this show-- well, off-broadway at first, right? >> oh, well, before that a basement in a bookshop. i mean, that's where.. >> hinojosa: that you would go to after... >> ...that's where tommy kail and i met. i mean, there were... it was literally a storeroom that they converted into a black box theater. it was being painted when we met in that basement. so this was not, "trust me to take it to broadway," this was, "i have some good ideas on how to make show better," and that's the mindset we always tried to stay in mind. we didn't worry about the end goal. we just said, "well, how can this be better and how can this be clearer?" and if you keep your eye on the rock in front of you, then that's... that's the way to get it done. >> hinojosa: now, the show actually continues to change, even... like, in other words, you... there are lots of things that you talk about in the show. you bring up gentrification, you bring up immigration. it's not at all a political show per se, ( speaking in spanish) >> well, a spoonful of sugar. >> hinojosa

spider-man on broadway once plagued by accidents and terrible review, now it's a runaway hit. u2's bono and the edge have the last laugh. >>> dirt, cheer, glory. with mom's cheers in their ears, these buckaroos saddle up. tonight we go mutton busting. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. we're going to start in iraq tonight. many military families around the nation got a holiday gift they could hardly have imagined a few years ago, their loved ones finally home from the battlefield in iraq but amidst all the celebrations there is tension. that's because iraq is still facing widespread strife, a spate of sectarian violence tearing the country apart including another suicide bombing in baghdad today and an increasingly fragile government there. our martha raddatz was there when the last troops left iraq and she brings us the very latest. >> reporter: they could be scenes from the height of the u.s. war in iraq. at least a dozen explosions tearing across baghdad in the last few days, car bombs and improvised explosive devices targeting schools, markets and today the interior minist

and so i listed my broadway credits. "i've done les miserables, and i did miss saigon, and i won a tony award for it." it just... eyes glazed over, and right over the head. he's like, "what else have you done?" very seriously, looking at me. so i lookd at my friend, who i had worked with in les mis. and we're looking at each other, it was like, "well, i did the voices of princess jasmine in aladdin and mulan." i got the biggest freakout that i've ever seen. >> hinojosa: you mean he started jumping up and down like... >> "no way!" and i'm like... it's amazing what pop culture and film will... you know, how it influences kids. >> hinojosa: so... >> it's just so... it was just so funny. it made my night. it really, really did. >> hinojosa: what are you thinking about what comes next? i mean, do you think, "look, i could be producing, i could be directing, i could..." i mean, what's your dream? >> for me, i kind of want to coach, to teach, and to do one-on-one coaching with people. i've done it for a couple of people back ho

>> i've never done broadway before.immy: that's close. >> but it's just such an amazing experience. and getting to see alan rickman every night -- uh -- [ cheers and applause ] you know, i don't know what to say to him. he's just -- he's such a, he's arguably one of the best living actors out there. >> jimmy: i agree, yeah. do you do an impression of him? [ in british accent ] >> well, yes, i do quite good alan rickman imitation. i can do some of his lines from the play. i don't, well, he curses a little bit in the play. so you should be warned, i'll pull those out. but he is very serious when he acts. that is my -- happy holidays to all. i hope you don't get coal and get what you want. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i did. i'm always trying to like -- i'm always trying to loosen him up and everything. and i said, you know, when sadly, i'm really sad about this. when kim kardashian's wedding ended, i'm still, i was just crying. >> jimmy: yeah, i know, yeah, you're really upset about that. >> i, uh, it's really sad

: how does it feel to be a broadway star? >> its phenomenal. i did theatre for 19, 20 years before i got discovered. and there's nothing like the feeling of being in front of a live audience and sharing the energy. like being with these guys. (cheers and applause) >> the live, the sharing of energy between us. >> stephen: i want to see what that is like. i think these guys are the greatest audience in the world. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: that does feel fantastic. >> so what i am trying to find out though is it's not a word. i'm going to say this anyway. so-- because your mom was a freedom marcher. >> stephen: my mother was at the march on washington in 1963. >> really? all right. >> stephen: and you were inside the womb. >> stephen: yes, she was pregnant with me, you got all these nonracial viewings. >> i think that's yes don't see-- that i soak in king's dream. >> through the waffle of the placenta. >> right on, right on, right on. >> all right. >> and where was your dad. >> stephen: if you weren't there yet. >> wher

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broadway for heaven's sakes. is this your second broadway starring role?s. >> dave: congratulations. the first one, of course, was... >> pajama game. >> dave: pajama game. are you in previews or are you up and running? >> we just started, we opened last sunday, we're having a great time. >> dave: a lot of pressure, isn't it? >> this role is more complicated for me because i play a psychiatrist and he's kind of having a hard time in his life, his wife has died and he's really kind of not at a very good point and he ends up kind of having a bit of a psychotic breakdown. it's a nice family show. (laughter) >> dave: well what does... >> it actually is. >> dave: what does this do to your... with your family. because you don't get holidays off when you're on broadway. >> oh, screw 'em. (laughter) >> dave: now, harry! (laughs) will you get christmas off? >> i have christmas eve off and christmas day. for broadway, that's a big deal. >> dave: that is a big deal because this is the time when a lot of folks from out of town they want to see stuff. >> they all come a

