♪ Kid Theater ♪

[ Cheers and applause ]

-Good luck. -Good luck.

-Thank you.

-Okay.

The first one is from Reese. He is 9 years old.

Tom, you'll be playing the role of Skeleton.

And I'll be playing the role of Mummy.

Higgins will read scene descriptions for us.

Higgins, please set the scene.

[ Laughter ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Applause ]

-[ Laughs ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Cheers and applause ]

-Duck, Duck, Goose!

-And scene.

And scene. Fantastic.

[ Laughs ] All right. Here we go.

[ Laughs ] A head bump. I know. All right.

All right. Let's do another one.

This next one was sent in by Aaron. He's 7 years old.

For this one, I'll play the role of Charlie.

And, Tom, you will be the character The Mummy.

-Okay. -Yeah.

Uh, Higgins, set the scene, please.

[ Laughter ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Applause ]

-I love these. I love these. Crazy.

[ Laughter ]

-[ Laughs ]

-Nom-nom-nom-nom!

[ Breathes deeply ]

[ Cheers and applause ]

-And scene.

That's the best. The best.

Let's do one more. This last one here

was sent in by Lucy, who is 6.

I will be playing Sheep.

Tom, you'll again be playing the role of Mummy.

-Okay. -Higgins, set the scene, please.

-[ Hiccups ] I have the -- [ Hiccups ]

hiccups.

-Why?

-[ Hiccups ] No clue. [ Hiccups, hiccups ]

-[ Hiccups ] -[ Hiccups ]

-[ Hiccups, hiccups ] -[ Hiccups ]

-Oh, no! I caught the mummy's hiccups!

[ Hiccups, hiccups ] -[ Hiccups ] Hiccup!

-[ Hiccups, hiccups ] -[ Hiccups ]

-Hiccup! Hiccup! -[ Hiccups, hiccups ]

-[ Hiccups, hiccups ]

[ Laughter and applause ]

-[ Coughing ]

-[ Hiccups ] -[ Hiccups ]

We need to -- [ Hiccups ] -- drink some water.

I brought a cup of water with me. [ Hiccups ]

-[ Hiccups, hiccups ] -Here it -- Here it is.

[ Hiccups ] Here it is.

-[ Hiccups ] -Here it is.

[ Laughter ]

-What do we clean the water up with? [ Hiccups ]

-[ Hiccups ] Uh -- [ Hiccups ] Me. [ Hiccups ]

-[ Laughs ]

-[ Hiccups ]

[ Snores, hiccups, hiccups ]

[ Snores, hiccups ]

-See you tomorrow. [ Hiccups ] -[ Hiccups ]

-[ Hiccups ] Baa! [ Hiccups ] Baa!

[ Hiccups ] Baa! [ Hiccups ] And scene!

-Scene. -That's what I'm talking about.

♪♪

-Double-handed bow. Double-handed bow.

-Let's go. [ Cheers and applause ]

Thank you.

-My thanks to all of our kid playwrights.

And thank you to Tom Cruise!

Check out "The Mummy" opening everywhere on Friday.