Stephen Colbert

A year later, a year after I started working there, I was invited to audition and I auditioned and I got into the national touring company, which was like a red letter day in my career.

I got into the tour co and, uh,

I think I got hired like on a Thursday.

And then like on Saturday, they said, can you go in at Northwest?

Because there used to be the theater at Northwest.

And I went, yeah, sure.

I learned whatever I needed to learn as quickly as I could.

I went up there and I met Steve kind of like from backstage watching him on stage.

I met him in rehearsal.

He's so gifted.

You know how gifted musically he is, right?

If it's made of brass, he can play it.

You're kidding me.

I did not know that.

He can pick up a tin whistle or a recorder.

He can, he can play, he plays the, I understudied for Steve when I was at, when I was in Turco, I finally said like, I either going to put me, you're going to let me understudy or I'm going to leave.

And Joy said, don't threaten me.

I don't respond to threats.

I'm like, it's not a threat.

I've been here for four years or almost four years at this point.