"dear evan hansen," and stay human, featuring jon batiste. "dear evan hansen," and stay human, featuring jon batiste. now live on top at the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: hey! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) hey, man! good to see you, doctor! ( cheers and applause ) thanks so much! please have a seat! you're too kind. welcome to the "late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. now, i don't know about you, but i've got a little extra pep in my step tonight because donald trump has left the country. ( cheers and applause ) breathing a little easier. federal judges, now would be a good time to reinstate that travel ban. ( laughter ) he'll be flying in from a dangerous part of the world. he said some radical stuff. i'm just saying, extreme vetting. that's all i'm asking for. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) where does his money come from, so many unknowns. his first stop this weekend was saudi arabia, where trump was greeted on the tarmac

tonight, stephen welcomes rachel maddow, ben platt with a performance from the musical "dear evan hansen," and stay human, featuring jon batiste. now live on top at the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: hey! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) hey, man! good to see you, doctor! ( cheers and applause ) thanks so much! please have a seat! you're too kind. welcome to the "late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. now, i don't know about you, but i've got a little extra pep in my step tonight because donald trump has left the country. ( cheers and applause ) breathing a little easier. federal judges, now would be a good time to reinstate that travel ban. ( laughter ) he'll be flying in from a dangerous part of the world. he said some radical stuff. i'm just saying, extreme vetting. that's all i'm asking for. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) where does his money come from, so many unknowns. his first stop this weekend was saudi arabia, where trump was greeted on the tarmac by king salman. th

tonight, stephen welcomes rachel maddow, ben platt with a performance from the musical "dear evan hansen," and stay human, featuring jon batiste. now live on top at the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: hey! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) hey, man! good to see you, doctor! thanks so much! please have a seat! you're too kind. welcome to the "late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. now, i don't know about you, but i've got a little extra pep in my step tonight because donald trump has left the country. ( cheers and applause ) breathing a little easier. federal judges, now would be a good time to reinstate that travel ban. ( laughter ) he'll be flying in from a dangerous part of the world. he said some radical stuff. i'm just saying, extreme vetting. that's all i'm asking for. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) where does his money come from, so many

hansen." ♪ city of stars are you shining just for me ♪ >> you had two songwriters who at the time were somewhat unknown. >> yeah, they were unknown. they were unknown. >> you had to even fib some credentials in order to get the studio to buy in? >> may have been some barnum hoodwinking going on. these young guys got in there, met michael gracie, our director, wrote one song we loved. >> when was when was the hook? >> it was a million dreams. it was a beautiful, simple song. ♪ every night i lie in bed the brightest colors fill my head ♪ ♪ a million dreams are keeping me awake ♪ >> it was a hook. mark gracie went in had a meeting with the studio exec, i won't tell you the name. the exec is like, who is these guys? justin and ben? oh, they're very big, they just won a tony. for what? "james and the giant peach," the first thing that came to his mind. there's never been a broadway production of "james and the giant peach." now they just got nominated for three grammys, they won the tony, they won the oscar for "la la land," and they don't talk to me anymore. >> they won't return yo

hansen." worth seeing for the songs alone. my issues with the film were the lip-syncing of the songs. it felt off, and it took me out of the film. actually better than the movie. the beginning is entirely too fast, and i couldn't find myself focusing on one particular character to have an emotional arc. it kind of loses the audience at times. overall, though, jackman is fantastic. i love him in this role. the breakout star here is keala settle, and she plays the bearded woman. my apologies if i have her name wrong. but she's amazing in the film, and she has a performance of a song called "this is me" that will absolutely blow your mind. i gave this movie a 3 out of 5 only because i felt the lip-syncing was off. the songs are amazing. worth seeing for the songs alone. i just didn't think it was as good as it needed to be with everything going into it and the cast involved. "the shape of water" is my final film, one of the best films of the year, directed by guillermo del toro, who also did "pan

and "dear evan hansen," a show that exploded on social media, rocketing its lead into stardom. ♪[music] hamilton is still a force to be reckoned with. now it is not limited to new york city. the national tour is in full swing, making its way across the country. >> tours are important to broadway and to america. last year they grossed a billion dollars on the road. more than 13 million people saw shows on the road. >> reporter: now people are looking to figure out what is going to be the next big thing. there are already major contenders. two of the biggest musicals to look forward to are mean girls with a script written by tina fey and frozen looking to be the next smash hit. the hottest ticket next year may not even be a musical. the play harry potter and the cursed child will make its debut in the spring, following a monumental run in london. with attendance topping $13 million and $1.4 billion in revenue, 2017 was one for the books. take a bow. it has been a starry season. fox news from new york. >>> that is for sure. wonderful year on broadway. >>> also if you have the gr

