Broadway Carpool Karaoke kicks off run up to Tony Awards
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Yvette C. Hammett
Lin-Manuel Miranda, left, star of Broadway's "Hamilton," sings Broadway Carpool Karaoke with "The Late Late Show" host James Corden in a run-up to the 70th annual Tony Awards coming up June 12. Photo from The Late Late Show with James Corden/YouTube
Lin-Manuel Miranda from the cast of "Merrily We Roll Along" attends CD signing at Barnes & Noble in New York in 2012. Now starring in "Hamilton," he joined James Corden of "The Late Late Show" for some Broadway Carpool Karaoke in a run up to the Tony Awards. File Photo from Laura Cavanaugh/ UPI | License Photo
Jane Krakowski arrives on the red carpet at "In Here, Life is Beautiful" Roundabout Theatre Company Spring Gala in 2014. Now staring in "She Loves Me," Krakowski joined other Broadway stars for some Broadway Carpool Karaoke recently in a run up to the Tony Awards File Photo from John Angelillo/ UPI | License Photo
Audra McDonald, of "Shuffle Along," seen here with her Tony in 2014 for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, participated in some Broadway Carpool Karaoke. File Photo by John Angelillo/ UPI | License Photo
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, from "Fully Committed," arrives for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2013. He joined James Corden for a Broadway rendition of Carpool Karaoke in a run up to the Tony Awards. File Photo by Danny Moloshok/UPI | License Photo
NEW YORK, June 7 (UPI) -- How better to prepare for the upcoming Tony Awards than with a car full of Broadway stars singing carpool karaoke?
Tony Awards host James Corden prepared for his latest gig with a special Broadway version of The Late Late Show's popular segment.
The show picked up four of Broadway's big stars, including Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda, Fully Committed's Jesse Tyler Ferguson, She Loves Me'sJane Krakowski and Shuffle Along'sAudra McDonald as Corden, The Late Late Show host, made his way to the Beacon Theater for the show, which airs June 12, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The carload of Broadway stars "awwing" when Corden suggested "Seasons of Love" from Rent, went on also to sing their version of "Can't Take My Eyes off You" before Corden had Ferguson and Krakowski, both TV stars, admit which they preferred, "theater or money."
Ferguson took the high road, saying "there is nothing like live theater."
They ended the roll with an apparently improvised version of Les Miserables' "One More Day."
