live on broadway and bordering the area. last several years residents have had to live with the consequence of several badly-run businesses that have attracted a real often dangerous element to the street on the weekends it's resulted in an environment that locals and many san franciscans really avoid on the weekends or actually all week. and it's in an area that really relies on the police to contain the free for all that is done that, that ties up police resources for the rest of the district that is suffering. as members of the community, we have been working with several businesss on broadway the last couple years and this is the real first positive sign we have seen of some progress. so we really support the cbd because they are not only working to kind of improve the current situation, but there is good long-term plans for improving the area and making it a thriving, entertainment-focused street with diversity that will appeal to a nish number of san franciscans and visitors. so we do support this. thank you. >> thank

there has to be a modern energy to a broadway show. broadway has done that very well.f the nominations for everything that is up on broadway. right now, kinky boots is getting a lot of attention. >> certainly is. >> this of course written by harvey feierstein, not to mention, lucky guy tom hanks, huge assembled, judith light, new play obviously. then you flip over to the musicals. bring it on, that is the cheerleading musical made from the movie christmas story. kinky boots. phenomenal. matilda came in from england. it had incredible reviews. all of these hauling in a lot of money. what was the issue? people are saying hurricane pandy slammed ticket sales in a way nobody ever expected. >> funny that broadway has a tradition of, when there's a movement, when people are buying tickkts and everything's great. a lot of tickets are sold actually during the week. you start the week at a certain gross and see it go up. when something like hurricane sandy comes and stops the momentum, just takes longer to get it going than people would think. people just don't snap back. liz:

on broadway. i think it's going back going to be a great project and i request a conditional grant and if you have any questions we'll answer them >> do you contact the building dribble above you. >> yes, that's the lawrence hotel. >> we did have with club 6 there was quite a bit of sound issues and charles came in and when the black room or the darkroom was done there was a bunch of work but through charles and associates there was a lot of sound done on this location whenever that was. but there's not been much - >> they weren't very successful because they weren't you opened much. >> i do have a couple of questions. you said that lou is part of this now. he has someplace on broadway and someplace on admission and he hearsay someplace in the bay view and is that it? and i believe the one in the mission in the last year has had some issues. i believe that the one think broadway has had some issues. it seems to me that he has a bunch of places and the one on broadway is not doing well, and i defin

, and a sense of truly if you can handle a broadway schedule, broadway critics, broadway audiences, andf longevity that it provides you. >> longevity for the great white way as well. >> there was a period of time where broadway was considered kind of the backwater of the entertainment business, movies and television and rock music and broadway was the thing that new york did. but because of the popularity of shows like the lion king, shows like mommy mia and tv shows like glee, i would argue that it has been lodged in the mainstream of american popular culture. >> jane lynch, a star from the tv show "glee" recently debuted in the revival of the musical annie, another show getting a boost from the latest star on screen. >> jane lynch is here, and our daughters love her from "glee." . >> if she wasn't in it, you wouldn't see it? >> no, she's the best. >> i'm 23, and i love "glee" so i came to see her especially. >> you can't even walk down the streets. it's so crowded with people from all over the world coming to see musicals and the great white way, broadway, and i think it's just that t

he directed james gone doll feeney on broadway. tell us what he was like to work with from beginning end to of a big project like that. >> well, he was a -- it was a privilege to work with him i have to say. he is one of my favorite actors to spend time. he was terrified about the idea of coming back on to broadway in a play like that. he repeatedly would say he wasn't going to be as good as other people in the cast and he was going to let them down. you know, the irony, of course, he was perfect in that role. and that sort of extreme sensitivity and very high standards that he had for himself. he was so brutal on himself. that's what made him such an outstanding actor. really one of our great actors. i was thinking just the other day of more work i'd like to do with him direct him. but he really did appreciate, i think, being part of that broadway scene again. i remember him coming in one day after we opened the show and he was a big success in it and really started to enjoy it. you know, having traveled from sheer terror, panic t

he did a lot of indy movies, he did broadway. he told me he loved dumb comma dids, he called them stupid com comcome comedy that you might catch on cable. he wasn't worrying about being type-cast, no. >> and he was the defense secretary in zero dark 30, an interesting role for somebody who is best known to the american people as a mobster. >> he had a lot of interaction with the military, did stuff with the troofs and did documentaries for hbo about people in combat and that's something i think he was proud of. >> you know, where that came from? where that passion came from? you see a lot of people go on one trip for the uso or two trips and put out a new film and do public relation appearances, b but this was something clearly he viewed as a cause. >> he viewed the troops abroad having a connection to the sparan sparanos. that's what he started going over and then hbo came to him with ideas about doing documentaries and he started doing it and didn't stop. even when he played in zero dark 30 he, of course, interacted with those