>> jimmy: this is nice, i saw that hillary clinton went to see "dear evan hansen" on broadway this week. meanwhile, bernie sanders was kicked out of "stomp!" for talking too loud. he's like, "this is my inside voice!" [ laughter ] and this made me laugh. the navy just admitted that one of its pilots intentionally drew something inappropriate in the sky over washington state. this is real. check it out. [ laughter ] i mean, what's the big deal? everybody knows there's four types of clouds -- cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and penis. [ laughter ] >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: you know -- everyone. [ applause ] >> steve: gosh! >> jimmy: the worst part was it stayed up there for over four hours. they had to call the doctor. >> steve: really? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's the worst. >> steve: oh, my god. the navy -- he was a navy pilot? >> jimmy: what's that? >> steve: he was a navy pilot. >> jimmy: oh, he's from the navy, yeah. >> steve: so it was drawn by seamen. >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: wow. [ laughter and applause ] that's got to be rough. that's nuts. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, it's actually mo

they won the tony award for "dear evan hansen." the just got nominated for three grammy awards and they do not talk to me anymore. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's how you do it. [ applause ] >> that's it. >> jimmy: that's the beauty. i want to talk about this movie. hugh jackman and i are talking more about "the greatest showman" after the break. [ cheers and applause ] stick around, everybody. hugh jackman! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ being a location scout, my office is on my back. the less stuff i have to carry the better. with surface pro, i have one device that does everything. technology has really changed how i do this job. on pacific rim: uprising our characters are 250 ft. tall. where in the heck are you gonna land this big robot? pulled up a satellite image and there is like a giant bullseye, robots here! i feel very proud of what i bring to the screen. i have the greatest job in the world. now it just needs a tv! we can just order one on target.com and pick it up in the store. easy! you got this? can you add a vacuum to th

they won the tony award for "dear evan hansen." the just got nominated for three grammy awards and they do not talk to me anymore. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's how you do it. [ applause ] >> that's it. >> jimmy: that's the beauty. i want to talk about this movie. hugh jackman and i are talking [ cheers and applause ] stick around, everybody. hugh jackman! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ being a location scout, my office is on my back. the less stuff i have to carry the better. with surface pro, i have one device that does everything. technology has really changed how i do this job. on pacific rim: uprising our characters are 250 ft. tall. where in the heck are you gonna land this big robot? pulled up a satellite image and there is like a giant bullseye, robots here! i feel very proud of what i bring to the screen. i have the greatest job in the world. now it just needs a tv! we can just order one on target.com and pick it up in the store. easy! you got this? can you add a vacuum to that order? order online at target.com

>> jimmy: this is nice, i saw that hillary clinton went to see "dear evan hansen" on broadway this week. meanwhile, bernie sanders was kicked out of "stomp!" for talking too loud. he's like, "this is my inside voice!" [ laughter ] and this made me laugh. the navy just admi t of its pilots intentionally drew something inappropriate in the sky over washington state. this is real. check it out. [ laughter ] i mean, what's the big deal? everybody knows there's four types of clouds -- cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and penis. [ laughter ] >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: you know -- everyone. [ applause ] >> steve: gosh! >> jimmy: the worst part was it stayed up there for over four hours. they had to call the doctor. >> steve: really? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's the worst. >> steve: oh, my god. the navy -- he was a navy pilot? >> jimmy: what's that? >> steve: he was a navy pilot. >> jimmy: oh, he's from the navy, yeah. >> steve: so it was drawn by seamen. >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: wow. [ laughter and applause ] that's got to be rough. that's nuts. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, it's actually more -- it's

hansen." worth seeing for the songs alone. my issues with the film were the lip-syncing of the songs. it felt off, and it took me out of the film. also, the music itself is actually better than the movie. the beginning is entirely too fast, and i couldn't find myself focusing on one particular character to have an emotional arc. it kind of loses the audience at times. overall, though, jackman is fantastic. i love him in this role. the breakout star here is keala settle, and she plays the bearded woman. my apologies if i have her name wrong. but she's amazing in the film, and she has a performance of a song called "this is me" that will absolutely blow your mind. i gave this movie a 3 out of 5 only because i felt the lip-syncing was off. the songs are amazing. worth seeing for the songs alone. i just didn't think it was as good as it needed to be with everything going into it and the cast involved. "the shape of water" is my final film, one of the best films of the year, directed by guillermo d