“They [the audience] want to have a great time, it’s a long evening”.
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In the segment, Corden and Miranda sing along to the “Hamilton” soundtrack before picking up Audra McDonald, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jane Krakowski, who join in singing numbers from “Rent” and “Les Miserables”.
Corden won his Tony Award back in 2012 for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, after his run in One Man, Two Guvnors.
They also sang “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” from “Jersey Boys”, and finished with an incredible rendition of “Les Misérable’s” “One Day More“.
It now reaps millions of viewers worldwide, with his YouTube post of Carpool Karaoke with Adele attracting more the 100 million views.
But things really get cooking when they pick up some friends – “Modern Family” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson is now appearing in “Fully Committed”, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” star Jane Krakowski is starring in “She Loves Me” and the indomitable Audra McDonald, victor of a record-setting six Tonys, is now starring in “Shuffle Along”. I mean, everyone, genuinely.
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The 70th annual Tony Awards, hosted by James Corden, will broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City on June 12 at 8 pm ET on CTV. Corden is a Tony victor himself – he was awarded Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play in 2012 for his performance in “One Man, Two Guvnors”. On his first drive, he invited Mariah Carey who nearly made the late-night host sing solo for the entire auto trip. “She came out and said, ‘Oh, I’m not singing today, ‘ and she went, ‘We’ll just drive around and have a chat, ‘” Corden explained laughing. I went, ‘Right, we think we’re gonna call it Carpool Karaoke. “Ask them to sing along with you”.
