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Thank you, thank you, thank you so much
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Could you just please be seated? Because there's people in the back who want to see you
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Oh man, we got through a show and no one got slapped. Unbelievable
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You know, this has been a long journey. I first started playing this guy back in 1984 in a special on HBO called The Comics Line
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and I went to another HBO special, and then we did the movie
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and then now here, all this time later, 30 years later, Mr. Payman and I don't need the makeup, and it's really thrilling
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This is the first time we've been in front of people with a show. And you've really been an amazing audience and taught us so much
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And it's like been this unbelievable journey just to think that I have to do this seven times a week
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What the hell was I thinking? But I'll tell you, for a 74-year-old to be on stage with this amazing people, come on
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Is everybody around? Is everybody around? Come on. This is a group of people who I grown to be in awe of who I love very much every one of them
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Every day we've been in rehearsal has been hard and grueling, but we've been led by the great John Rando
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who is a brilliant, calming voice to us
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and the beautiful music of Jason Robert Brown and Amanda Green. And, you know
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there's only two people in the band. David O., a musical director
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and this amazing group of people. So, it's been an amazing, amazing point, you know
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to get her to this point. Now, the work begins. And that starts tomorrow night
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with our previews. You've been a really just, I'm going to use the word that John uses once in a while
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delicious. You've been a delicious audience. Really, it means so much to all of us to have you here
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I know a lot of you work here in this beautiful town. The town needs us
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The world needs us. We need to smile. We need to laugh. And honestly, the fact that so many people are working on this show
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and will for a long time means so much to me and all of us that we're bringing the show to Broadway right here in this legendary theater
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Please come back, tell your friends, tell your parents Everybody over 60 is going to love this show So So
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This is actually past my bedtime So I'm going to say No, I just want to say that we
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Love doing this show together And we love doing this show for you tonight
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And many more nights to come So thank you so much
