>> reporter: when the tony awards, broadway's oscar night sets aside a segment for jokes about a broadwayhow, it's uncomfortable. >> i sent bono a congratulatory cable but it snapped. >> so it's a natural question for the show's two chief creators. >> have your names taken a hit, do you think? >> i don't believe so. i think the project has come through the fire and i think that it's going to survive. i truly believe that. >> i think we would have taken a hit if we had stood over something that really, you know, sucked. and, in fact, it is a magical piece of theater. ♪ >> reporter: bono and the edge are among the greatest living rock musicians, the driving force behind u-2 and the cocreators of ""spider-man" turn off the dark." but for all their power and mite they can't turn off the bad reviews. the chicago "sun times" critic said their broadway creation, quote, is like a giant insect hopelessly thrashing its legs with crushingly weak writing and almost total lack of story telling mo ntum.g and this part especially stings. a numbingly bland score by bono and the edge. how do you deal with

we know there are problems on broadway. we have advised them to move forward with billiard academy that will be affiliated with the billiards congress of america. we have been in touch with teachers who are affiliated with that organization who will be instructors there. we are in total agreement with all of the conditions that the police department has set out. and i think that is about it. they have a very extensive background in restaurant management, have on the many restaurants in the past. -- have owned it many restaurants in the past. -- have owned many restaurants in the past. vice chair joseph: i am curious on the conditions. it says that you will have security from 9:32 closing. what made you choose 9:30 as a time? >> i think that was an arbitrary power that one of the neighborhood groups asked us to do. vice chair joseph: just curious. you talk about having cameras to monitor activities. what is a set? >> initially they were just going to put cameras on the broadway side, the west side of the building, because of

only about 20 to 25% of new broadway shows ever turn a profit on broadway. shows that are musicals are about 10 to 15 million dollars. spiderman is a 70 million dollar show. so it's got some odds already against it. it's going to have to run probably for two, three, four years doing business along the lines of "wicked" or the "lion king" which have been the hottest shows in town for many years. they really do need the reviews to some extent. some people say the show is bullet proof, review proof because it's spiderman and people always want to go to see spiderman. but what they need are people who will want to see spiderman and be willing to pay $250 for a ticket as opposed to $40 for a discount ticket. so they have a tough road to climb. i think part of their business plan though is that it's not all about just making lots and lots of money on broadway. it's about having a las vegas edition of spiderman and a tokyo edition of spiderman. tied spiderman is big in japan they say. bring it there. it's sort of franchising it out around the world is a lot of what

[cheering and applause] >> yes, you are the lords of broadway. that must... tell me about your tonys. this was incredible. every time an award was up pretty much "book of mormons took it" >> yeah, it was pretty great when chris rocker said, "it's like taking a hooker out the dinner." >> when he said, that i'm like, don't say, that it's going to be something else. no, don't believe this. >> jon: the broadway community can be an insular, a little bit senatey. did they accept you guys, you're clearly outsiders. maybe they think you don't respect their craft. how did they treat you guys? >> actually really well. people warned us before we did the show that broadway you have to come in humble, you know, come in like, this don't come in guns ablazing because it's like the establishment. >> jon: why would they think you guys would come in guns-ablazein'. >> like matt said, we were sitting there at the tonys and bono and edge got up there, and we're like, they don't have a show nominated for a tony. why are they here this season? so we're the senatey broadway people

you never made it to broadway. all the years he's been in new york, never made it to broadway. i think you may be the only person. >> broadway, yankee games. always a tough choice for me. >> the championship, the tonys, which one you choose. and this comes from us from channel 2 news in dayton, ohio, where in nearby springfield a couple of plumbers use some special tools to free a pint-sized feline from a harrowing ordeal. her calls to save her kitten went unanswered until she called the local plumbing company. the rookie rescuers devised a plan after discovering the animal in a well shaft everynooet the home. using an open can of food, they lured the kitten into the basket, lifting it to safety, completing their first ever dramatic drainage rescue. first for everything. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today." >>> the late crocodile hunter steve irwin's legacy lives on with his wife and children. the irwins took on a frightening task of wrangling a crocodile at their zoo in australia. wife terry, daughter bindi and son robert pounced to restrain the croc who is being moved t

