the legend ringo starr will be here with peace and love, and we'll have music from nessa barrett, simpler first guest is an oscar-nominated, emmy, grammy and tony-winning actor who learned, like kermit the frog before her, "it's not easy being green." ♪ the way we planned -- ♪ if we work in tandem, there's no fight we cannot win ♪ ♪ just you and i when you and i defying ♪ they'll never bring us down ♪ >> jimmy: from "wicked," please welcome cynthia alksne! [ cheering ] ♪ ♪ [ cheering ] >> jimmy: welcome. >> thank you. >> jimmy: how are you? >> i'm good, i'm good. >> jimmy: it's good to see you. >> you too. >> jimmy: and congratulations on your oscar nomination. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> jimmy: i'm sure you know, i'm sure people say it all the time, you're just a one o away from the egot. >> that's right. [ cheering ] >> jimmy: that's exciting, right? >> it's pretty exciting, yeah. i enjoy it. >> jimmy: i would think so. >> it's fun. >> jimmy: the response to the movie has been so unbelievable. >> i mean -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i heard that you found out about the