well deserved. [ cheers and applause ben platt.d, it keeps one upping itself. you booked a spacious vrbo summer home, with a pool big enough for the mall the laughter,alit and a grill that awaits family from near and afar. but the thing they'll remember forever? the first of many vacations with their nephew. the time for getting back together is now. find it on vrbo. ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: thanks to ben platt, once again [ cheers and applause jojo siwa. and the roots right there from philadephia, pennsylvania. [ cheers and applause thank you for watching stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers. good night, everybody. [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ♪ >> announcer: tonight on "late night with seth meyers" -- nathan lane, creator of "the premise," actor and writer, b.j. novak music from nessa barrett featuring the 8g band with jose medeles and now, seth meyers >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers and this is "late night. we hope you are all doing well tonight. and now, let's get to the news california

and, gosh, ben platt -- the whole cast was amazing the songs were great, and just, gosh, he is just cryingts to do take a selfie with some idiot who hosts a talk show. it's like, "hey, how you doing, buddy? can i take a picture?" >> i know. >> jimmy: didn't i work enough for you, jimmy what do you want me to do? [ laughter ] i just acted for two hours, bud. >> i know. >> jimmy: i wanted to go backstage and give him a hug >> i know, so many -- i mean, working with him and seeing that up close, i mean i had more than a front row seat to the brilliant ben platt, and i was a disaster like for weeks on end i felt -- just crying on set constantly and -- when the camera wasn't on me. like just literally every time he would open his mouth and start singing, i'm sure he's like, you know, you can save it it's okay. >> jimmy: no, he just does it to you i did hear those stories that on set, like -- because i guess the crew didn't really know the play, didn't know what they were getting into. so they're just like holding the boom and watching him sing and then they're like, oh, my gosh, like wow >> yes

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today, "dear evan hansen" stars ben platt. and, olympic gold medalist simone biles.s, "dinner on a dime week" continues with a delicious cuban chicken recipe. all next on "live!" ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] >> ryan: good morning. hello, art and gelman. [applause] all right. good morning.

but this was a reverse when you got to work with ben platt, because you'd been so blown away by him on because it's intimidated, but it's only by his talent, because his -- as a human, he's just so gracious and wonderful but yeah, it was -- it was -- to like sing in front of him at our first table read was terrifying. but again, he's so gracious. i mean, 'cause he shows you what's possible. and then you sing, and then it's what you do. which is different [ laughter ] >> seth: right >> you know? yeah >> seth: he shows you what's possible for ben platt exactly. >> seth: i think that is maybe a fair way to put it >> that's fair >> seth: how -- did you enjoy getting to spend time with -- you know, what must be -- you know, obviously this is a show where a lot of the cast are played by younger people >> yeah, i did -- i mean, i say that -- that sounded doubtful. i love them. but again, i get so excited. and kaitlyn dever was someone that i had been, sort of, online pursuing i don't like the "s" word. [ light laughter ] but i was, sort of, getting to know all about her online, and really, re

one last note i had a conversation this week with actor ben platt from my digital series "the drink" their field. ben is only 27, already has a grammy, emmy, and tony for his starring role in evan hanson. it is all at nbc news.com/the drink or on the nbc "nightly news" podcast. i'm kate snow. for all of us here at nbc news, stay safe and have a great night. and there you have it- woah. wireless on the most reliable network nationwide. wow. -big deal! ...we get unlimited for just 30 bucks. sweet, i get that too and mine has 5g included. that's cool, but ours save us serious clam-aroonies. relax people, my wireless is crushing it. that's because you all have xfinity mobile with your internet. it's wireless so good, it keeps one upping itself. . >>> we are getting everybody in the house. able to gather beside you and play everybody. let's go, baby. >> waiting all day for sunday night. let's hit it.