there was a lot of outreach done because of the nature to have broadway corridor and there were -- of the broadway corridor and there were 13 letters of support and five collective bodies like north beach. the communication with the central police department i would say was stellar and excellent and we are going to receive some conditions for that and they will be reasonable and customary and i'm sure that the applicant is going to accept those. i just want to say it is one of those things a the outreach was long, hard and extensive but at the same time at the end of the day, all the parties are in agreement, in accord. i look forward to that. >> thank you very much. >> ok. no further public comment, this adjourns the may 24 meeting of the san francisco entertainment commission. thank you. >> well done, commissioners. >> i want to thank all of you for coming this afternoon. this is one of our favorite events. this is the mayor's principal of the year award. we're here to recognize and honor three outstanding princi pals from the san francisco unified school district. [applause] before

this evening at fourteenth and broadway, nothing out of the ordinary. today at once when they were passing out these liars for oscar grant. oscar brent is what this rally was >> all >> 1, 2, 3, 4, what the hell are we fighting for? >> with that, of oakland rally was under way. estimates put the attendance at about 200. many are upset about monday's scheduled release of johannes mehserle. >> just as is not certain, racism is still alive and it is not going anywhere >>> those who rallied were strong-willed and peaceful. >> we want to show the city in the world that we will not continue to stand for this >> injustice> the number of people who showed up was lower than it has been an past rallies. >> there were more people at some of the past rally is that is okay. we really are not too concerned about trying to keep up with numbers as of is we have people out here who are willing to let their voices to be heard. >> i am glad there are people who still want justice and want to see peace. we have not gotten piece yet. >>, i did ask some of the people at this

i'm literally on broadway. this street has tons of broadway shows up and down it and i'm in one of them. there's nothing like it, you know. there's no experience like doing a play. >> reporter: the play is "the normal heart." a seering revival of the 1985 drama about the beginning of the aids epidemic. >> a sweet, dying child together with his mom. they haven't seen each other for 15 years. he never told her he was gay. he didn't want to see her now. >> reporter: parsons plays tommy boright a gay activist giving comfort where he can. >> it's very hard-hitting. i think it's a real slap in the face. i think it's a real slug in the gut. >> there are going to be a lot of mamas flying into town not understanding why their sons have suddenly upped and died from pneumonia. >> we've been blessed with beautiful reviews. we've been blessed with five tony nominations. suddenly it's a real event. >> reporter: right now parsons can't get enough of broadway. >> it's an absolute addiction right now. i'm quite swimming in it.

. >> there is a backup starting to form on broadway. they get the liens reopens, the backup should dissipate fairly quickly. if it should start to grow and affect the ride into the maze of interstate 580, and we could see the affects up for hours to the morning commute. so far this is the only backup. a quick bridge checkup copper. on the bay bridge, still pretty smooth conditions. on the san mateo bridge, hit in does not need to be carrying much in the way extra traffic. on the golden gate bridge, 101 south downs, no no problems reported with public transit. >> here is a shot from the road this morning. look at the clouds over the city. those are the clouds that you look for when you talk about the possibility of thunderstorms. those below the clouds. scattered showers and thunderstorms are a possibility for later this morning and into the early portions of this afternoon. strong storms on tap for friday. widespread wayne gant wins saturday and sunday. storm tracker 4 is showing us where receive the ring. most of it is offshore. to wor

at that time, and nobody was interested in-- on broadway, certainly-- in a grumpy, hour-long play by somebody never heard of. and so it was done in berlin in german on a double bill with beckett's krapp's last tape. and i think that fact, which got picked up by the new york times, you know-- "young american playwright has to go to germany to have his first work done, and not even in english"-- i think that instantly made the play producible in new york city, because six months later, it was done off-broadway in english on the same double bill and ran for four years. so i quit my job delivering telegrams for western union-- [laughter] and settled in to be a playwright. now, do you speak or write german? no. no. it's a very strange language. do you speak it? no. no. you know, the verbs are at the ends of the sentences, so you can go along, you know, for a page and a half, not knowing what anybody is talking about, and then, all of a sudden, bang, at the end, there's a verb. but you had this-- this added advantage of sitting there the first time you watched it and not being able to say-

