let's hear it. >> sara bareilles! >> what did you miss most?ive from singing for people. i forgot what a blelessing thats for me.. it's like the audience feels like they're the ones receiving but really we're the ones receiving on stage. ♪ honestly, i wanna see you be brave ♪ ♪ >> the electricity was flowing again in both directions. ♪ so nathaniel ratliff singing van morrison's "caravan" not only got the audience on its feet. the singer himself left doing a jig. ♪ and british singer yola lippett the room. ♪ keeps so quiet ♪ sure, she'd done zoom concerts during the pandemic. but it's not the same. >> it's not even close, mate. no. it's not even close. >> no. >> i think we're all done with zoom. sorry for zoom shareholders. but it is what it is. ♪ ♪ i used to be like you ♪ >> reporter: how do you zoom a voice like yola's, who left us all feeling -- well, she said it herself. ♪ when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune

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it's the music it's the funny writing, it's all of it together you have folks like sarah bareilles, she comedic actress. >> yes, i had seen sarah in waitress on broadway, and i was like, oh, she's a wonderful actress and i'd seen her be really funny hosting the tony awards and also i just really like casting i like finding people and so once we got her -- and she's fantastic. she's an absolute natural. >> the music is the other star of the show. i'm sorry, those songs, i was literally almost peeing my pants listening to some of them. who came up with those songs >> thank you for asking. the music, my husband jeff richmond writes pretty much all the music for the show, with the exception of a song. and meredith, obviously wrote the bulk of the lyrics for the show >> can we play the tiny bud song >> you're part of "girls5eva," right? i remember you, you had that song on the sound track of blue crush. >> tbf, tiny butts forever, to silver dollar pancakes and jeans. ♪ this will be what people ask forever, tbf tiny butts in jeans ♪ >> right on. i think meredith is great at nailing those joke

bareilles, emily king, lauren haines, and yola, who i caught in rehearsal yesterday.y about that -- i know but some singing probably via zoom and other concerts. >> loads. >> yeah. but it's not the same. >> it's not even close, mate, no. it's not even close. >> no. >> like you do it, and you feel something, you have some moments. >> yeah. >> but you know, you need an audience. you need connect. you need people that have come there to listen. >> by the way, yola will knock you over with your voice if y you're in the back of the balcony. a thrill. 1,000 people will be there. there will be top donors and frontline workers. y tn a free live stream at fans.live at th usualell ttsbu they weren sure how many people they could let in so they didn't. >> i'm impressed you went to the sound check. >> i'm so excited to see live music. all for god's love we deliver, which does amazing work in new york city. >> it does. >>> now we turn to our series honoring some of the best and brightest in the world of performing arts. "cbs this morning" is sitting down with the five legends beco

was talking to sara bareilles talking about going back to "waitress" in the fall.illed to hear sara's coming back. >> she hasn't signed the deal yet. talking about it. >> she's incredible in that show. and you know, again, like in all things in 2021, like safety is paramount. >> yeah. >> and making sure that we have the protodolls make sure our -- protocols to make sure our actors and backstage staff are safe is so important. we've also had an enormous racial reckoning, and listen, it's not the great white way for nothing. that conversation is also happening in the theater world. so you know, one of the things that we hope to build back is a better broadway with more positions for folks of color behind the scenes and in staff, more diverse audiences. i hope that continues to be a part of the conversation as broadway comes back, as well. >> it was a really tough time for broadway, lin. i mean, seeing everything shut down. how did it affect yourtnd your show? >> oh, i mean, we had weekly zoom calls. it really was -- it's -- it's tough and also, you know, the fact tha