the film is a coming of age story and has a depressed, and anxious high school student played by ben plattice to go in with lots of knowledge of a character from my performance on stage as the foundation and i had my own struggles much like every other human being on the planet, thinking about my own mental health and i try to make him as human and as connected to me as i could, without playing myself. toronto endured a tough lockdown, one of the longest in north america, for the staff of the festival, getting their annual extravaganza off the ground hasn't been easy. for the artistic director cameron bailey, dear evan hansen was a perfect choice for the opening night film. we were going through hard times, we had a bad third wave in canada. as we were watching the films we were looking for something that offered hope, that offered some inspiration, but that wasn't simply light, and dear evan hansen looks at some serious subjects about the life of a young man going through some personal issues, some mental health issues, dealing with social isolation, as so many of us were, but it is a mus

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talking about ben platt, amandla stenberg, amy adams, julianne moore, and nik dodani, danny pinot.hool. it's amazing. hi! >> hey, kelly clarkson! >> kelly: this is amber ruffin, y'all. oh, my god! for those of you who don't know, amber is a writer on seth meyers. that's when i first fell in love with her. she also has a show of her own on peacock called "the amber ruffin show." how are you? >> kelly, i am doing good, man. i work just down the street at rockefeller center and i knew you were going to be in new york and i thought there's no way she's going to have time to eat the best pizza in new york so i brought it to you. welcome. >> kelly: oh, my god! thank you. i'm going to taste it. nice cheese. god, when his pizza not good? >> never. this is from amore and it's the best place to go when you're in new york. see what i love the crust. i'm going to keep this. i'm going to keep this. >> i'm going to put it back so you can eat on it. >> kelly: don't y'all take my pizza. wheat, before you leave. seth is on my show tomorrow. should i ask him anything? >> yes there's a very true rumo

i ran into ben platt at duane reade on madison avenue. jonathan: in all denim?: yes, he was all in life blue. jonathan: you're being very diplomatic this morning. tom: i set i love your shoes, they are like what jonathan ferro wears. jonathan: both talk about fairness. everyone agrees we want to make it fair, so let's talk about what is fair. i know it is politically incorrect to have a conversation about this but we mentioned a statistic, the top 1% pay 40% of federal income taxes. the tax systems is one of the most progressive tax systems on the planet. when more progressive than what you see from elsewhere. if you asked a lot of people in america, particular people who vote for democrats with the bottom 50% pay in federal income taxes, i don't think many would say below single digits. that is the data. tom: the headlines yesterday of 60.21% on margin, some taxes would be below that. it is the summation of taxes and the summation of proposed taxes that will affect a broad swath of republicans and democrats. jonathan: we need to have a broader, more nuanced con

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ben platt and julianne moore they've won so many awards between them it is ridiculous they have a newul music. >> by the way, what are you chatting about, the met last night? ben probably rolled in hot from the met gala late night >>> then the resident foodie on "queer guy," anthony is cooking occupy cheesy pasta dinners your family will ask for over and over again >> in the third hour, nba superstar carmelo anthony. he is joining us live in the studio, opening up about lif before the nba and how he feels about teaming up with his pal lebron james. >>> hoda, you have some exciting news to share. >> you guys, i've been working on a secret project. you want to know what it is? >> yes. >> i have a podcast that is called "making space with hoda." with me. anyway you guys, i love to get, like, life advice from people and i like people who have lived incredible lives who are great life coaches and that is what this is. i've been interviewing people. i'm not kidding. i have a notepad next to me while they are talking and giving life advice i'm like, pause, write it down i feel you can learn

it was very moving, ben platt's performance was just in credible but i think it starts with the score and then this story really hits home. it's all about, you know, the part of ourselves that we don't want people to see , and it's very resonant and it just moves an audience, and it's very theatrical. i'm hoping the movie can capture that as well, but i knew the minute i saw it that it was going to work. you never know how these things are going to ultimately go, but this one really did hit the audience. liz: tony award winning producer bob greenblatt who ran fox entertainment, forget warner, fox, yes! great to see you, bob. >> nice to see you, thank you. liz: wonderful to have you. all right here is a question you guys, entertainment-themed could ted lasso soon be working side by side with the ncis team in the streaming war? charlie is going to break that, next, and suzanne yune, you may may not know this name, a private equity outfit out of chicago, what a story. immigrated from the u.s. at a young age from korea, worked in her father's store, sweeping floors at age six, restocking

