Iglehart: I don't even think there's any words for how excited I am tonight.

We've been working on this for a very long time to get to this moment, and the fact that it's here just feels so incredible.

This cast is amazing.

The creative team has been fantastic, and it's been one of the coolest, hardest, but most fulfilling journeys I've ever been on.

I learned absolutely a lot about his triumphs and his failures, about how he navigated his way through his artistic career, being the king of jazz.

Lee: It's important to tell stories about artists and -- and art and the arts.

It's really a journey of a man's life.

And when you can take a step back and see the entire journey and where he ends up and the growth that he goes through, it's amazing.

♪ What a wonderful world ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