ARE YOU PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I'M HOLDING THIS ROSE.

THE REASON I'M HOLDING THIS ROSE IS THE PRODUCTION WE WILL BE

PERFORMING IS A TALE AS OLD AS TIME, A SONG AS OLD.

>> OH MY GOD, WE'RE DOING BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

>> James: NO I WAS SAYING THAT, I WAS GOING TO BE THE

PERSON THAT SAYS THAT, I'M SAYING THAT.

WE WILL BE PERFORMING BEUTY & THE BEAST.

WHEN CHOOSING OUR NEXT PRODUCTION, I WANTED TO MAKE

SURE WE WERE CHALLENGED EVEN FURTHER AS A CAST.

JOINING THE CAST FOR THIS PRODUCTION OF BEUTY AND THE

BEAST HERE FROM THE LIVE ACTION MOTION PICTURE BEUTY AND THE

BEAST, LUKE EVANS, DAN STEVENS AND JOSH GAD.

(APPLAUSE) >> WELCOME TO THE COMPANY,

WELCOME, WELCOME.

>> WE ARE ALL THRILLED TO BE HERE.

>> WE REALLY ARE.

IT'S AFTER ALL THAT TIME ON SET, IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING TO

PERFORM IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE AGAIN.

>> YEAH, TO BE INVITEED BY JAMES TO PERFORM IN THE CROSS WALK

OUTSIDE OF CBS, THAT IS WHAT WE CALL A DREAM COME TRUE.

>> WE'RE PERFORMING WHERE?

>> LISTEN, I DON'T CARE IF IT THIS IS YOUR FIRST EVER

PRODUCTION, OR YOU'RE SOME BIG TIME HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STAR.

WE ARE A COMPANY AND WE TRUST EACH OTHER.

OKAY?

I WILL SHOW YOU THAT I TRUST YOU.

I TRUST YOU.

>> THAT WAS MY BAD, WE WERE DOING A GAME.

>> ARE YOU OKAY, ARE YOU FINE.

>> I'M COMPLETELY FIVE, COMPLETELY FIVE, IT'S ALWAYS

DIFFICULT WHEN NEWCOMERS JOIN THE PRODUCTION.

>> EVERYBODY, WALK, NICE.

SMOOTH.

AND WE MOVE.

>> I HAVE TO PUT THEM THROUGH THEIR PACES.

IN THE PARKING LOT, THAT'S THE CLOSEST YOU WILL EVER GET TO

BEING OUT THERE ON THE CROSS WALK.

BE OUR GUEST, BE OUR GUEST.

♪.

>> PUT OUR SERVICE TO THE TEST.

♪ TIE YOUR NAPKIN AROUND YOUR NECK.

>> MORE THAN THAT, JOSH, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A SCHOOL BUS.

STEP FORWARD FOR ME, LUKE, WHO DO YOU PLAY IN THE FILM.

>> GASTON.

>> WELL, LET'S SEE IF ARE YOU GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY IT IN THIS

PRODUCTION.

SO THE LINE SAYS, I THINK THE LINE SAYS NO ONE FIGHTS LIKE

GASTON.

>> YEAH, IT DOES.

>> James: WELL, LET'S FIND OUT.

>> I'M NOT SEEING A BEAST.

>> JUST TRY AND SHOW YOU THE BEAST, TRY AND SHOW ME WHAT

YOU'VE GOT.

>> NO, NO, NO IT SHOULD BE LIKE ROOARR.

>> THAT'S IT.

THE STRUT.

>> OKAY.

HE JUST GAVE US THE EXACT SAME ROLES THAT WE HAD IN THE MOVIE

SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAD TO DO ANY OF THAT.

>> WELL, YEAH, IT DID SEEM LIKE A BIT OF A WASTE OF TIME, BUT

YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SHOW.

>> YEAH, BEVERLY AND AGAIN SEE, HERE WE COME-- GEN SEE, HERE WE

COME.

>> James: DANIEL-DAY LEWIS PLAYED ABRAHAM LINCOLN, MERYL

STREEP PLAYED MARGARET THACHER.

JAMES CORDEN PLAYED BELLE.

THOSE THREE WILL ALWAYS BE REGARDED AS SIMILAR.

IF NOT THE SAME.

>> THIS IS T IT'S OPENING NIGHT.

LET'S GIVE IT EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT, OKAY, GUYS.

OKAY?

OKAY.

EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY, SAY CROSS WALK.

>> CROSS WALK.

>> James: SAY BEUTY & THE BEAST.

