Ben Platt Made Stephen Cry For Two Hours Straight

>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) MY NEXT GUEST IS THE TONY NOMINATED STAR OF THE DEVASTATING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL, "DEAR EVAN HANSEN." PLEASE WELCOME, BEN PLATT! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? HELLO! >> Stephen: WELL, RELATIONS ON "DEAR EVAN HANSEN." >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Stephen: AND THE TONY NOMINATION. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: IS THIS YOUR FIRST TONY NOMINATION? >> THIS IS MY FIRST TONY NOMINATION EVER. BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT ME, I HAVE TO TELL YOU I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH, ALWAYS HAVE, AND I THINK YOU'RE A BEACON OF SANITY AND HAPPINESS AND INTELLIGENCE IN THIS CRAZY, CRAZY, HORRIBLE TIME. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU, FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON, YOU'RE MY FAVORITE GUEST OF ALL TIME. ( LAUGHTER ) >> WOULDN'T YOU KNOW. >> Stephen: I'M SO MOVED BY EMOTION JUST BY SEEING YOU RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS "DEAR EVAN HANSEN," IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PLAY, MUSICAL STORY. IT TELLS THE STORY OF A VERY NERVOUS YOUNG MAN. >> YES, INDEED. HE'S A VERY LONELY TEENAGER, I'VE EVER. HE HAS A LOT OF TROUBLE CONNECTING. IT'S EMPHASIZED BY THE HYPERCONNECTIVITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND MAKES IT EVEN HARDER FOR HIM TO REACH OUT. >> Stephen: HE HAS AN OVERCRANKED ANXIOUS WAY OF ACTING AND SPEAKING THAT ONLY GETS FUELED BY SOCIAL MEDIA. >> YES. >> Stephen: HE GETS PULLED INTO THE JET PORTS OF HIS OWN STORY BECAUSE HE TELLS A LIE THAT BREAKS HIS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE'S HEARTS. >> HE DOES INDEED. >> Stephen: I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS IS A COMPLIMENT WHEN I SAY I STARTED CRYING THE FIRST SONG AND I DID NOT STOP. I CAN'T BE THE FIRST PERSON THAT SAID THAT. YOU KNOW IMMEDIATELY WHO THIS KID IS AND FEEL FOR HIM IMMEDIATELY. THE PERFORMANCE IS BEAUTIFUL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK WHAT WE FOUND IS -- OH, STOP IT. STOP IT. ( APPLAUSE ) PLEASE. NO. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEEN REALLY BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE IS IT'S AN INCREDIBLY UNIVERSAL SHOW IN THAT EVERYBODY FEELS WHEN THEY COME IN THAT THEY'RE UNIQUE IN THEIR EXPERIENCE OF LONELY NECESSARY OR ISOLATION, AND EVERYBODY CAN FIND A PIECE OF THEMSELVES IN HIM BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT KNOWING EVEN THAT IS NOT A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT MAKE PEOPLE FEEL CONNECTED. IT'S NICE TO HAVE PEOPLE SIT IN THE THEATER EIGHT TIMES A WEEK AND HAVE AN INTERCONNECTED EXPERIENCE. IT'S KNIFE. >> Stephen: YOU YOURSELF ARE IN TEARS SINGING THESE SONGS. >> YES, SIR. >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU DO THAT? YOU HAVE AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL VOICE. >> WELL, THANKS. >> Stephen: YOU'RE SHARING THESE EMOTIONS, BUT IT'S SO DEEP. THERE IS TEARS AND RUNNY NOSE. HOW DO YOU DO THAT AND FILL A BROADWAY HOUSE. >> THERE IS THE TECHNICAL LEVEL OF THINGS. WHEN YOU CRY A LOT