. >> steve: oh >> jimmy: ben platt will be here jennifer aniston will all be joining us [ cheers ands in the new movie "the eyes of tammy faye" which is in theaters this friday andrew garfield is here. [ cheers and applause plus, you can see him on the series "a.p. bio" on peacock and on his new standup tour, "patton oswalt live: who's ready to laugh." one of my favorites. patton oswalt is here tonight. [ cheers and applause funny, funny man and this is a big week for us in our show. it is broadway week here at "the tonight show. [ cheers and applause we are celebrating the return of broadway with live in studio performances from some of broadway's biggest shows all week long. we're kicking things off tonight with an unbelievable -- get ready. you think you miss something, and then you just see it and it's like, everyone was just trying not to be emotional. this is amazing -- but yeah. it's just the greatest and how talented these people are. and god, i really miss broadway tonight to kick off, we have a a performance from "little shop of horrors." [ cheers and applause >> steve: oh

one scene of that, i can do it joking around," but really singing in front of all these people and ben platts like, "don't worry, it's going to be chill." most of the scenes take place in bedrooms and hallways and it's very intimate and i remember thinking, "okay, cool." and then stephen chbosky, our director, calls me and is like, "so, your scene is going to take place during an all-school assembly." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: the most people of any scene in the whole movie >> yes an all school assembly >> jimmy: 150 people are watching you >> and all the students there. 150 people there yeah, so, you know, we get to the day and i -- i perform the scene and it goes well and everything and then at the end of the day, the sound guys are like, "we really need to get a clean vocal tracking of -- of the song so, what we're going to have everyone do is get in a large circle and we're going to put you in the middle of the circle [ laughter ] and then you're going to perform the entire song 'acapella.'" [ laughter so it was a -- >> jimmy: this is -- that's a nightmare. [ laughter ] >> so, it's like thi

ben platt, "doogie trousers. or "boogie school nights."na was there looking flawless as ever, with her look called "long-time listener, very big collar." next up, we have k-pop star, cl. it was who shoemaker was most excited about. "drapes suzette. we also -- i like this one the -- the alt for cl was "[ bleep ] i forgot i ordered room service [ laughter ] kim petras, with her -- her "dressaged to the nine." nines, that's why there's no laugh. [ laughter ] see? threw the nines on it, fixed it. lil nas x. "cpo -- c3po snap. "c3po snap." last one up, you guys. a$ap rocky, "quilty as charged." [ laughter ] also, would have accepted "a-nap rocky. [ light laughter ] or not accepted it the important thing is i'm just glad -- the important thing is i'm just glad it was last. [ laughter ] you want to close on the one that just makes everybody go, "huh?" there you have it. those are the official industry names for all the best 2021 met gala looks we got a great show for you, tonight. you know her from films like, "almost famous" and "how to lose a g

. >> seth: you have a great cast we saw ben platt, tracee ellis ross.re going to get to see him in >> not my fault. [ laughter ] he was really wonderful -- >> seth: yeah. >> and inspiring to work with. he was, you know, 90 years old and he would rest between takes, which we asked a lot of him. it was quite a role, but he wanted to do it. but he would wake up and, you know, his assistant would gently say it's time and wake him up. and we'd feel bad bringing him back to set, but once he started he would not stop. he would do improv after improv and take after take. and it just shows you that someone of that level doing it that long, you just have to love it it's only love that can make you do that. >> seth: it's a really cool thing. finally, "the office," maybe more popular now than it's ever been >> i know. wow. >> you instagrammed this the other day and said - what was your phrasing if you knew? >> yeah, that sentence, iykyk. if you know, you know. i always have to like sound it out. >> seth: right >> in my head. >> seth: this was a drink that someone s

today, "dear evan hansen" stars ben platt. and, olympic gold medalist simone biles.ning. >> kelly: good morning. >> ryan: it is tuesday, september 14th. good morning, kelly. >> kelly: we were doing administrati w