--- ---  # Watch James Corden Convince Kristin Chenoweth to Chat With a Duet by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 23, 2015 2:42 PM UTC  Kristen Chenoweth attends the Kristen Chenoweth Social Life Magazine Cover Party Celebration at 53 Greene Street on July 13, 2015 in New York City. Kristen Chenoweth attends the Kristen Chenoweth Social Life Magazine Cover Party Celebration at 53 Greene Street on July 13, 2015 in New York City.Grant Lamos IV—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 23, 2015 2:42 PM UTC After a four-month run in the Broadway musical _On the Twentieth Century_ (a performance that won her a Tony nomination), Kristin Chenoweth is tired. So tired that she wasn’t really up for her scheduled appearance on _The Late Late Show._ But host James Corden was able to convince her to leave her home for a chat by serenading the actress—and as anyone who’s seen _Glee_ knows, Chenoweth cannot resist a duet. Watch Corden woo her to the stage with a rousing rendition of “We’ve Got Tonight.” _Read next:_ [_James Corden Wants to Make the World of Late-Night TV More Diverse_](http://time.com/3749843/james-corden-late-late-show-interview/) Watch James Corden Convince Kristin Chenoweth to Chat With a Duet ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3969489/james-corden-kristin-chenoweth/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3969489/james-corden-kristin-chenoweth/"},"headline":"Watch James Corden Convince Kristin Chenoweth to Chat With a Duet","datePublished":"2015-07-23T14:42:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:31:25.226Z","description":"The actress wasn't really in the mood for a talk show appearance","url":"https://time.com/3969489/james-corden-kristin-chenoweth/","keywords":["Television","The Late Late Show","james corden"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc576082b01326113/69885c27524fc07e17df3b4f/chenoweth.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc576082b01326113/69885c27524fc07e17df3b4f/chenoweth.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kristen Chenoweth Social Life Magazine Cover Party Celebration","caption":"Kristen Chenoweth Social Life Magazine Cover Party Celebration","creditText":"Grant Lamos IV—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3969489/james-corden-kristin-chenoweth/","name":"Watch James Corden Convince Kristin Chenoweth to Chat With a Duet"}}]}] ```