tonight -- matthew broderick, actor and producer, zachary quinto, music from glass animals, featuringhe 8g band. [ cheers and applause ] and now, here he is, seth meyers. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening, everyone! good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers ] great to hear. that is great to hear. i don't know if you read this, but this is the big story today. new reports show that china has overtaken the u.s. to become the world's largest economy. so it won't be long now before we're leaving our menus under their doors. [ laughter ] that's how you know. that's how you'll know. [ applause ] any comic book fans here? [ cheers and applause ] all right. well, new york comic-con is this weekend. it's the world's largest gathering of people who weren't invited to any other gatherings. [ laughter ] more bad news for the president. president obama's latest approval rating is just 43%. just 43%. but not everyone hates him. a lot of people are breaking into the white house just to try and meet him. [ laughter ] that's pretty popu

matthew broderick is the writer of a fictional play, titled-- and you know this can't be good- - "the>> all of broadway and half of hollywood are down there. steven spielberg asked me if i wanted to write a screenplay for him. "sure," i said, "what about?"ç "good point," he said, and he walked away. ( laughter ) in "it's only a play," broderick has been re-united with nathan lane, who playa his old friend, an actor now working in television who is, let's say, less than supportive. >> of course i would've been wonderful in the part, it was written for me. thank god for my series or i might have had to tell peter the truth about his god awful play. but do you think i got so much as a mention in the program? i only created the lead in his one and only hit, and no mention. the egos in this business! ( laughter ) >> brown: the actual writer is terrence mcnally, and for this revival of his 1980's play he's updated references to celebrities and technology while keeping the behind-the-scenes back stabbing and name dropping. >> i said to one woman, you look just like hillary clinton. she said

well you're reunited with matthew broderick. >> matthew broderick, stockard channing, f.oung, wonderful actor named micah stock who's making his debut, and another actor making his debut, rupert grint, from the "harry potter" films. >> seth: that's really exciting. >> doing a teriffic job. >> seth: so this is his broadway debut? >> his broadway debut. and i, you know, some of the success of ticket sales has been attributed to myself and matthew, but it's really the cumulative effect of this. but i think it's really all about rupert. because you know your fans from his fans. but you know when you walk in through the stage door and when you see people holding a wand and an owl, you know who they're there for. >> seth: not a nathan lane fan. >> they're easy to get rid of. you just scream, "voldemort," and point. [ laughter ] and they go in the opposite direction. >> seth: they just clear out? >> but he's been -- he's the sweetest kid and this is only his second play. >> seth: wow. >> and he had done a play in the west end previously. but this is -- he's doing a tremendous jo

asked one of them, the star of the harry potter movie, and tony winning stage and screen stars, matthew broderick, and channing. >> i don't. >> you remember the show? >>reporter: due still get nervous? >> yes. >> reporter: every night? >> yeah, always on the first entrance. [ applause ] >> reporter: boy, it doesn't show. you come bounding out there. >> it's the first line. >> reporter: one of the many roars of laughter in the show. this entire run is already nearly sold out. >> waiting for ben brantly and what tonight is all about. who cares what a non-entity like me thinks. >> it's a play about a play. or precisely, a play about the review of a play. >> this is exciting. can we do a selfy first. >> reporter: it takes place in the upstairs bedroom at the opening night party. a group of narcissists back bite and gossip waiting anxiously for the critics verdict. >> i love him, i love him. >> oh. i wish i had a camera. >> broderick's character is the playwright. lane plays an actor and his best friend. >> i don't think it's like our relationship is exactly -- our relationship is familiar to me. i ha

tonight -- matthew broderick, actor and producer, zachary quinto, music from glass animals,

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