>> BEUTY AND THE BEAST.

>> James: SAY JAMES CORDEN.

>> LET'S GET OUT THERE.

HERE WE GO.

HERE WE GO.

CONCENTRATE, LET'S GET OUT THERE, HERE WE GO.

IT'S A QUIET CITY.

♪ EVERY DAY.

♪ THAN THE ONE BEFORE.

♪ IN A TOWN.

♪ FULL OF LITTLE PEOPLE.

♪ WAKING UP TO SAY.

♪.

>> BONJOUR.

♪.

>> BONJOUR.

♪ BONJOUR.

♪ THERE GOES THE BAKER WITH HIS TRAY LIKE ALWAYS.

♪ THE SAME OLD BREAD AND ROLLS TO SELL.

♪ EVERY MORNING JUST THE SAME.

♪ IS A MORNING THAT WE CAME.

♪ TO THIS POOR PROVINCIAL TOWN.

♪ THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

YOU WERE AMAZING.

THERE WAS SOMEONE LOOKING THROUGH THEIR SUN ROOF, GUYS.

THAT IS STANDING OVATION, A STANDING OVATION.

LET'S KEEP IN THE ZONE.

LET'S GO.

COME ON.

GET O THERE.

NO ONE FIGHTS LIKE GASTON.

♪ ♪ LIKE GASTON.

♪ AS YOU SEE I'VE GOT BICEPS TO SPARE.

♪.

>> NOT AN INCH OF HIM SCRAGGILY OR SCRAWNY.

♪ AND EVERY LAST INCH IS COVERED WITH HAIR.

♪.

>> CAR, CAR, CAR.

BE SAFE, BE SAFE, BE SAFE.

>> IT WAS GOOD.

>> BE OUR GUEST, BE OUR GUEST, BE OUR GUEST.

♪ BE OUR GUEST.

♪.

>> INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I DIDN'T GET TO PLAY THIS PART IN

THE MOVIE AND I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF GLAD.

BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO DO IT IN FRONT OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN A

FILM WHEN YOU CAN DO IT IN FRONT OF HALF A DOZEN LYFT AND UBER

DRIVE DRIVERS HERE.

♪ BE OUR GUEST.

♪ BE OUR GUEST.

♪ PUT OUR SERVICE TO THE TEST.

♪ TIE YOUR NAPKIN AROUND YOUR NECK CHERI.

♪ AND WE'LL PROVIDE THE REST.

♪ SOUP DU JOUR.

♪ HOT HORS D'OEUVRES.

♪ IT IS DELICIOUS.

♪ DON'T BELIEVE KNEE ASK THE DISHES.

♪ ♪ AND A DINNER HERE IS NEVER

SECOND.

♪.

>> CAR, CAR, CAR.

[BLEEP] [BLEEP] THAT WAS AMAZING!

IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

INCREDIBLE?

AMAZING.

>> THAT WAS TOUGH BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE WELCOMING.

YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO SAY BE OUR GUEST BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU

KIND OF WANT TO SAY STAY THERE, DON'T RUN ME OVER.

>> YOU LOOK GORGEOUS.

>> I TOTALLY WOULD.

ARE YOU READY?

>> YEAH, WELL, I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE YET.

BUT IT LOOKS PRETTY TERRIFYING.

LOOKS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS.

>> IT'S YOUR TIME TO SHINE.

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T DO THIS.

OF COURSE YOU CAN DO THIS, IT ISN'T DANGEROUS, LOOK AT ME, OF

COURSE YOU CAN DO T GET OUT THERE AND DO IT LOOK AT ME, WE

CAN DO THIS, IT'S BEUTY AND THE BEAST.

>> A TALE AS OLD AS TIME.

>> A TALE AS OLD AS TIME.

♪ ♪

♪ TALE AS OLD AS TIME.

♪ BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

♪.

>> CAR, CAR, CAR!

>> OH MY GOD, I WAS WRONG, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

THAT WAS THE MOST INVIGORATING THING I HAVE EVER DONE.

THAT WAS JUST-- YOU KNOW, I CROSSED THAT ROAD AND ON THE

OTHER SIDE WAS EVERYTHING I LOVE ABOUT THEATER.

AND A GAS STATION.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> James: THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

>> James: PEOPLE WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WHERE WERE YOU.

WHEN THE CROSS WALK THEATER COMPANY PERFORMS BEUTY & THE

BEAST.

YOU CAN SAY WELL, I WAS ON BEVERLY AND GENESEE RUNNING LATE

FOR THE DENTIST.