 During the 2001 Broadway season , McCormack briefly portrayed Professor Harold Hill ( replacing Craig Bierko ) in the Susan Stroman revival of The Music Man at the Neil Simon Theatre . In August 2002 , as part of the Hollywood Bowl 's summer concert series , he reprised the role of Harold Hill for a one @-@ night only appearance in which he and other actors recreated the songs from the production . McCormack hosted the fourth episode of the 28th season of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live on November 2 , 2002 . In 2004 , he had a recurring role as Ray Summers on Showtime 's comedy drama Dead Like Me . The following year , McCormack starred in the film The Sisters , based on Anton Chekhov 's play Three Sisters . The film premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival . 
