people do you disappoint when you show up, not now obviously, maybe now, but michael r jarks son, people just see michael jacksonon, and then was the r always, the r was always there, i'm assuming. >> i kind of dropped it in there to make it distinction, on face book i'm the living michael jackson. >> trevor: i like that the only person i think is michael b jordan. >> that's right. >> i will intirped on all my children when he was working there. >> trevor: there is a connection. all the famous names going on to create their own famous names, congratulations, 11 tony award nominations. >> thank you. i had the pleasure of seeing this production and i qunts even explain it to people but you know what i love about it it makes me seem cool when i recommend it, no, no because in this world there is not many things you can recommend to people that will have them leaving feeling like are you so cool because you told them to go. everyone i told to see it goes and see it and they are like trevor, thank you, and i am like yeah, that is what i do. >> did you know when you finished creating this shoi, did you know that it wa

prayer. >> michael, for you, if you could go back in time, what would you tell ten year old michael r. jackson michael r. jackson to relax. i was always kind of a tightly wound little kid. i would tell him that he was okay. there was nothing wrong with him. and that telling his stories, being himself was more than enough. in order to live a happy life. >> michael, what's the best piece of advice to lgbtq elders? >> keep going. just keep going. go on anyway. that's what has kept me going all the years that i had for encouragement. even during the hard times to still pursue this dream. i had no idea where it would land. i didn't have a pulitzer prize on my vision board. it was not something i was thinking about at all. so, when it came it was like a real blessing of having stuck to my guns, and not compromise and hope the story would straight out fallout just try to be as real and authentic as possible. >> why do you think strange luke has resonated so much? >> i think it's because, for as much as he is up there with his wackiness, weirdness, he's just being a person. he is just showing his part

michael r. jacksonperformance from broadway's "a strange loop." featuring the 8g band with derrick wright ♪ [ cheers and applause and now, seth meyers >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night. we hope you're all doing well tonight. and now, if you don't mind, we are gonna get to the news. in his new book, ex-defense secretary mark esper writes that despite his hatred of press leaks, former president trump was "the biggest leaker of all." said trump, "well, that's the last time i show him the area 51 aliens -- oh, damn it! [ light laughter ] president biden criticized republicans at a fundraiser last night for their recent attacks on disney and said, quote, "they're going to storm cinderella's castle before this is over. oh, buddy, i hate to tell you, if they're storming anything, it's the hall of presidents. [ light laughter ] also, that's me, right [ light laughter ] i mean, imagine -- finding -- that's how i found out i was a president. [ laughter ] president biden told a small gath

band, the crew, everyone at the lyceum who worked so hard and of course to the extraordinary michael r jacksonthank you from the bottom of my heart. i want to thank my kids daniel, hanna and will for their support, and have i to give a special shout out to my grandson zackary, my dream is zack will grow up in a world where stories like a strange loop are told on stages everywhere all of the time. thank you so much. i have ten more seconds. >> y'all thank you so much. ♪ ♪ ♪ all right, all right, all congratulations to all of our winners! god that makes me so broadway is back and waiting for you, so come to new york and see a broadway show. get up in the joint! it will change your life forever! and now, before i say goodnight, i've got one more mash-up for you! can you dig it? i think you can. ♪ how many minutes ¡til the end of the tony's ♪ stick around to every person and show ♪ real quick, before we all go i hope you know ♪ this is your round of applause called paradise ♪ called paradise square, air, air, air, air ♪ phone rings, door chimes in comes company ♪ but now we're ex wives annie are y

. >> reporter: the entire show, both music and lyrics, was written by 41-year-old michael r. jacksonworking on the show. best original score, best book of a musical, michael r. jackson, it doesn't get any better. >> it doesn't get any better. any time i look at it, i have a moment of unbelievable joy. ♪ usher ♪ >> reporter: jackson says the musical is, in part, his own story. you did work as an usher at lion king? > i did work at lion king, mary poppins, and a brief stint of "aladdin". >> reporter: but he says the show is more of an emotional than an actual autobiography. turning his own self-doubts and hopes into a cast of characters that embody usher's thought. >> surprise. how you doing? it is your daily self-loathing. >> one of the segments called daily self-loathing, always pops in to tell him how ugly he is or fat he is. >> reporter: the thoughts, all played by actors who describe themselves as queer, also morph into members of usher's family. ♪♪ ♪ send your black bootie to n.y.u. ♪ >> reporter: as jackson's family once did, ststruggled with being gay and a playwright. and the