he did a successful broadway play a couple years ago. he re-created the role in hollywood, a four-character play, a comedy play, he loved comedies. he was the classic character actor, who was thrown into stardom in a role that was unbelievable that he -- he was so tony soprano. when you see someone embrace a role like that, he was tony sparano. he totally enveloped a role and it's rare a character actor becomes a major star. it happened to him. he handled it so well. if you would have known him, you would have liked him so well. if he was on the show with you tonight, he would have gone and had a pizza with you after the show. >> he was the mayor of new york city in "pellham one, two, three." he was in "zero dark thirty." did you talk to him about that, when you're a character actor, you've done broadway, television, then you become famous for one role, that's a great blessing. is it also sometimes a frustration? >> i asked him the other day, do you think there's roles you didn't get because of tony sparano? he said, probably true. somet

but he was a broadway actor first, and i think he liked that the best. i think he preferred theater, and there's always room in the theaters for the good actors. i'm really shocked, aren't you? >> i am shock edshocked. it's sad news. helping us is krista smith. you met mr. gandolfini early in his career. give us some reflections. >> i did. i remember when he used to come to l.a. and he would -- we had a mutual friend and he would stay at my apartment when he was auditioning for pilots. when he starred in "a streetcar named desire," i remembered that very well, with that version with alec baldwin. he loved theater, he was a brilliant actor. after course, he got "the sopranos," which hit the cultural sweet spot with everybody for over a decade. that character is legendary, and tony sparano is its own -- you know, i don't think you can think of a more iconic character than he created than that one. >> you recall him staying at your apartment early on. do you recall any health issues that we didn't know about? >> he was a really smart guy, he was fun, he had

broadway and the development of alternative routines or modes to accommodate travel demand. i also hope there will be coordination with golden gate transit and adding additional service. my staff and i are very interested in seeing this moving forward to test some pilots of these ideas. i know supervisor ferrel has interest in looking also at some of the impacts of what we are talking about on lombardy street and i have hope that my office can work with the ta staff to get this moving forward. >> you have inspired me with your comments about going to oakland earlier. i think going forward my suggestion let's recess every ta meeting to see steven curry as much as possible. i think a lot of men and women would appreciate that. >> thank you for your comments. >> can we go on to public comment? any member of the public would like to comment on what we should be doing as a body? >> avalos you said there was going to be a workshop at the ta headquarters at 1455 market 22nd floor regarding the future plans for transit in the city. like i said earlier, i happen to be on the advisory

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how about investing in broadway shows? advice on making money off the great white way is charles, a columnist with market watch. all rght, charles, startby talking about how biga business is broadway? >> broadway is huge, and t's gotten bigger. it's a one billion a year business, slightly over one billion dollars, up 50%er the last decade, and i mean, you see the crowds in times squares, everybody goes to a show, and that's a lot of money. gerri: it is. the hits are what matters there. how often do they turn to outside investors? is it a small group of people who fund the shows,or how does it work? >> it's a farly large group, hundreds of people involved, each show is its microeconomyy if you will, and producer have to find people to back shows. no producer has millions of dollars in their back pocket. gerri: why do peop bank roll these things? it's hard to get aheadd > right. it's the celebrity factor. you get to rub elbows with the stars. you are guaranteed tickets to @%ening night and to the after show party. that's you

>> commissioner maybe a little bit of help on the cb d on broadway. i believe that's going to be heard at 10:00 a.m. this it thursday >> thank you any other public comment on the executive report? > >>. seeing none. ms. came in and or somebody? >> commissioners we brought this - thank you - two weeks ago and this gentleman had an incident he couldn't attend. this is a venue that's had a problem we've tried to a work for sometime. there should be a timeline in your binder for a sound test it was probably related to their petition in may 2011 and now it's may 2013 and in between there's been, you know, kwiefl efforts by staff and the venue to fix the sound problem. we felt we have not been successful at our level so we bring it to you you're the policy committee that oversees what staff does. it's time for you to give us direction. i know that the venue is here and they can speak for themselves on what they've done. i hope the neighbors are here to talk about their experience over the two years ago. i know they came before you for a permit. i'll let - i

i believe that the one think broadway has had some issues. it seems to me that he has a bunch of places and the one on broadway is not doing well, and i definitely heard places of his reported with issues at this point is it wise to continue to monopolize night life with duck lou here in the city >> well duck is an investor. the old city tavern we have the - >> the restaurants was separately successful. >> is he an active partner or investor? >> he leaves it to jay and steve to run it and duck seems to be able to raise large money and leaves it to part of his staff to run it. and ronnie law is in charge of that place >> what other clubs were you involved in. >> i was involved in >> i guess how is it going to be different with this new permit. i understand i understand what you've done but i'm wondering how iceberg to apply those lessons >> there are so many companies that are movie into the area we're going to stick with the trend and we want to build american people upscale club and not summoning so much to the night club crowd. >> i think i

