Jenna makes her Broadway debut

>>> performing on broadway can be the thrill of a lifetime , i hear. jenna got the chance recently sharing the spotlight with none other than matthew broderick and she is here with more.

>>> a great time. here is the deal, when i was 10 i wrote a paper on what i wanted to be when i grew up. i couldn't decide between a comedian, waterski instructor or actress. to be on broadway for one night, even for five seconds, insane. if they asked if i would join them, i nearly fell out of my chair. bright lights, big city , and broadway . this, ladies and gentlemen , is how the pros do it. nice work if you can get it

>> and then way, way, way down that ladder is how the wannabes do it. i'm on broadway . it's for one night and for one line but i am on broadway and you can't take me off until the show is over. and then i have to get off. i'm going to make my debut tonight.

>> i know.

>> it's my broadway debut . i've never said that before. i'm making my broadway debut tonight.

>> do you have any stage experience?

>> experience, it's so overrated. luckily i would be sharing the stage with actors who have done this once or twice before, high-class scene stealer matthew broderick and kelly o'hara. wonderful, marvelous

>> do you ever get nervous?

>> i do get nervous. i still get nervous. and if anything goes wrong i get nervous.

>> do you really?

>> i have to pay attention so the moment doesn't pass.

>> does that happen?

>> sure. somebody else will talk and before you know it you'll miss it.

>> hey, my line. my line. i need my line.

>> say it nice and loud. i wouldn't worry too much about, you know, making sense. just scream it out right on time.

>> all right.

>> maybe look at the awed yeudience while you say it.

>> very important things.

>> i'm very good at this.

>> how does one prepare to share the stage with matthew broderick ? by hanging out with someone who has shared the stage with matthew broderick for over 200 performances, the lovely kelly o'hara.

>> oh, my gosh.

>> tell me.

>> i don't want to sound unprofessional but it's so bad.

>> tell me.

>> so bad.

>> this is what i want to hear.

>> we have these wings on the stage. you don't know the hijinks happening.

>> how often do you lose it and just start cracking up on stage?

>> at least once a night but sometimes several times a night.

>> with that i knew i found my new home, well, minus one tiny, little detail, you know, the whole singing and dancing think. you say either and i say either you say neither and i say either either, neither let's call the whole thing off

>> one, two, one, two, three. broadway .

>> you're already on broadway . you've got it, girl.

>> it was off to rehearsals.

>> you sit down. all the ladies say hi, jimmy.

>> hi, girls.

>> we were just in the neighborhood.

>> gee, i probably shouldn't. did you bring your swimsuit?

>> who needs a swimsuit?

>> i like where this is going. right, one, two, left, and then double time . left and right.

>> when is our five-minute break?

>> in 55 minutes.

>> okay. you were magnificent in the park.

>> that's it. stop talking and i'm going to go. that's perfect. i'm magnificent. with a matthew broderick stamp of approval and nerves of anything but steel, it was time to transform into chorus girl . 1920s , nice work if you can get it.

>> oh, for crying out loud.

>> hi, jimmy.

>> hi, girls.

>> we were just in the neighborhood and wondered if you'd care to go for a swim.

>> gee, i probably shouldn't. did you bring your swimsuits?

>> oh, jimmy, who needs a swimsuit?

>> i like where this is going. when music is play iing

>> the most exhilarating thing i've ever done. i'm not even kidding. it's so exciting. i want more. i will say we often do pieces where, you know, sometimes you have to add a little more or a little bit less to show your reaction to something. pure, pure joy for this. everything you saw was as i was reacting to it. it was the most fun i've had. matthew and kelly were so fantastic, the crew, the girls, it was amazing. it was amazing.

>> and the left right thing kind of works. or is it right left?

>> two things i have trouble with, containing my excitement, left right. and the either thing.

>> i bought it hook, line and sinker. i loved it. it's great.

>> it was so --

>> what an experience.

>> "law and order" recently.

>> if you combine the two, i said a combined eight words. right on.