>> seth: i want to thank my guests, amy sedaris, michael r. jackson, jaquel spivey, the cast and musicians from "a strange loop." [ cheers and applause for tickets to the most tony-nominated show of the year, please visit strangeloopmusical.com i want to thank derrick wright, the 8g band. stay safe. get vaccinated get boosted. we love you, everybody [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>>11:00. a critical win for the warriors. and here in the bay area. >> does what we are still here! >> the crowd, ready to welcome back the team for game five, brush off of tonight's epic performance. >>> ready for some relief from that dribbled digit heed? we will cool on down. >>> also, south bay closes its doors early so its employees can agreed, the memorial this evening after a shooting within a store that left one of the workers dead. >>> more information on monkeypox, not just a widespread rash, the other symptoms you should be looking for as new cases pop up. >>> headed back to san francisco, the warriors game home-court advantage. celebrating after the warriors pulle

its creator, michael r. jacksonn a standing ovation when he won for the show's book. >> i started writing this musical when i was 23 years old. i'm had -- i'm 41, i'm old as hell. i felt unseen, unheard, misunderstood. and wanted to create a life raft to try to get through the day. >> reporter: a production highlight from the acclaimed new musical "mj" about michael jackson was introduced by the late star's children, prince and paris jackson. >> what people may not know is that he loved musicals on film and on the stage. >> so it is with our great honor to now introduce tony nominee myles frost and the remarkable cast of "mj." ♪ >> reporter: "mj" star myles frost won for best performance by a leading actor in a musical. >> i'm so honored and so blessed and so grateful. ♪ >> reporter: the landmark stephen sondheim "company" of love, marriage, and friendship won best musical revival and tonys for matt doyle and patti lupone, both in featured acting categories. >> thank you to the stage managers, the backstage crews, t

we have the tony award winning playwright, of a strange loop, michael r. jackson. the tony nominated star of a strange loop, jacqueline spivey. also, we have debris jacobs, debris jacobs who is a queer indigenous woman, who is a new marvel superhero! so we have a lot of people doing great things on stage and screen. >> jonathan, when are we going to get $1 from you? >> [laughs] >> i mean, with what you are listing? come on now, jonathan. at the bow tie and everything? i would buy it, i know many. would jonathan capehart, thank you very much. be sure to join him for a special edition of the sunday show, live from new york city. it begins at the top of the hour, and you are going to enjoy it. coming up, ex presidential trump slides have had dire consequences for millions of americans. but for one woman, they have up ended her life. former election worker shea moss has faced violent threats after being falsely accused of processing fake ballots. the larger implications of the twice impeached foreign presidents words, straight ahead. words, i mean, "riders" is cool, bu

tonight -- amy sedaris, playwright michael r. jackson

here she is with the show's playwright michael r. jackson.n, just the 17th person to win all four awards. whoopee goldberg, mel brooks, john legend, and audrey hepburn all among them jennifer hudson won her oscar 15 years ago for her performance in dwoep dream girls. won a daytime emmy last year for her work in an animated short. >>> the next roach motel could be your house. a pest-control company in north carolina called "the pest informer" is paying $2,000 to anybody willing to release 100 cockroaches into their home. it is part of an experimental bug treatment. david floyd owns the company he says he hopes to try ten new experimentation methods, which are designed to be more do-it-yourself treatments materials and ingredients that somebody can purchase themselves and that are safe for family and pets the company reports more than 2,000 applications have come in so far but only five to seven houses will be the lucky winners of 100 cockroaches. you have until the end of july to apply floyd says he is giving the diy treatments about a month t

it also won best book for its author michael r. jackson the lehman trilogy won for best play.er the break in stanford cardinal take on yukon for a trip to the college world series. our jason appelbaum is here with the highlights right after the break. and here is a quick look at tonight's lineup on ktvu. you can catch don't forget the lyrics at eight o'clock, followed by beaches sam at nine and then be sure to join us right here for the 10. ♪ from our sinkmat that perfectly protects under your sink. ♪ to our ready-to-wash system that cleans and details. to laser measured floorliners. ♪ and to secure your phone, don't forget the cupfone. weathertech has everything to make it a great father's day. order today at weathertech.com weathertech. made right in america. (music throughout) weathertech. everybody the stanford baseball team is headed to the college world series. another question performance by the cardinal at sunken diamond this afternoon, although connecticut jumped out to a three nothing lead, but stanford rallies to take the lead. with the bases loaded. cody huff gets