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>> tell me about the new broadway show you're in. this than i've been in years, about a project. it's called "on a clear day you can see forever." it's a wonderful musical that was done on broadway. barbra streisand did a movie version of it back around some time 1970. i can't remember exactly when. and michael mayor, the brilliant director, is directing us. i'm surrounded by -- the only way i can put it is super freak talent. i've got this beautiful young woman named jessie mueller, who's from chicago, who she will be a tremendous star after this. she's an incredible talent. and this incredible young man named david turner. and i'm just -- you know, i play a psychiatrist who hypnotizes a young man and his former incarnation of himself is a woman from 20 years ago, and i fall in love with her. and the only way to get to her is to hypnotize him. so it's this interesting love triangle. it's got some of the greatest songs ever written. >> i'm assuming there'll be some hot tickets for me here, harry? >> absolutely. it's called s.r.o. are

broadway sort of happened out of a career in performing.ch happened out of practicing piano when i was a kid. and this just seemed like a natural sort of transition after this -- we did a children's musical. it just seemed like a fun thing to be a part of. >> do you think you're part of a dying breed, an all-around entertainer? there aren't many of them these days. >> i don't know how many of them there are or aren't. i just -- i do think i'm -- i like to think of myself as kind of an all-around entertainer. i just don't know how many opportunities a lot of those entertainers have anymore. being on broadway, like we're rehearsing for this show now, piers, this room is filled with the most talented people in the world. i mean, these people who work on broadway in my opinion are the most gifted of everyone. i mean, they really know how to dance. they really know how to act. they really know how to sing. they know how to perform. and outside of a broadway context you have to wonder because things are so compartmentalized now, how many opportun

we went to the commission and started exploring the lot at broadway and french. -- broadway and front. this is an independent issue, but this is one of the questions about what kind of housing. this is something we are exploring and are trying to be proactive. and that concludes my presentation. president chiu: thank you, colleagues. supervisor wiener: i have a question. president chiu: someone is your from planning, too. supervisor wiener: -- someone is here from planning, too. supervisor wiener: i am just interested in knowing how people think about that. >> we looked at that extensively. there is some -- the zoning, as i mentioned when we started this planning process, we did have one that had it two 84-foot buildings. this is where the differentiation of height occurred. this was deemed, given a close washington street is to the downtown and especially the embarcadero 5, 4. they are about 75 feet on the embarcadero and about 1368 on drum. as we taper into the neighborhood, those hides go down. calling all of the way to the club building, they go down to about i believe 84 feet on

spectators on both sideses of broadway could cher and wave. parade was broadcast to servicemen and women around the world. >> mrs. claus was there. you never see her. >> leigh: the wind died down just in time for the parade. look at the higher elevations, a few gusts out there. otherwise we're looking at nice visibility. this is our he definition east bay cam. looking down towards the holiday light lazy there -- lights in san francisco, and it's bobbing up and down there with gusts in the oakland hills out of the north up to 15 miles-per-hour. elsewhere, with the exception of fairfield, which is right here. most everyone else is reporting calm winds or less than 10-mile visibility wind gusts. we have more gusts to 23 in fairfield. calm in hayward and calm in livermore, and calm winds, clear conditions, give way to very cold temperatures overnight tonight. in fact novato, 39 degrees. we have 53 in fair field. 51 in oakland. 54 in san francisco. 44 in half moon bay. 40 in mountain view, and livermore right now, 49 degrees. here's a look at our h

he had 15 broadway guys singing behind him, accepting his award.we had a fun lunch, you can imagine. what a sweetheart. this friday at chelsea piers, he does a huge toy drive where tons of people come. they bring toys and raise money for thousands and thousands of toys for kids during christmas. thank you, robby. thank you, mark. it was fun. >> we had a blast. >> and kim. you've got to tell about the play. >> oh, my gosh! kim was great in this please. it's called "private lives." she has great timing. it is funny. we laughed our way through it. >> it's about two people who are married and madly in love with each other in a sexual sense but can't live with one another. they get divorced. five years later they show up with their brand-new spouses on their honeymoons with adjoining balconies at the hotel looking out the water. >> it was great. it's definitely worth seeing. >> you can tell when it's my playbill because it has the gum on the last page. >> ew. >> i wanted to show this guy who is so adorable. paul gross. >> excellent. gross. >> excuse me.

