on broadway.ollars at steak, the question is can the magic of aladdin translate to the great white way. >> lady, can you try something for me. >> reporter: "nightline" was backstage in the anxious days before opening night. >> come on down, come on in. >> reporter: directors were making tweaks to the production, searching for a winning formula. >> guys, let's go again. >> follow me! >> i just told them, you know, we're frozen. not going to change anything else. that day i didn't change it. >> had my last chance at that point. >> i like it. >> the beloved 1992 movie earned more than $500 million and won two oscars for best song and score. aladdin was a mega hit by every standard. still a classic. were you at all anxious about taking that on. >> of course, we see it doesn't work to take something that was a movie and put it on stage. you have to figure how to make it soar and be relatablen en in live audience. >> no detail is too small for the old school song and dance man, best known for a raunchy

flub that confounded and amused the audience at last month's oscars and sent our tracy smith to broadway for some questions and answers. >> reporter: the look on this girl's face says it all. >> hi. ow are you? i. reporter: broadway superstar idina menzel has this kind of effect on people for her legions of fans. they call themselves fanzels. now she needs the public to embrace her like never before. ♪ wasted time wasted time ♪ ♪ wasted time ♪ starting now >> reporter: she stars in the new broadway musical "if/then" about a woman struggling with the choices that change her life. there's a great supporting cast, but idina menzel's name is front and center on the marquis. ♪

tonight's hashtag is gangsta broadway. gangsta broadway. tonight's, could. >> could i sound anymore like a white person gangsta broadway. >> chris: examples would be south strafk pacific oreo receive and the amazing technicolor sweat suit. or "westsideeee story". >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] i am not picking sides i am not picking sides. i am just saying -- i will put 60-seconds on the clock and go. >> brandon. >> your momma mia. >> chris: points. >> andy get your gats. >> chris: points. andy daly. >> mary pop in the cap in the mother (bleep)er. >> chris: yes. >> the scissor up king.

>> you know, with me this time, i want to just enjoy the moment of being in broadway.t to enjoy it the last time i was here. you know? i was so young. going through a lot of things in my personal life as well as taking on that role. so this time i wanted to come back and just enjoy myself. that's what i'm doing. i said i would never do it again unless it was a different kind of role and scott sanders called me, hey, you know, thank god for scott sanders. because i think he sees something in me i don't see in myself and even at that time on "the color purple" he did that, and he took me out to eat, he took me out for southern food. and i said, tell me about this role. he said, well, jazz music. i said stop right there. my answer is yes. >> really? >> mm-hmm. i think he kind of had this look on his face, okay, wait a minute. i said, scott, you know, i have been listening to nothing but jazz. so for me that was my confirmation from god that i was preparing myself way before he asked me to come and do this. >> since now doing it, how do you feel about your decision? >> i f

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her broadway show, idina menzel's broadway show is called "if/then." i didn't know what the concept was, but now i get it. >> because you saw it. >> because i saw it. and i got it. it's almost like the "sliding doors" story, like parallel lines. there is a woman in the park and she answers the phone. if she takes the call this happens. if she doesn't take a call, that happens. if she meets the right guy, this happens. it's about choice and chance. >> yes. >> and there are two stories going at once. her name is elizabeth. one group she's liz and the other she's beth. so you -- it's a great -- great songs. >> powerhouse singer and actress. and such a sweet person. >> yes. >> like to see that happen. >> "if/then". >> i apologize for not being able to see it with you, hoda. i have -- i'm not going to talk about it because it's ridiculous. everybody's got problems. i do have a severe herniated disc that every year or so -- >> kicks in. >> -- likes to let me know who's boss. and if i hadn't gotten some physical therapy yesterday -- >> you would have been lai

she's in a new broadway show. and actress chloe grace moretz making her off broadway debut. >> quite the little starlet too. big congratulations. today is a big day. it's my mom's birthday. so can we say happy birthday to sami -- ♪ happy birthday >> that's a throwback. look at her hair. we decided to do a throwback picture. and in addition, that's where i got the hair. in addition, it is also alana's birthday. that's tammy, our executive producer's baby girl. >> happy birthday to everybody. >> so we have big news in the tori spelling world. >> yes. i haven't seen what we're about to see. >> tori and her husband, you guys know that they have -- they were separated for a bit, and now they're trying to repair the relationship, and they're doing it on a reality show, and it's called "true tori." >> and he just got out of rehab for issues. and he has confessed apparently to cheating on her with a 28-year-old woman last december. >> they're just now starting to release some clips from this upcoming show when we wondered

