"We have a lot of flags," adds Leonard's Music Man costar Rebecca Luker.

Leonard agreed: "We do have more flags than any other show on Broadway. The Music Man is essentially a celebration of American naivete and innocence -- and flags. Those three things go together."

Luker said, smiling. "It is a very happy show. Come see our flags."

"Well, it's happier than Cabaret and Dance of Death," added Leonard, with a tongue firmly in cheek.

"And there's a lot of dancing."

"Ironically, there's no dancing in Dance of Death at all," Leonard quipped. "Did I already said that one lucky theatergoers who sees The Music Man will win $75,000 after the show?"

Arm in arm, and obviously hamming it up, Robert Sean Leonard and Rebecca Luker, the stars of The Music Man exchanged bright bon mots Friday, Oct. 12, when the cable network Bravo produced several commercials featuring top Broadway stars to run in conjunction with its "Broadway on Bravo" festival, which begins Nov. 5.

Among other Broadway artists who are participating in the Bravo commercials which aim to promote Broadway were John Leguizamo (Sexaholix), Patrick Wilson and John Ellison Conlee with composer/lyricist David Yazbeck (The Full Monty), Meredith Patterson and David Elder of 42nd Street), as well as and cast members from the long-running hit musicals Contact and Rent.

During the Oct. 12 taping, Leonard and Luke answered various questions from an unseen interviewer. They also read prepared lines from cue cards, often dividing the words between them. Not everything that the stars said will be used for the commercials, which will offer a collage of responses and comments.

"I hope audiences can be transported a little bit," said Luker. "I think we have to get on with our life, just as everyone keeps telling us. Nowawadys, you hear the phrase, 'the show must go on.' Literally life must go on."

Added Leonard: "We're the luckiest cast in New York. The Music Man is familiar. It's beautiful. It's innocent and a lot of fun."

"I feel our cast is the nicest cast," Luker continued. "We have kids, lot of kids. I don’t know about power of actors to make people feel better. I just know The Music Man is a happy show."

Responding to a question about what it felt like going on stage soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, Leonard said. "It felt early. It felt soon, but it felt good to go back to work. For three days in a row I just walked around. I live down in the Village. I saw smoke. I saw candles. When I got back to the Neil Simon Theatre, it felt so great to see people I care about, and it felt good to be together."

Said Luker: "I have a lot of sad ballads to sing in the show. So that was tough."

"I really hope people will come to New York and see a Broadway show, especially The Music Man which is a beautiful story," Leonard said. "I know a lot of people just want to stay at home. But I know people from Texas and California who did come to New York and stuck to their travel plans. Right now, it's the most amazing time to be in the city. I've been in New York for 17 years. Everyone here is different. It’s a different place to be."

Bravo's 15th annual "Broadway on Bravo" includes the American television premiere of Julie Andrews' Victor/Victoria, film adaptations of classic Broadway musicals (Hello Dolly and Carousel), and "Inside the Actors Studio" profiles and interviews with Broadway¹s stars Kevin Kline, Nathan Lane and Julie Taymor.