. >> josh groban, alexander, prince roy. anthony, a bunch of people. the dominican, which is amazing. a bunch of great people, man. i hope i didn't forget -- oh, frieda from abba. >> how did you choose the music for this new album? >> i start to call friends. people who i admire and respectful some of them applied. some of them no. some say right away. and that was my first choice. the people who say yes, absolutely. >> makes it easy. >> but it's very ambitious project. all those people having a lot of, you know, of schedules. and i was still, the rest we recorded all of them already. placido, josh groban, alexandero sands, frieda. >> when do you expect that will come out? >> as soon as we finish. >> famous last words of an art i have. as soon as i'm done. >> and every thing you mentioned about notre dame university. a year ago. >> congratulations. >> an honor and a privilege. and then i mention that had to the president of the school. i said i would love to do something with the different format that they have there. they have a big choir, big bands.

. >> josh groban? [ applause ] josh groban. [ applause ] >> can i just come up there for a minute?good to see you. >> the beard. what a great look. >> hi. >> how are you? >> i worship you. >> no. i'll stand next to you. >> now the okay tra makes sense, right? >> well, i mean my question basically has to do with your singing of the song and just kind of thinking to myself, well, you know, we're all here and we have these musicians. michael, i know you would like to sing a song. >> not like he does. >> are you ready? >> no, i'm not going to sing a song. i'm sorry. i think you would have had to give me warning to warm up my pipes. [ applause ] >> he said all of us. >> we have josh here. why not have josh lead us off. [ applause ] ♪ be our guest be our guest put our service to the test ♪ ♪ tie -- around your neck and let the rest -- ♪ >> come on. ♪ soup du jour. if you don't believe me ask the dishes ♪ thets they can sing they can dance after this is france it's beautiful. was it a hard place to get to? (laughs) it wasn't too bad. with the chase mobile app, jimmy chin can master deposi

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. ♪ [applause] alison: joining me is the writer and composer dave malloy, and the two stars, josh grobanenee benton. hi guys. thanks for being on the show. you wrote this based on the 70 page sliver of "war and peace." what in your mind went from the story to the musical theater? how did you make that bridge? >> i had an epiphany as i was reading the section. it did not come to me years later, it was as i was reading it. i got to the end of this section where there is an incredible moment with a comment and there were tears dripping down my face. i thought it was a perfect musical. a perfect piece of musical theater. at the time i googled it to make sure nobody else had done it because i do not believe that nobody else had done it. it was such a perfect story. i love the way that the story in particular paralleled these two very different stories. there's a young romantic story. then there is a middle-aged philosophical story. the way that those two ran in parallel and collided the very end. it felt like such a musical to me. alison: tell me about the story for those who have not seen it

the writer and composer gab malloy and two of the stars of the joe, natasha, denee brenton and josh brob grobanote this as 70 page, a slifer, what in your mind went from the story of war & peace to musical theater. how did you make that bridge? >> i really had an epiphany as i was reading the section. it wasn't something that came to me years later t was as i was reading, this section i got to the end where pierre has an incredible moment with a come et and tears are dripping down my face. and i just had an epiphany of what i just read was a perfect musical. it was a perfect piece of musical theater. i think at that time i diligently went and googled to make sure no one else had done it. because i can't believe no one else had done it because it is such a perfect story. i loved the way the story in particular parallelled these two very different stories, this one young romantic story and this other middle-aged angsty philosophical story and the way those two ran in parallel and that they collide only at the very end, it just felt like such a musical to me. >> stewart: tell me a little bit about