Matthew Broderick has a confession to make.
The Tony-winning star visited Late Night with Seth Meyers November 12 to own up to his history of onstage mishaps. During the 2022 Broadway revival of Plaza Suite, in which Broderick starred opposite his wife Sarah Jessica Parker, Broderick committed one of Broadway's most grievous sins.
"We're talking about our marriage, which is ending, or seems to be dissolving, and I kept hearing 'Please set your parameter,' or 'Want to go for a run?' Somebody's phone was talking," he tells Meyers. "And we're trying to do a pretty serious scene, and I keep hearing it talk and talk, and then I look out, I'm going to tell somebody in the audience 'Turn that off!'—they should know better! And Sarah was looking at my wrist." Broderick groans. "I had left my Apple Watch on, which was just blathering away."
It wasn't the first time Broderick had forgotten to shed his own items when getting into costume. "I have flubs. I've been in a lot, and I am bad at it," Broderick laughs. "I often forget I have my glasses on. I very often have a very carefully planned costume, and then I just come out in my own glasses, which is worse if you're wearing transition lenses. Because the lights hit you and they become sunglasses. I'm like Jack Nicholson at a basketball game."
Watch the full interview below.
New York Theatre Workshop starry revival of Moliére's Tartuffe will perform at the Off-Broadway company beginning November 28 ahead of a December 16 opening night. The limited run, featuring a new script by A Doll's House, Part 2 playwright Lucas Hnath, has already been extended through January 24, 2026. Obie winner Sarah Benson (Teeth) is directing.
As for that starry cast, that will be led by Broderick in the title role, opposite Emmy Award winner David Cross (Arrested Development) as Orgon, Obie Award winner Emily Davis (Is This A Room) as Mariane, RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio as Mme Pernelle, Tony nominee Amber Gray (Hadestown) as Elmire, Obie winner Ryan J. Haddad (Dark Disabled Stories) as Damis, 2025 Tony winner Francis Jue (Yellow Face) as Cleante, Tony winner Lisa Kron (Fun Home) as Dorine, and Emmy nominee Ikechukwu Ufomadu (Ziwe) as Valére.
The revival's creative team also includes choreographer Raja Feather Kelly, composer Heather Christian, scenic designer dots (Oh, Mary!), costume designer Enver Chakartash (I Love You So Much I Could Die), lighting designer Stacey Derosier (Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole), and sound designer Peter Mills Weiss (The Headlands). Kasson Marroquin (Wet Brain) is serving as production stage manager.
This Tartuffe is different from the one currently at Off-Broadway's House of the Redeemer, led by Tony winner André De Shields. That Tartuffe runs through November 23 and is welcoming an audience of 100 people nightly.
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