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Bill Murray鈥攚ho created the role of Phil Connors in the film Groundhog Day鈥�took in a performance of the Broadway musical adaptation, according to .

Murray played the cranky weatherman stuck reliving the forecast holiday in Punxsatawney, Pennsylvania in the 1993 film. The actor attended the show with original screenwriter (and the musical鈥檚 book writer) Danny Rubin and his brother, Brian Doyle-Murray, who played Buster in the film.

After the Act II opener, 鈥淧laying Nancy,鈥� Murray was heard exclaiming 鈥淲ow!鈥� By the end of the show, he was visibly sobbing.

Murray, Doyle-Murray, and Rubin visited the cast backstage after the show. He told actor Sean Montgomery, who plays the Sheriff, 鈥淚t was really beautiful. You got me. You really got me.鈥�

Turning his attention to the full cast he said, 鈥淎s actors, I can鈥檛 respect enough how disciplined you are and how serving you are of the process. There鈥檚 nothing worse than seeing someone that鈥檚 out for themselves. And you are all in it for each other.鈥�

Moved by the message of Groundhog Day, Murray talked about why it hits such a sweet spot for him: 鈥淭he idea that we just have to try again. We just have to try again. It鈥檚 such a beautiful, powerful idea.鈥�

Though Murray attended the show with Rubin, during the filming of the movie, Murray disagreed with co-screenwriter and director Harold Ramis, who passed away in 2014. Still, when asked in a post-show interview what he believes Ramis would have thought of the musical, Murray responded, 鈥淚 think he would鈥檝e been flabbergasted. Brian and I are flabbergasted. It鈥檚 really something.鈥