i remember when he was starting at the golden theater, the longest-running one-man show on broadway.ought the house down. and it was the beginning of a huge success for him. victor borge still holds the record for the longest-running one-man show in broadway history -- 849 performances. the show was called "victor borge: comedy in music," and many of the routines victor developed during that three-year run became borge classics. here's one from a television variety show of the 1960s -- "hollywood palace." would you, by any chance, like to know what i'm playing? you would? it's a piano. last time i was here at the hollywood palace, i showed you how the modern composers are inspired to their compositions, their song hits and so forth. this time i should like to show you how the old masters were inspired. beethoven was sitting one day near the window and he was going to compose a minuet, but he couldn't think of anything particular. he didn't know what to call it, he didn't know what to do. so he saw a beautiful young lady walking by the window outside and he just immediately got the in

"the lion king: the broadway musical" travels around the world..timore right now.candace dold was given backstage access to give you a sneak peek for today's lowdown. the familiar tale of simba, - thh lion cub, who ises tt be king of the jungle.i'm taking you behind the curtain to give you an inside look of the production..let me tell you... this is a real treat. treat. chebena the broadway musical features the signature sights and sounds we've come to love from the lion king...nats: but this production includes a major twist.8:20-this show broke the mold it's unique because of the costumes... masks and puppets that allow you to see the characters as animals and humans at the same time.sot::10:35--the masks are being worn on top of the head so that performers face can assistant, gretchen, showed me the tricks of the trade with a dancer lioness silk. 25:40-if you will just hold this up... the bodess goes around and of you will just step with this foot...cut26:02- then this &psilk comes around and this headpiece mounns on top and create the effect of

. >> the first lady of the london stage is back on broadway playing a baudy character that is not such a stretch from her own life. manuel gallegus reports. >> reporter: broadway's beautiful girls are back in a star-studded revival about heartbreak and hard knocks. elaine bank plays carlotta, an aging movie star who has weathered tough times. >> she knows, she's a survivor. she survived it all. she can genuinely stand there and say i'm still here. >> reporter: the veteran actress says she identifies with carlotta. all you have great highs and great lows. >> it means a lot to me because in my own way, i've been through some of that. >> it is a small part use for performer used to carrying the whole show but she doesn't pass up a chance to do what she loves. >> it changes the sense of priorities. you are never, ever going to be quite the same again. >> at first paige admits she had reservations about sharing the broad light with big names like bernadette peters. >> i thought all of those divas together, this could be a bit tricky. let's put it that way. >> the 63-year-old says folly's is

>> 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

. >> the final curtain call for a broadway love story that started right here in the bay area. scientific milestone >>> okay. 2011 almost over. it's time to look back at the major scientific milestones. year. one reached right here in the bay area promises to unlock doors for medical research for years to come. dr. kim mulvihill reports. >>> reporter: in this bay area lab, a little bit of spit has made a big splash. >> it's sort of a technological tour de force. >> reporter: more than 100,000 individuals from northern california donated a sample of their saliva for a massive research project. from the spit, scientists extracted dna, then using new technology analyzed each and every person's hereditary makeup, 100,000 of them all in record time. the results? a treasure-trove of genetic information. >> it's a landmark. i mean, that anybody has ever done this kind of project in such a short amount of time. >> nothing like it really exists anywhere else in the country or maybe even the world. >> reporter: epidemiologist dr. kathy schaefer. >> it's going to be 24 hours or 48. >> rep

. >> so i just wanted to say that we had another meeting of the broadway ad hoc. thank you for all the speakers and people who showed up especially the neighbors. i think it went pretty well. i mean, i got a lot of information out of it. i hope everyone else did. also i -- at this meeting a lot of complaints about the party buses came up. so i took the initiative to contact senator leno as well as david chiu's office and i've gotten responses that we will be looking into these party buses and see what we can do about their reign of terror. so -- i think that's it. >> ok. well, thank you for delving into all these issues. i know we hear repeatedly that for years knew the party buses have been a major problem. so i appreciate your efforts to see if we can curtail that. ok. item number seven, new business requests for future agenda items. we have any? >> yes. >> ok. >> one i was wondering if the western task force was scheduled to come in december to speak. and the second one was that i think the broadway ad hoc would like to present at the first meeting in january.

it's called "life is not a stage" pr broadway by by to lovely lady and beyond. good to have you. >> i'm excited to be here. tavis: we were just talking before you came on camera about your life and my life. i grew up in indiana, like you. >> what town? tavis: kokomo. >> that was a big city. tavis: for you it was. kokomo, big city. they laugh at me right now, my mom is watching and laughing right now, in kokomo. grew up in indiana, one of 10 kids. i was just so -- i grew up watching you on "the brady bunch" and thinking that house, is nothing like my house. >> it wasn't anything like mine, either. tavis: i was so tickled when i got into the book, just about the interesting part of your life growing up in indiana, but the thing that got me more than anything else is that childhood in indiana, where your family is concerned, is so far removed from this wholesome, loving, blended family that we came to know you through, "the brady bunch." tell me about your childhood in indiana. >> well, as you said, i'm the youngest of 10 children. my father didn't marry until he w