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that's tony award winning broadway star brian stokes mitchell serenading his new york city neighborhoods is joining us from his apartment. he's going to serenade us all in a minute but first let's catch up with stokes. first of all, we should mention you did test positive for coronavirus a few weeks ago. how are you doing now? >> i am doing great. it is so nice to be with you, especially nice to be with you because of getting through that. it's been two weeks now, more than two weeks actually that i've had symptoms but i was hit pretty hard with it like most people. i lost my sense of taste and smell but then i also felt like i got hit by a truck, a terrible headache. my fever went up to 104.8 but thanks to my wife alison and my son ellington and their good care i got through it. >> we're so happy that you are on the mend and that you're well now but you've been trying to pay it forward a little bit by singing out of your window every night. what made you decide to do that? >> well, you know, every night at 7:00, of course, new york erupts in applause and noise and horns and whoops and

chris: there was a period where brian stokes mitchell couldn't sing? know any of these things. now i have a few more answers than i do questions but still there's a whole lot of questions. ♪ ♪ chris: now recovered mitchell wonders when his city will come back. do you worry when broadway will open again and people come to new york and sitting in a theater with strangers? >> yes, i'm very worried about that actually. the theater, movie theaters are going to be one of the last sectors to get back to any kind of normalcy because we rely on people showing up, sitting next to other people in theater seat seats. ♪ ♪ chris: when mitchell sings the impossible dream, he changes the lyrics. >> the fire person or sanitation worker. ♪ ♪ the quest is to get through this together and the quest is to collaborate. everybody sing with me. the unreachable star! thank you, new york. [cheers and applause] chris: great voice and a wonderful human being. mitchell is chairman of the actor's fund which helps people in the arts get by. now he's donating all proceeds from his al

. >> chris: broadway legend brian stokes mitchell with his signature baritone to his window each nightt's a song about doing the impossible. it's not buried it's a song about trying. trying, period. the lyrics for the song couldn't be more perfect. to fight the unbeatable foe, to bear the unbearable sorrow, to run for the brave dare not go. ♪ 's to try -- >> chris: the song is a trademark for this to time tony winner, once dubbed the last leading man. ♪ >> chris: only now, instead of singing in a broadway theater, he sings from his apartment window on broadway. still drawing a crowd. >> i will look down sometimes and there's a fire engineer or there's an ambulance or there's a police car and i'm singing for them. >> i've been laying low for the last number of days because i could feel my body finding something unusual. >> chris: in early april mitchell announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus. >> i got it with a fever, body aches, chills, a very high fever. >> chris: but there was a period when brian stokes mitchell couldn't sing? >> yes, without coughing, you don't know an

. >> reporter: tony award-winner brian stokes mitchell, who is now recovering from covid-19, heads uprt actors and many others in need. >> it's the camera people, the writers, the producers on the show, it is the grips and gaffers and sound people, we are all kind of gig workers. >> reporter: workers in entertainment who like so many people around the globe find themselves wondering what tomorrow will bring. >> hi, guys. >> hi. >> reporter: producer james and his husband launched a webcast. >> you guys ready? >> reporter: stars in the house streams live twice a day and features performances from broadway's biggest stars. ♪ getting to know you ♪ getting to know all about you >> reporter: i'm there, too, as a medical consultant. >> dr. jon lapook! >> reporter: hi guys. but on occasion, i get to wear a different hat. ♪ >> now we're talking! ♪ ♪ >> reporter: these moments are moving audiences and artists alike, all of us eager for better days ahead. >> i've been in quarantine for 18 days, something like that. i haven't touched anyone. it is so weird. >> reporter: this is a musical hug, is

. >> reporter: tony award winner brian stokes mitchell, who is now recovering from covid-19, heads upwhich helps support actors and many others in need. >> it's the camera people. it's the writers. it's the producers on the show. it's the grips and the gaffers and the sound people. we are all kind of gig workers. >> reporter: workers in entertainment, who like so many people around the globe find themselves wondering what tomorrow will bring. >> hi, guys. >> hi! >> reporter: producer james wesley and his husband seth d a features performances from broadway's biggest stars. ♪ getting to know you, getting to know all about you ♪ >> reporter: i'm there too as a medical consultant. >> dr. jon lapook. >> hi, guys. >> reporter: but on occasion, i get to wear a different hat. ♪ luck be a lady tonight >> now we're talking. ♪ >> reporter: these moments are moving audiences and artists alike, all of us eager for better days ahead. >> i've been in quarantine now for 18 days, something like that. i haven't touched another person. that's so weird. i know that's true for all of us. there is a hug.

tony award winner brian stokes mitchell heads up the nonprofit. many others in need. the camera people. the writers. the producers on the show. it's the sound people. we're all kind of gig workers. >> reporter: workers in entertainment who like so many people around the globe find themselves wondering what tomorrow will bring. ♪ during this difficult time a worldwide community of artists. ♪ professional and mamateur are stepping forward. ♪ the new york philharmonic. the marachi band. and producer james wesley and seth rudetsky launched a webcast. >> guys ready? >> reporter: stars in the house streams live twice a day and features performances from broadway's biggest stars. ♪ getting to know you ♪ getting to know all about you ♪ >> reporter: i'm there too as a medical correspondent but on occasion i get wear a different hat. ♪ luck be a lady tonight >> video has been viewed 3.7 million times. >> reporter: laura benanti launched i had school shows that were cancelled. ♪ it's received thousands of videos. >> i got so many messages from people who sai