'n cream mega sundae. you know, i'm more than a cook. i'm everyone's best friend. 4 dishes for 4 dollars each. denny's. welcome to america's diner. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guest is an emmy and grammy award-winning performer. she's also won a record-breaking six tony awards. she returns to broadway in the new production of "shuffle along" which begins previews march 15th and opens april 28th at the music box theater. please welcome audra mcdonald, [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we have the hottest audience. >> i know. >> jimmy: hottest audience in the world. >> i can't believe it. >> jimmy: thank you so much for doing yahoo! answers -- yahoo! answers lounge singers. >> i loved that doing that with you. you really need to take it on the road. >> jimmy: you've done it, three, four times now? >> i think four or five times now, yeah. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: i know what the weirdest one was. >> what do you think is weirdest one is? >> jimmy: i know what the weirdest one was. 'cause i --

'n cream mega sundae. you know, i'm more than a cook. i'm everyone's best friend. 4 dishes for 4 dollars each. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: my thanks to kevin spacey, bill and melinda gates, kygo! parson james! and the roots right there from philadelphia, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers and applause ] stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." thank you for watching. have a great night. i hope to see you tomorrow. bye-bye thank you! [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- bobby cannavale, editor of "the new yorker", david remnick, live "new yorker" cartoons, featuring the 8g band. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers! [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] fantastic to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. president obama today announced plans to close the prison at guantanamo bay. it's a pretty simple plan,

'n cream mega sundae. you know, i'm more than a cook. i'm everyone's best friend. 4 dishes for 4 dollars each. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back, everybody. we are here with the best, we love her. taraji p. henson, star of the hit television show "empire." [ cheers and applause ] it returns with new episodes beginning march 30th at 9:00 p.m. on fox. but first, taraji and i are going to play the acting game. now here's how it works. we have a telephone here. that's what -- >> is that what that is? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: kids, that's what telephones used to look like. >> what is this? >> jimmy: yeah. >> a wire, oh. >> jimmy: and so here's how it works. we're gonna -- i have a stack of cards here. >> okay. >> jimmy: okay. with random ridiculous scenarios written on them. okay. we're going to take turns answering the phone and reacting to those scenarios. but you have to do it in the most sincerely dramatic way possible. >> okay. >> jimmy: okay. we're going to put our acting you ready, taraji? [ c