NEW YORK (AP) – Stephen Colbert looked out upon a sold out house, flashed a comic grin, then began the serious (and funny) business he was there for.
Reading a story by Flannery O’Connor.
The former Comedy Central host and heir apparent to David Letterman on “The Late Show” was among two special guests Wednesday night for the celebrated “Selected Shorts” program that has run for 30 years at Manhattan’s Symphony Space. O’Connor was the night’s honored author and Colbert, a fellow Southerner and previous Selected Shorts reader, chose O’Connor’s “The Enduring Chill,” while stage and film actress Jill Eikenberry performed “Everything That Rises Must Converge.”