that's the only reason we were on broadway.nd when we extended, jim's first thing was everybody gets paid the same or i don't do it. >> wow. >> he did things like that constantly. it was so brave of him to come to broadway. that's the proving ground. a lot of film actors can't do it. it's eight times a week. it's tough to make it look like it's happening for the first time month after month after month. i think there was part of jim that looked at "sopranos" as this cooped of i don't want to be a one-hit wonder. and i'm a big star, but am i good actor. and he bravely came to broadway with "god of carnage" to prove to himself that he was a good actor. and it was a joy for the four of us, for mar sharks hope and myself in particular to kind of watch him feel good about what he did as an actor. and i know by the end of it, we walked off stage. and i said you did it. and you could see in his eyes that, yeah, i did. i did it. and that -- now he wasn't just a star. now he was a good actor in his own mind. and that was one of the many

next she hit the broadway stage playing the title role in ieta. her music continues through recording and song-writing as she was cast in major roles in stage productions of the color purple, chicago, and what my husband doesn't know. recently, she performed again with destiny's child at the superbowl. michelle is currently in oakland performing in the musical at the paramount. take a look. at oakmont's paramount theater this afternoon and tonight as we take this on a thursday. michelle williams, we welcome you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> first of all a lot of us have seen clips of that and we certainly saw a little bit of that here, but who was cela? >> he was an amazing musician to come from nigeria. i have is heard people say that he is the bob dylan, bob marley, mohammad ali, james brown all into one person. i named a lot of people but i named a lot of great people and he ended up being a human activist. he didn't want to leave his country of nigeria until things were correct and people were treated equally with justice. he made mu

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richard schlesinger is our man on broadway. >> harvey fierstein is a big man and a big deal on broadway. he has two hit musicals and by tonight he might have his fifth tony. this is your 'hood. this is definitely where i belong. hello. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, harvey fierstein, one of the most distinctive voices on broadway. >> osgood: kareem abdul jabbar was a star for many years on the basketball court. now his playing days behind him, he's moved on to other roles, as lee cowan will show us. >> reporter: he ruled the sky with his signature sky hook, kareem abdul jabbar bested an older, taller kid out on the court. what did he say to you after you beat him? >> he said he was going to have to do something about that hook. i guess a whole lot of people have said that. >> reporter: indeed they have. he's still using that sky hook these days. we'll catch up with the laker lenl end later on sunday morning. >> osgood: huey lewis is a rock star with a heart. and with staying power, too. he's celebrating a milestone anniversary of his first hit album. and talking about it with our

. >>> then, broadway's best. the spotlight is shining brightly on new york's top stage acts at broadway's biggest night of the year. ♪ everybody say yeah, yeah >> the musical performance that's all the talk this morning after the tony awards, for this monday, june 10th. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm john muller. >> and i'm tai hernandez, in for diana perez. >> great to have you here tai. >> great to be here. did you get your beauty sleep? >> i tried. they'll be the judge of that. >> you're looking great to me. i thinyo let's get right to it. we're learning about the whistle-blower that leaked top-secret details about the surveillance program. he's a 29-year-old high school dropout who claims to have worked at both of the nation's top spy agencies. >> edward snowden could face decades in prison but says he has no intention of hiding. here's abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. >> my name's ed snowden. i'm 29 years old. >> reporter: snowden says he is a former cia technician, who is a civilian co

as i think many of you know, there is a short stretch of broadway that have challenges. these conditions have sadly often kept many san franciscans from thinking of broadway as a destination. for the last few years i really want to thank a number of businesses, residents, neighbors and property owners who have been working together on a number of fronts, on public safety to better think about how to market the corridor and to think about how to clean and beautify the corridor and in particular, we have been working on this plan that is

broadway's biggest night will be sunday with the tony awards. we will be talking with one of the board decorated producers on broadway. those stories and more coming up on market now. ♪ dagen: that is right. so much news today. connell: it always is with the jobs report. dagen: top of the hour. stocks now. nicole petallides. nicole: away we go with a rally on our hands. the dow jones industrials are up. the tech heavy nasdaq is the worst of the three. you mentioned the jobs report at the top of the show. it came in better than expected, but, obviously not stellar. it does bring back the uncertainty about what will the fed do, but for the moment, people are taking it and running with it. dagen: another national security agency bombshell. fox news confirming the program. it started back in 2007. connell: the director of national intelligence calling the leaked details reprehensible. to put it all together for us, we have rod beckstrom. thank you for coming on. give us some perspective here. how big of a deal is this? >> these are allegations for t