it's on broadway for the first time and getting rave reviews.s received five tony award nominations and here i a look. >> you can get dressed. i can't find what i'm looking for. >> needed? needed for what? what is it you're trying to get me to do. >> you have to tell gay men to stop having sex. [laughter] >> i'm sorry, what? >> somebody has to. why not you? >> wouldn't it's be better coming from you? that's a preposterous request. >> it only sounds harsh. you wait a few years. it won't sound so harsh. >> you're talking about millions of men who singled out promise execute to be their single political agenda, the within that they would die before how do you deal with that? you tell them they may die. >> rue tell them. >> joining us, john benjamin hickey and the director, george c. wolfe who cove directs with joel gray. i'm pleased to have them here at this table at this time. >> welcome. >> great to be here. >> so how did this come back, sir? >> how did it come back? a reading was done in october. it was october. joel gray directed. it was a bene

there were a few other batteries in the broadway area. but overall we are not seeing anything major or out of the ordinary for this time of year. one issue is that over the weekend we had an incident. we are still waiting for the report. we have yet to get it. i was working that evening and responded to the scene. what it looks like is that we had a shot fired. it is possible at this point that the shot fired was actually budue to an altercation in front of the venue. i will report on this incident once we have a full report and the investigation from sfpd, and we are able to do a little more digging on our own. that is what i have. vice chair joseph: the karaoke at 870 caravel -- taravel is what cross street? >> i would not be able to tell you. vice chair joseph: is that the place we permitted price that was problematic? >> i believe so. we did not permit twice. we permitted once. vice chair joseph: we turned it down once and then permitted another time. so we do not know if this is 14th avenue or 19th avenue, or where it is? >> i think

the broadway entertainment and cultural association. also, all of the people who live upstairs. there are 13 residents in sro's upstairs. we sent a letter in chinese and english and make sure they knew, and nobody objected at all. also a condominium association in the area. commissioner perez: thank you. commissioner meko: perfect. don't need to say anything more about your neighborhood a rich. as a result, where are the angry neighbors? they are not here. it is a first. vice chair joseph: do you have a liquor license? >> no. they wanted to wait a year. vice chair joseph: this is definitely 21 and over no matter what? >> right, just because they felt it would be an easier demographic. president newlin: thank you. any public comment on that proposal? seeing none, do we have a motion? vice chair joseph: i move to approve, with the police conditions striking the indoor cameras and the requirement to turnover the video upon demand, and increasing the minimum from 15 da to 30 to keep the footage. commissioner meko: i second that. president newlin: ok. >> same house and call? presiden

these days he's working as one of the cast on broadway. harry smith has gone to the theater to catch him in the act. >> i worked out over at the y. >> reporter: yes, that is chris rock up there on the stage making his debut in a setting far removed from his comfort zone. >> now i realize how big broadway is. in the last four months, i'm like, wow, they just don't let anybody do this. >> all right, all right. >> reporter: chris rock, rocking broadway. later on sunday morning. >> reporter: required reading is a story from our steve hartman all about a father's love for his daughter and the printed word. when should you stop reading bedtime stories to your kids? >> no one heard my calls. >> reporter: fourth grade, fifth grade? senior year? >> it was our way of being connected. if i got that done and nothing else, that was the important thing of the day. >> with like my life. >> reporter: we'll meet a father and daughter who stuck with story time much longer than most. but in doing so, created a wonderful story of their own. later on sunday mo

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famous famiglia is on 50th an broadway. i've eaten there, that pizza is fine. i used to eat there a lot when i was working next door at caroline's comedy club. it's good convenience pizza. back in the '08s there weren't a lot of food options. it was famiglia's pizza or edible underwear from one of the porn shops. giuliani took that option away. you know, donald, i don't want to say anything, but if you're taking an esteemed visitor to get real new york pizza, famiglia's ain't it. >> it was great. wasn't that good?

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support broadway. yeah. have a -- i have an idea for another play that you should do. >> okay. >> jimmy: "the view." [ laughter ] the musical. right? all these personalities, right? everyone's got. ♪ what you said to me what did you say to me ♪ did you mean that ♪ did you mean that ♪ ♪ i'm walking off the set i'm walking off the set ♪ ♪ that was ridiculous that was ridiculous ♪ ♪ he was born in hawaii part of the usa ♪ [ applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: go see "sister act" now playing at the broadway theater right here in new york city. the one and only whoopi goldberg, everybody. we'll be right back with jennifer hudson. come on back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ man ] take your mark... [ whistle blows ] [ squishing ] [ male announcer ] pool filled with caramel. not as good as chocolate filled with caramel. milky way simply caramel. life's better the milky way. i don't know, but that sounds kind of fun. [ laughs ] i have no idea. [ laughs ] ♪ dry hopping is really an additional step that we take to make boston lager.

