please welcome alan cumming. ( cheers and applause ) hey, alan, thanks so much for being here.gay urban look for you >> stephen: you have so much rage. a gay urban to shakespearean actor. >> yes stephen: you and i have healed a nation already tonight. but i want to talk about another project we're doing right now. tony-award winner. stage, screen. musical recordings. you've got a new c.d. the head that wear the crowns speeches for royal men by william shakespeare. i've got to learn those. more importantly you're on broadway right now in an incredible feat. you are doing a one-man macbeth. ( cheers and applause ) >> no stephen: you're not on broadway. >> two other people in it. stephen: our on broadway playing macbeth and 16 other parts. it's like 16 parts in macbeth. >> when people say one man i don't think that's fair >> stephen: i hate it when people call this a one-man show too. okay. why are you playing so many roles? is this penny pinching? you also run the concession stand. why so many roles? >> it's because i'm playing... we have this added narrative on top of of macbeth

alan cumming. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and, alan cumming, i went to see his show. >> alan cumming, everyone- can i say it here? it's a scottish play. yes, i can, right? you know, actors think it superstitious if you say "macbeth" in a theater. but, we'll call this a studio. >> jimmy: yeah, it's a studio. >> you can never say the word "macbeth" when you're backstage in the theater. >> jimmy: is that right? >> you have to say -- you call it "the scottish play." oh, yeah. >> jimmy: i didn't know that. >> see, you learn something new everyday. >> jimmy: i love this. >> isn't this exciting? >> jimmy: i'll never -- not like i would ever slip and say that. >> but, yeah. it's truly an amazing experience. >> jimmy: there it is. what's the "rock of ages?" -- this plays like "macbeth" -- [ laughter ] >> it is, but -- >> jimmy: apparently his "macbeth," i heard it's nuts. >> it's nuts. and i actually went with trepidation the first time i saw. it played this summer at lincoln center just for four runs, because shakespeare can be daunting. a one-man shakespeare show, you can't even get distracted by new

today, film, television, and broadway star, alan cumming.kennedy. also, we'll announce the five finalists that you viewers chose in "live"'s top teacher search. plus, "nurse jackie" star peter facinelli joins kelly at the co-host desk. all next on the emmy . ard-winning "live" now, here are kelly ripa and peter facinelli. [cheers and applause] ♪ kelly: good morning, it's tuesday, april 16. 2013. filling in for michael today is peter facinelli, everyone. peter: good morning. kelly: we'll get right to the dreadful news coming out of boston. horrible t the boston marathon. you cannot escape the images are graphic. they are spellbinding, if you will, and here i am again in a position where i find myself as a parent of three children, you have three children, and i am hiding the newspaper and the cover of the newspaper from my 10-year-old because i don't want him to know that an 8-year-old little boy died in that blast that was just waiting to give his dad a hug when he finished the finish line. and it's that kind of stuff that makes you scared a