Celebrity PHOTO: Ellen DeGeneres Plays Nurse in Surprise Broadway Debut The TV host wows the audience with an unexpected cameo in the musical Promises, Promises By People Staff Published on September 8, 2010 11:10 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros. Ellen DeGeneres is not a nurse, but she played one – briefly – Tuesday night on Broadway. The talk-show host, 52, delighted the audience at New York’s Broadway Theater with a surprise cameo as a nurse in the musical revival of Promises, Promises, starring Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth. Her scene comes in Act I, right before the Hayes character meets Chenoweth’s. DeGeneres will air the footage from the Broadway show on The Ellen DeGeneres Show next Wednesday, following the series’ season-eight premiere on Monday.– Tim Nudd Portia de Rossi Wants to Be Portia DeGeneres