not nervous last night. You seem nervous? Thank you. I was Well like I was during the rehearsal. I got very nervous. But then when we went out, it was like because we had nothing to lose except our self esteem. Yeah. there was our careers and our careers But you do and it's all lit so you can see like the entire Everybody And I find myself very inappropriately, like I went out on stage and I saw this friend of mine Kelly O'Hara, who's not last night.s so great. Yeah And I went on stage and I sang a little bit, and then I saw Kelly and I went. on state. But that's great. That's that's when you know you've made it when you're just like saying hiing a Tony performance. They're coming for my equity cards.. I got a lot more to ask you both. We'll be right back and more from Josh H.y Josh guy and Andrew Reynolds, there was a chance that the Magical Mormon Mystery weeek wasn't gonna happen because there was a fire at the theater. like a real real regret setting it. He felt like. Oh so Andrew was having cold feet about returning to the show. My lawyers have asked me to not speak about this A this time. No, no, Josh, there was an actual fire at the Eugenea me. Yeah. But luckily it was a very contained. Yeah And the repairs were able to be completed in time for us to do. Can I just shout out New York Fire Department like that? Yeah taxi you were like, well, I guess that's not happening. And then they literally salvaged it within minutes and the lighting booth itself was destroyed, but who needs lights in? You don't need lights. You just need to have a presence that lights up the stage, Andrew So exactly. I love when we're here for you guys having breakthroughs, right? I love when it happens in real time.' always having breakthroughs. sa it for. A you're always having breakthroughs that other people have been had years ago. Yeah, basasicallyes. It's about connection. We're pretty obvious. Chemistry if you haven't. You have children, bothoth of you have two children. Yeah two. You know, yeah, No Well, wouldn't that be a story though? We can I mean, that could be a to try? Well, it could be like a reality series. that could be. I like that that got in awe. When it was a real borderline awe that I couldn't tell if it was like, aw sweet or Oh no. So upsetive. Yeah. They weren't really. They were react They co parents? Yeah. Yeah get a baby. Yeah. What could go wrong , what's with your audience? I think that they're all over the place. Like it was 'cause I'll be honest, from my seene it was getting worse. You guys you were getting really glib about it. It was like, let's get a baby and I know that's what I think. That's what they they should have turned on you. and instead they were like, Yes,. Now we like this idea. Yeah. You guys but now kids who can actually come and see this show that you did before you had children. kids who didn't exist when we were doing this show. And that's actually your daughter was. My daughter was just born three months before I started the show. But again, this is this shows, you know, was again this a fifteen year anniversary. So now, you know, basic maththies are, you know, this is a teenager She has fifteen. Yeah And so Is a teenager excited about finally seeing her dad do this? They were. They were such asses last night. Oh they went. Oh they were the tonishid call me? What the hell? Now I' to call. I had to call them to get the feedback. Yeah A which point you've already lost? Yeah it doesn't matter. So like I called them and they go, it was a hey I was like, Hey. I just hit the Tonys. they're like, Oh, we watched. And I was like, did I do good? Yeahes. Wow. All right, love you guys, goodood night That's gota sting. That sting. That. I't get, I didn't get anything. I don't get a single t This is this they are coming to see the show. Great. now you're doing it for a week. When do they come? They're coming on the weekend. Okay, so theirers are coming on the weekend. Yeah Yeahah. Mine are coming Wednesday through Friday. Oh, they're gonna come to multiple shows. Ohes. They're coming to multiple shows so that they can see how I Gow with the roll Yes. Yeah. seeee if you finds some, yeah some things. It will be nine P probablybably by Friday they'll be a little like one of the four shows they see. They're like, you know, they're like, it's only a shame, it's one weekndad 'cause you are getting done I you can just getting about. we just have one more week. ' you can see that it's there I don't know if it's gonna get there, but you can see it's there. I told you both like this was one of the shows. The most amazing thing about this show is I did not see it in that first wave when it opened fifteen years ago. and I worried that because you heard so many things about how great it was, it couldn't possibly be that good. And it immediately, when I was in the audience, the minute it starts, I'm like, oh, it's that good. that thing where you realize it's a hit and one of the real ways you realize it's a hit is who starts coming to the show. Yeah. So your young actors, you were aware that you're in to hit. what was it like? Who were the people that came? Well we start yeah, you start noticing people, it's a pretty small theater. so you could see pretty far into the audience and they would also tell us ahead of time if we wanted to know Like what kind of know celeities. There was always like a list of like twenty people a night. It was wild. So then Josh and I have a moment in the first act where Roy O'Malley is doing this really great number called Turn it offff, but Josh and I aren't singing and our microphones are off. and we would take that opportunity as professional actors to look into the audience for celebrities And oftentimes look directly at that. And create like a connection between them. I remember looking at several people. Yes. Tina Feay staring down Tina Feay. That's great. Yeah. I mean that's your chance, not cool to do that. but Leo Leonardo Caprio Y. The actor. the act. The actor, The actor. But then they would come backstage and which was very exciting, but we would sometimes have to do it was like an overlad of like a mini people's choice to like Who are you going to talk to first? So like one night I remember there was Bernadette Peters. was like I would do anything for Bernadette Peters, but also Seaan Penn was there