Stars flock to opening of new Sean Hayes Broadway show

(25 Apr 2023)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 24 April 2023
1. Exterior, Belasco Theater
2. Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner posing for photographers
3. Michael Douglas and son Dylan Michael Douglas posing for photographers
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Douglas/Actor, on seeing the play:
"I had, I had terrible stage fright. I used to hate doing the shows. I think it is something you just keep going, working at and you kind of get better at. And it depends on the guys are you know they were they were some of those people who you never want to do the show again. So, it depended.”
5. Martin Short, Andrea Martin, and Steve Martin posing for photographers
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Martin/Actor:
(Reporter: Big night?)
“Not for us. For Sean Hayes, it’s a big night, but…”
Martin Short/Actor: “But not for us.”
Steve Martin: “It's just nothing.”
Martin Short: “I don’t.”
Steve Martin: “Look here, there you go."
Martin Short: "Thank you so much. By the way, this is a nice suit."
Andrea Martin: "I think it's a big night because I get to stand between these two."
(Reporter: You get to stand between these two. And I think the last episode of ‘Only Murders, you were standing next to this guy?)
Andrea Martin: “That's right.”
Martin Short: “She's in the next season.”
(Reporter: And how is that going?)
Steve Martin: “Well, we just wrapped last week and we're very high on it. But we’re also just very high.”
7. Graham Norton entering red carpet
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Graham Norton/Talk show host, on Jack Paar and Johnny Carson:
“Those early guys, they invented the form. You know, there were no late-night talk shows before those guys. So, we're all really just imitating what they did and hopefully adding a bit extra. So, you know, it's interesting, you kind of think that, you know, chat shows might have died by now, but they're still going strong.”
9. Jason Bateman posing for photographers
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Bateman/Actor, on his favorite talk show hosts:
“Carson was a lot of fun and Letterman was a lot of fun. And Kimmel is great nowadays, and so is Fallon. And, you know, Seth. They're all, they're all it's a lot of fun.”
11. Cynthia Nixon talking to reporter
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Cynthia Nixon/Actor, on the difference with new talk shows:
“Nowadays, when you go on a talk show, it's a little - you know, you get interviewed in advance and there are some softball questions that have been pre-prepared and stuff. But I mean, I think it's really fun to watch those, you know, that television from the fifties and sixties and people you love who were just, you know, allowed to be a little outrageous and kind of go off script, it made for exciting television.”

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