VIDEO: Kristin Chenoweth Reveals Her First Choice to Replace LIVE's Michael Strahan

Broadway's Kristin Chenoweth stopped by PEOPLE to discuss who she thinks would make the best replacement for LIVE co-host Michael Strahan. "That's a tough position to fill," says the Tony Award winner, but adds "If it were Anderson [Cooper], I would be so happy!" Watch the interview below!

Chenoweth recently made her return back to Broadway, playing the glamorous film star, Lily Garland, in the Roundabout Theatre Company's On the Twentieth Century, which has received rave reviews. Kristin's performance earned her the following awards: Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award. She has also earned nominations for the following awards: Tony Award in the category "Best Performance by anActress in a Leading Role in a Musical" and a Drama League Award.

In 2014, Chenoweth starred as a poisonous frog named Gabi in the hit animated film Rio 2. She also reprised her nominated role in the 100th episode of "Glee." In May 2014, she returned to the famed Carnegie Hall; her first solo-concert at Carnegie Hall was in 2004. On stage, she performed songs from her album, Some Lessons Learned, as well as some of her most memorable songs from Broadway's Wicked, Promises Promises, and TV's Glee. Last July, she performed "An Evening With." show at London's grade one listed and highly prestigious concert hall the RoyalAlbert Hall, in which she received a record-breaking standing ovation. Last September, she was featured in the Star-Spangled Spectacular: Bicentennial of our National Anthem, a concert special honoring the 200th anniversary of our national anthem, in Baltimore, Maryland. The event was televised live on PBS as part of the network's GREAT PERFORMANCES series.

Last fall, Chenoweth hosted the PBS Arts Fall Festival, which featured classic Broadway hits, music from around the country and theatre performances. The festival included her own concert performance, Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home, where she performed a career-spanning concert in her hometown of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The concert was released as a live CD and DVD, and aired as a PBS television special THANKSGIVING weekend.

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