As the year that was 2020 winds down, Jimmy Fallon is commemorating the year that was through song.
The 46-year-old host of The Tonight Show teamed up with Broadway star Andrew Rannells, to recap the year, set to several classic Broadway tunes.
Fallon began his performance by recapping January, set to West Side Story’s America, touching on events like President Trump‘s impeachment, Prince Harry coming to America.
Commemorate: As the year that was 2020 winds down, Jimmy Fallon is commemorating the year that was through song
Showtunes: The 46-year-old host of The Tonight Show teamed up with Broadway star Andrew Rannells, to recap the year, set to several classic Broadway tunes
They then start singing about the ‘plans’ they had for the year like seeing concerts, running a 5K and drinking less booze, before the COVID-19 pandemic kicked in.
They they started chronicling the early days of the quarantine lockdown set to Sixteen Going on Seventeen from The Sound of Music.
‘On top I’m dressed, waist down I’m a mess, I’m ready to work from home,’ Rannells sings.
Early days: They they started chronicling the early days of the quarantine lockdown set to Sixteen Going on Seventeen from The Sound of Music
Work from home: ‘On top I’m dressed, waist down I’m a mess, I’m ready to work from home,’ Rannells sings
They also reenacted work zooms with the help of Questlove and Black Thought, set to Hello from The Book of Mormon.
Fallon and Rannells sang about how quarantine took a strange turn and that they might be losing their sanity, set to Defying Gravity from Wicked.
They also sang about how one cough could start a frenzy in public, set to One from A Chorus Line.
Hello: They also reenacted work zooms with the help of Questlove and Black Thought, set to Hello from The Book of Mormon
Sanity: Fallon and Rannells sang about how quarantine took a strange turn and that they might be losing their sanity, set to Defying Gravity from Wicked
One: They also sang about how one cough could start a frenzy in public, set to One from A Chorus Line
Fallon waxed nostalgic about sitting at a Starbucks drinking overpriced coffee set to Memory from Cats.
The song and dance routine breaks briefly when Fallon asks Rannells if he wants to come to a birthday gathering with 10 friends.
Rannells dramatically breaks into a rendition of And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going from Dreamgirls, saying he will not hang out inside, but Fallon mentions it’s an outdoor party.
Coffee: Fallon waxed nostalgic about sitting at a Starbucks drinking overpriced coffee set to Memory from Cats
Dramatic: Rannells dramatically breaks into a rendition of And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going from Dreamgirls, saying he will not hang out inside, but Fallon mentions it’s an outdoor party.
They cover the Presidential Election, set to Hairspray’s You Can’t Stop the Beat, except it’s a message to Trump saying, ‘You can’t stop the count.’
They even cover the new COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna, set to My Shot from Hamilton, before closing the musical segment with a big finale.
Rannells covers one of the songs he sings in The Book of Mormon, I Believe, stressing, ‘I believe that next year will be better for all of us’ and that 2021 will in fact be our year as the musical number comes to a close.
Election: They cover the Presidential Election, set to Hairspray’s You Can’t Stop the Beat, except it’s a message to Trump saying, ‘You can’t stop the count.’
Shot: They even cover the new COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna, set to My Shot from Hamilton, before closing the musical segment with a big finale
Believe: Rannells covers one of the songs he sings in The Book of Mormon, I Believe, stressing, ‘I believe that next year will be better for all of us’ and that 2021 will in fact be our year as the musical number comes to a close