James Corden joins Broadway stars Joshua Grosso, Jillian Butler, Emily Bautista, Kyle Scatliffe, Shuler Hensley, Patti LuPone and Matt Lucas to celebrate only one Day More of outgoing President Trump Les Misérables parody aired Tuesday The late late show.
In the visual room, Corden goes to work, happy to have his “last day of Trump jokes, just one more day. One more day. But when he walked into the office, a TV broadcaster told Trump about false allegations of a stolen election, causing Corden to break into a dramatic song.
“One more day / The last day of Trump as president”, he sings. “The White House has a brand new resident / it’s been four years of endless crimes / but now he finally has no time left.”
The Broadway stars Eventually, they joined via television screens to sing along and suffered their consternations recently. ‘What a year this month was / we will be in the parking lot / At Four Seasons Landscaping’, they sing. Later they cheerfully add: “His term is over / the day is here.”
Trump supporters are also represented in the clip, played by LuPone and Lucas, who sing about not wearing masks, starting viral fights and guns.
The video concludes with a reminder of how hard the theater community was hit by the pandemic. It reads that a donation was made to Broadway Cares, thanks to the actors who participated in the video. It also encourages viewers to make a donation to the Broadway Cares / Equity Fight Aids’ Covid-19 Emergency Assistance Fund, which provides resources to affected entertainment professionals.