Stephen Colbert on being back on stage

Two weeks ago, on June 14, the star of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" returned to his workplace, the 400-person Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, whose seats had been empty for 460 days. More than 20,000 requested tickets. Attendance required proof of vaccination.

They were there for much more than just a laugh. Audience member Marissa Godfrey said, "I wrote to him, 'You have gotten me through this time.'" The reunion was a mass echo of the smaller reunions among friends separated during quarantine.