broadway is a strange place right now. a showe in order to get on board you have to have a big movie star in your play. there are countless fantastic actors out there who are being denied the opportunity because the are not a named. -- they are not a named. . tavis: we love that british accent. what iseeing now happening to mandela. we will see later this year what happens to king. which brings us to the third person in this trilogy. dr. kingrlier i regard as the greatest leader this country has produced. paul robeson was a bad man. he just does not -- he is not as robeson is accompanied it person. he stood in his truth. from that perspective he is not a very controversial figure. standing in his truth led to all kinds of controversies. actors of greatest our time happen to be harry tier.onte and sidney poirie with harryit belafonte and not have him wax --tic about paul roberson paul robeson. there is a whole bunch of folks who he impacted in a major way. let me flip it on you and say wipe played paul robeson and what is i

he did plays on broadway.e tried to spread his wings and show his range as an actor. >> he was great on broadway. he started on broadway in 1992. that's where he got his first taste on the stage. of course, he returned to broadway and got carnage and was fantastic. >> he's an actor's actor. everyone sending tributes said he was a nice guy. >> he was a jersey boy. >> thanks. we are going to look back at his remarkable career on screen and off. >>> president obama returning to washington early this morning amid the controversy over the nsa spying programs, new revelations are leading to more questions about what the government may be doing to keep an eye on americans. >> reporter: president obama returning early this morning from overseas and still facing questions about government surveillance program that is spooked americans. he's promised more answers. >> what we are going to be doing when i get back home is trying to find ways to declassify further some of these programs without completely compromising thei

when was the last time that any of you spent time on broadway or even up grant avenue? partially due to the stigma of runway to find ourselves requesting assistance to change the perception of the area to attract visitors and locals it to nice our local businesses. we should celebrate the history of the neighborhood, and the people who made their mark here and call the neighborhood home. i hope you allocate funds to develop strategies to create a viable and safe . arts and cultural corridor which celebrates the history and diversity along with public safety improvements art education project such as murals, historical markers and lighting will go a long way in area renewal and will assist with creative strategies to attract illnesses and services to the area. thank you so much for your consideration. (applause) >> thank you all very much. the next five speakers we have -- (reading cards) both district two and district three. >> good morning folks. my name is jane

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come sit by me. >> reporter: coming up, bette midler on broadway.,, ♪ tell me my lover man >> fans who love bette midler for her singing may be in for a bit of a surprise if they go to see bette on broadway. she sings not a note but yet somehow manages to hit all the right ones. here's mo rocca. >> oh, my god. i've been abducted by hughie and dewey. >> reporter: audiences know bette midler for playing brash and outrageous in comedies like ruthless people. >> my husband worships the ground i walk on. wait until he hears about this, he will explode. >> reporter: and tugging at heart strings in dramas like "beaches." >> i'm here now. reporter: and for the stage performances that long ago earned her the moniker the dpi vine miss m. ♪ boogie wooingy bugle boy of company 3 ♪ >> reporter: now midler is on broadway charming audiences in a one-pom show. she does it without taking a single step. >> i'm not getting up. my house, you get up. >> reporter: usually when you're performing live, you're singing. is it strange to not be singing? >> no, it's a relief i

all right, chrles, start by talking about how big a business is broadway?e, and it's gotten bgger. it's a one billion a year usiness, slightly over one billion dollars, up 50% over the last decade, and i mean you see thecrowds in times squares, everybody goes to a show, and that's a lot of money. gerri: it is. the hts are what maters there. how often do they turn to outside investors? is it a small group of pople who fund the shows, or how does it work? >> it's a firly lage group, hundreds of people involved, each show is its microeconomyy if you ill, and producers have to find people to back sows. no producer has millions of doars intheir back pocket. gerri: why do people bank roll these things? it's hard to get aheadd >> right. it's the celebrity factor. you get to rub elbows with the stars. you are guaranteed ickets o @%ening night and to the after show prty. that's your chance to fee like you are part of the scene. gerri: how much does t cost to get the opening night ticcets? how much do you put down? >> a mium usually of $2,000 if t's a musical, and $1

time -- chris durang is one of broadway's great comic writers.seen much of chris in a while, so i'm delighted that he is back on broadway with a very fine new play called "vanya and sonia and masha and spike." now, the title may tell you that it's kind of chris's comic take on the world of chekhov. and two of the actors from the play are with us today. they are the very, very talented kristine nielsen. welcome to "theater talk." >> thank you. >> and our old friend david hyde pierce, who's back -- you haven't been down here since "curtains," right, david? >> i think that's right. yeah, we were trying to remember the last time. i think it was "curtains." >> yeah, well, it's good to see you both. and i do look the chekhovian beard. >> thank you. >> haskins: oh, it's wonderful. >> so chekhov, they often say, they say his plays are comedies. many people consider chekhov's plays comedies. is chris's play, should it be considered a drama and not a comedy? how do you play it? how do you play a comedy talking about a comedy -- to get too meta here? is tha

he did a successful broadway play, he re-created the role in