Joining Corden in the vehicle is, of course, Lin-Manuel Miranda, along with Broadway legend, Audra McDonald, Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson who’s now starring in Fully Committed, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Jane Krakowski, now starring in She Loves Me.
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Sometimes you just need a hand to hold.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of “Hamilton”, joined Corden for a performance from that show, the heavy favorite for best musical.
Who else thought that #CarpoolKaraoke deserved a Tony nom?
To sum up that #CarpoolKaraoke in a word…
James Corden is not throwing away his shot to be the best host in Tony Awards history.
The 2016 Tony Awards are this weekend and James Corden will be serving as host of the 70th annual Tony Awards! In this episode, Corden and Miranda begin by singing the opening track to Miranda’s hit musical, “Alexander Hamilton“.
“It’s amusing, I had a show up for the Tonys”. It may not be the recurring bit we hope it is, but it’s still probably on the show.
Which song would you have liked to have heard them sing?
“Thank you so much for helping me get to the Beacon Theater”, says Corden.
Carey made the excuse that she was up all night, but she soon gave in and belted out her biggest hits like “Always Be My Baby”, “Vision of Love”, “Thirsty”, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s “Fantasy”.
“They want to have a great time”, 45-year-old McDonald tells him.
Though we know James can hold a tune, he’s never shown the world that he can rap quite like that!
The trip around New York City concludes with a triumphant, exhilarating rendition of Les Miserables’ “One More Day”.
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Corden went on to explain that the concept of karaoke would be lost without any actual singing, eventually coaxing the 46-year-old diva to take part properly.