. >> we conclude with the story of a play on broadway getting brave reviews written by larry kraimer and directed by george c. wolfe and starring ellen barkin and john benjamin hickey. >> it's been a long time since i have had a date. >> his is a date, isn't it?

support broadway. yeah. ] i have a -- i have an idea for another play that you should do. >> okay. >> jimmy: "the view." [ laughter ] the musical. right? all these personalities, right? everyone's got. ♪ what you said to me what did you say to me ♪ did you mean that ♪ did you mean that ♪ ♪ i'm walking off the set i'm walking off the set ♪ ♪ that was ridiculous that was ridiculous ♪ ♪ he was born in hawaii part of the usa ♪ [ applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: go see "sister act" now playing at the broadway theater right here in new york city. the one and only whoopi goldberg, everybody. we'll be right back with jennifer hudson. come on back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] this is the nexus s 4g, the first phone that's google to the core, with sprint's super fast 4g speed. a phone this powerful can do almost anything. so now... [ cat meows ] ...we can fill the internet with even more cats. with 4g speed, the latest version of android, and the best google apps, cats can be searched, watched, and shared faste

a rally blocked broadway for a time. but when organizers called it a night, well, everyone went home. ktvu's deborah villalon is live now with what made the difference. deborah? >> reporter: well, they had free bus rides back to fruitvale bart that helped disperse the crime. so calm at this pizza restaurant here on broadway which had planned to close early and board up is open as usual. there has been only one arrest all night. that's vandalism during the march someone tagged a building. but tonight's rally just didn't have the heat of the past. hundreds of people poured on to broadway spreading a banner reading "justice denied." the police escorts stood by. officers made no move to clear the intersection. and the opd perimeter stayed far away, out of sight. >> we are all oscar grants. >> reporter: for two hours an open mike opportunity for everyone to vent. >> it is really like a punch in the gut that this man is getting out tomorrow. >> reporter: organizers wonder what will happen when people actually see mehserle free

>> i think hopefully off broadway at least. it's not commercial enough to get to broadway. it's not a musical. >> hinojosa: we could dream. >> yeah, we can dream. >> hinojosa: tsai chin, it has been a real honor to have you on my show. >> thank you for having me. >> hinojosa: you are an extraordinary role model, and we love you for being strong. thank you so much. >> hinojosa: continue the conversation at wgbh.org/oneonone. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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from "pretty baby" to broadway baby.alent since she was a little baby. now she's gearing up -- can you believe it, her fifth broadway show. we'll talk to her live in just a moment. looking forward to that but first a look back at her growing up in hollywood. ♪ >> you want to know what comes between me and my calvins? nothing. >> she wasn't even old enough to drive but thanks to those famous calvin commercials. >> my mother warned me about boys like you. momma said he's only interested in my calvin's. >> and looks that could stop traffic. brooke shields became a teenage goddess gracing the covers of time and "vogue" and everything in between. >> a virgin. >> how old is she? >> just old enough. >> her film debut in 1978's "pretty baby" caused a sensation. >> will you sleep with me and take care of me. >> within this girl now a woman, this boy, now a man. >> reporter: "blue lagoon" followed melting the hearts of teenage boys everywhere. >> what are you look at? >> your muscles. >> reporter: the public fascination with her c

. >>> opening night on broadway. a lot of people never expected to see the 70 million dollar spider-man musical rolling out the red carpet after, what, seven months of previews? usually a broadway show only needs a few weeks to prepare for opening night. the reviews not all great this morning. >> 183 previews. that's a run for some shows. >> that's a run. >>> this could be the deciding day for congressman anthony weiner facing growing calls to resign over a sexting scandal. his wife returned a few hours ago from an overseas tree. a colleague says weiner has told friends he will not make any decisions until he speaks with her. nancy cordes is in washington with the latest on this for us this morning. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, chris. the congressman's wife arrived around 3:00 a.m. at andrews air force base after an extended trip with the secretary of state in africa and middle east and she is now at their home in washington, d.c. democrats who have spoken to the embattled congressman tell u