OF MUSIC DRAINS AND FLUIDS COME DOWN AND IT'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IN A VERY TECHNICAL WAY WHERE IS THERE TIME TO SWALLOW THAT STUFF AND LET IT GO DOWN AND MAKE THE SOUND. >> Stephen: YES. ONCE YOU'VE DRAINED THAT OUT THERE'S TONS OF ROOM TO SEND SOUND AND LOT OF RESONATING SPACE FOR THE NOISE SO IT'S A GREAT TIME TO SING AFTER YOU CRY. IN A MORE ARTISTIC SENSE -- ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) I THINK IT'S SOMETHING I ALWAYS TRY TO STRUGGLE WITH EACH NIGHT IS NOT SACRIFICING ANY OF THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. THEY'VE WRITTEN THE BEAUTIFUL SCORES AND I WANT THE MUSIC TO BE HEARD AND NOT SACRIFICE THAT TOO MUCH FOR THE EMOTION, BUT ALSO NOT SING AGO PRETTY SONG AND YOU NOT FEEL AT THE MOTION. SO IT'S A BALANCE ON HOW MUCH TO SACK TIES ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT. >> Stephen: DO PEOPLE ON THE FRONT ROW NEED A PONCHO. >> USUALLY, I HAVE NO CONTROL. THERE'S A LOT OF SPIT, A LOT OF SNOT. ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: GO SEE IT. I'M NOT JOKING. >> HOWEVER, I USED IT TO MY ADVANTAGE ONLY ONE TIME. THERE WERE THESE FOUR FOREIGN TEENAGERS WHO SAT ON THE FRONT ROW IN A DOUBLE DATE. NO CONCEPT OF WHAT IT MEANS TO COME TO A BROADWAY SHOW, FULL CONVERSATIONS, POINTING AND COMMENTING ABOUT ME. I TRADE TO GLARE AND GIVE THEM A TELEPATHIC, PLEASE -- AND IT EGGED THEM ON, HE'S LOOKING AT US! AND THAT'S OPPOSITE OF THE REACTION I WANTED. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE PEOPLE TO BE QUIET. I GET TO COME UP TO THE LIP OF THE STAGE AND GIVE A NERVOUS SPEECH WITH THE CARDS. THEY'RE LITERALLY RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE STAGE AND I HAD A REAL SORT OF A COME-TO-JESUS MOMENT, BUT I'M A JEW SO IT'S MORE OF A COME TO MOSES MOMENT, WHERE GOD SENT ME A SNEEZE. >> Stephen: OH... ( APPLAUSE ) >> WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED THE TO DO? USUALLY I WOULD FREAK OUT AND TRY TO HIDE IT BUT I JUST -- RIGHT ON THEIR FACES, AND IT WAS GREAT ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I'M HAPPY TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO A PERFORMANCE OF ONE OF THE SONGS. >> YES. >> Stephen: WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE SONG? >> IT'S CALLED "FOR FOREVER." IT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SUNG THE SONG OUT OF THE CONTEXT OF THE SHOW. THIS LIE EVEN FAB CATES IS HE WAS FRIENDS WITH A KID IN HIS CLASS THAT COMMITTED SUICIDE. SO EVAN HAS BEEN INVITED TO DINNER BY THIS KID'S GRIEVING FAMILY, AND THEY WERE LED TO BELIEVE HE WAS A FRIEND OF THEIR SON. EVEN'S PLAN IS TO DIFFUSE THAT OR MAKE SURE THE SITUATION ENDS THERE. HOWEVER THE MOTHER IS IN SO DESPERATE NEED OF SOME SORT OF PERM THAT EVAN FAB CATES A STORY OF A DAY THEY HAD, A FRIENDSHIP THAT NEVER EXISTED, AND VISIBLY HELPS THIS MOTHER TO HEAL AND FINDS HE HEALS AND FINDS AN ANSWER TO HIS LONELINESS HE DIDN'T EXPECT TO FIND. >> Stephen: A BEAUTIFUL SONG. WE'LL BE BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY "DEAR EVAN HANSEN" BY BEN PLATT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

Channel: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Length: 6min 38sec (398 seconds)

Published: Tue May 23 2017