On Friday morning, Richard Kind and Fred Armisen joined TODAY to talk about starring in the new Broadway show All In: Comedy About Love.
“It’s The Vagina Monologues for funny people,” Kind concisely said when asked to describe the show. “There’s a guy named Simon Rich…he’s written ten books of funny essays and columns [and] he’s taken a couple of those and we sit there and we read them,” he added, clarifying that they also do “act them out.”
The show, which just began previews, features a rotating cast of numerous Broadway and comedy names, with Kind, Armisen, John Mulaney, and ReneƩ Elise Goldsberry currently starring.
Armisen explained that, despite no costume changes or elaborate sets, he finds it easy to engage the audience in a production such as this. “There’s a trust there. The audiences [will] see that you’re not in a costume and [are] drawn in right away.”
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