. ♪ >> cara lee carmelo in my mind is the finest working actress in the musical theater today. in the role of amy. she was born to play it. a year ago in seattle washington, we had our final regional production. based on that, we got the call about two months ago basically saying we're going to give you a theater. the neil simon theater. we're announcing today that a musical i'm writing will be coming to broadway this fall. it's called scandalous ♪ most shows want between six months and a year to prepare for a broadway run. we had five months. and so we're really under the gun. got my script. all right. thank you. bye, hon. so i try to use the trip into the city for scandalous business, as it were. have they announced it's official? ♪ nothing like a show on broadway, nothing like a broadway show ♪ >> first day of call backs. very excited. wish i could take you along, but sorry. ♪ okay. so everybody agrees she was the best. >> she was really strong. >> we'll have them back again tomorrow. >> excuse me, but our star has arrived. hello, star. ♪ >> it's been a thrilling ride. i pin

. ♪ >> cara lee carmelo in my mind is the finest working actress in the musical theater today.nder the gun. got my script. all right. thank you. bye, hon. so i try to use the trip into the city for scandalous business, as it were. have they announced it's official? ♪ nothing like a show on broadway, nothing like a broadway show ♪ >> first day of call backs. very excited. wish i could take you along, but sorry. ♪ okay. so everybody agrees she was the best. >> she was really strong. >> we'll have them back again tomorrow. >> excuse me, but our star has arrived. hello, star. ♪ >> it's been a thrilling ride. i pinch myself still. ♪ i'm looking forward to november 15th when my husband, frank, sits next to me and jimmy who started the whole process is next to me on my other side and we're watching scandalous on broadway. ♪ >> wow. >> i want to thank meredith for take. she did a gorgeous -- hoda has a tear in her eye. >> i do. that was really great. it's sinking in. >> we'll try not to be obnoxious about it, but i can't guarantee it. >> a reality check. the oldedest jonas brother, tha