the tony goes to -- nicole: taking home the coveted best musical award was "a strange loop," michael r. jackson'stzer-prize winning musical spotlighting the societal judgment and self-doubt of a black gay writer creating his own musical. other leading musicals also took home awards, "six: the musical," about henry the eighth's six wives, won best original score, while "mj," about legendary performer michael jackson, won best actor with myles frost. >> thank you america. nicole: joaquina kalukango won leading actress for her performance in "paradise square." representation seemed to be the theme of the night. host and recent oscar winner aria debose, reinforced that sentiment. >> i am so proud that the theater is becoming more reflective of the community who adores it. nicole: jesse green is the chief theater critic at the new york times. >> broadway has always said it loved diversity. but didn't do very much about it. in recent years, and especially this year, there has been a notable jump, not just in the number of works by black authors and other people who formerly couldn't get to broadway, bu

michael r. jacksonawarded best book of a musical for his melodrama about a black queer writer writing a musical about a black queer writer shows win also earns jennifer hudson egot status as a producer. this play was written as a hymn to the city of new york. play was awarded to the lehman trilogy. best revival of a play went to take me out. company company won best revival of a musical. among many performances throughout the night was 15th anniversary number by the original broadway cast of spring awakening. i stand here on behalf of generations of artists. he took the time to encourage lin manuel miranda introduced a tribute to stephen sondheim performed by bernadette peters usher musical nominees brought the powerful performances which led them to this tony stage, including a strange loop. and the company of company paris and prince jackson introduced mj. the song and dance of the music man entertained as did mr saturday night, billy crystal and the cast of six girl from the north country paradise sq

michael r. jacksonawarded best book of a musical for his melodrama about a black queer writer writing a musical about a black queer writer. the show's win also earns jennifer hudson egot status as a producer. this play was written as a hymn to the city of new york. play was awarded to the lehman trilogy. best revival of a play went to take me out. company company won best revival of a musical. among many performances throughout the night was 1/15 anniversary number by the original broadway cast of spring awakening. i stand here on behalf of generations of artists. he took the time to encourage lin manuel miranda introduced a tribute to stephen sondheim performed by bernadette peters, usher of the knights musical nominees brought the powerful performances which led them to this tony stage, including a strange loop. and the company of company paris and prince jackson introduced mj. the song and dance of the music man entertained as did mr saturday night, billy crystal and the cast of six grow from the nor

it also won best book for its author, michael r. jackson sondheim performed by bernadette peters. i stand here on behalf of generations of artists. he took the time to encourage the evenings. performances included paris and prince jackson, introducing mj the song and dance of the music man and mr saturday night, billy crystal, as well as performances by nearly all of the shows that were nominated. big weekend wrapped up at sonoma raceway, the toyota save mark 3 50 brought tens of thousands of fans to the first full scale race in the north bay since 2019 organizers say they wanted the fan experience to be as close to pre pandemic as possible. some people. this may be their first nascar race. this may be something they saved up for all year. people want to make memories here. and while we do this every day, and we work in this, we need to know how important that is. the weather cooperated cool down significantly on sunday. this meant comfortable conditions for all those people at sonoma raceway. i just love the atmosphere. it's a great weeken

the tony's leading with a staggering 11 nominations is a strange flew by playwright michael r. jacksonbout, while, you get it. it has been breaking barriers, opening doors, and collecting awards along the way. el morgan lee who plays thought one in the musical is the first out transgender actress ever to be nominated for a tony. tonight, we'll find out if she makes history again. i have the opportunity to sit down with her and discuss what herman omniscient means to her and lgbtq+ communities. l morgan lee, welcome to the sunday's throw. >> thank you for having me. >> you play thought one in a strange low. who is thought one? >> that one is lots of people. primarily, the sympathetic ear who gives usher advice on living more authentically and giving usher permission to live more authentic lee because she did not. she did not. she's looking over her own life and realizing that she did not take what she had to take advantage of the things that she had. and does not want to see another human have to experience that kind of regret in so many ways. >> i strangely bills itself as, a big, blac

with pioneering, lgbtq plus members, including laverne cox, harvey firesteen, wilson cruz, and michael r. jackson at 10:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc, and also streaming on peacock. thank you so much, jonathan. >> thanks. >>> so john heilemann -- >> it was great having you here. jon, i want to draw your attention to a survey that gallop took that shows confidence in the supreme court is lower now than it has ever been. according to the latest gallop poll, one in four americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the nation's highest bench. that's the lowest it's been in the 50-year history of the survey. the previous low was in 2014. and, john, look at the data, you have the supreme court majority that on a lot of the hot button issues that americans pay attention to and look to the court to, that's wildly out of step where mainstream america as you look at row and you look at the majority, and you look at how the majority came about, and it's no wonder confidence in the supreme court plummeting, not just because of the outcomes of the cases but, again, something chief justice roberts ha