y a un famoso teatro de broadway llegÓ un famoso boxeador.onectado con "primer impacto." sÍganos en twitter, facebook, y primerimpacto.com. ♪ >>> le contamos que la legendaria pelÍcula rocky hace su presentaciÓn en broadway, con la participaciÓn de un boxeador que da rienda suelta a sus dos pasiones. >>> para luis salgado llevar puestos guantes sobre un escenario representa el rol de sus sueÑos hecho realidad. >>> me gane la loterÍa, es el regalo mÁs lindo, estoy en ese momento de mi carrera donde miro cuanto tiempo mÁs quiero ser un performance. >>> es que el puertorriqueÑo decidiÓ tirar la toalla de este deporte a los 17 aÑos para dedicarse a su otra pasiÓn. el baile, y la actuaciÓn, disciplinas que no eran compatibles. >>> soy artista mÁs que boxeador, me acuerdo que le di un golpe a un muchacho y sangraba y le dije al rÉferi que pare. >>> y colaborÓ en grandes obras como mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios. y recuerda que un boxeador e&-p. >>> que piensas que cautivÓ? >>> es la historia de ese hombre, hay una meta. >>> asÍ es rocky e

she's back on broadway.makeover." >> "the world goes 'round," "billy's back on broadway," here is tony winner billy porter. ♪ ♪ sometimes you're happy ♪ sometimes you're sad ♪ but the world goes 'round ♪ sometimes you lose every nickel you had ♪ ♪ but the world goes 'round ♪ sometimes your dreams get broken in pieces ♪ ♪ but that doesn't alter a thing ♪ ♪ take it from me ♪ there's still gonna be ♪ a summer, a winter, a fall and a spring ♪ ♪ and sometimes a friend starts treating you bad ♪ ♪ but the world goes 'round ♪ and sometimes your heart breaks with a deafening sound ♪ ♪ somebody loses and somebody wins ♪ ♪ and one day it's kicks, then it's kicks in the shins ♪ ♪ but the planet spins and the world goes 'round ♪ ♪ and round ♪ the world goes 'round ♪ the world goes 'round ♪ yeah ♪ sometimes your dreams get broken in pieces ♪ ♪ but that doesn't matter at all ♪ ♪ take it from me ♪ there's still gonna be ♪ a summer, a winter, a spring and a fall ♪ ♪ and sometimes a friend starts treating you bad ♪ ♪ but the

he is now lyndon johnson in "all the way" on broadway. >> i think any actor thinks of broadway as the pinnacle of their career and i certainly have it on my bucket list to do a broadway show. that was going to be very exciting for me if it was possible. the zite geist of "breaking bad" created such a fervor that it got a lot of attention and i was caught up in that maelstrom of injury and thought, well, i have an opportunity now. >> this is the most important election of your lifetime and the choices couldn't be clearer -- peace or war, brotherhood or division, prosperity or poverty, a march into a bright future or retreat into a dark past! it is all or nothing! and every single one of you needs to go out there and fight for every single vote in every single part of this great country of ours! god bless you! >> charlie: bryan cranston for the hour, next. >> there's a saying around here: you stand behind what you say. around here, we don't make excuses, we make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up and make it right. some people think the kind of accountability th

la legendaria pelÍcula rocky hace su debut en broadway con la participaciÓn de un boxeador puertorriqueÑogÓ los guantes para dedicarse a la actuaciÓn. sus dos pasiones sobre un mismo escenario. >> para luis salgado, llevar puesto sus guantes de boxeo sobre un escenario representa el rol de sus sueÑos hecho una realidad. >> me gane la loterÍa. es como el regalo mÁs lindo que puedo tener. estoy en ese momento de mi carrera donde estoy mirando cuÁnto tiempo más quiero ser un performance. >> este puertorriqueÑo que proviene de una reconocida familia de boxeadores decidiÓ tirar la tuya para dedicarse por completo a su otra pasiÓn, el baile y la actuaciÓn. disciplinas que no eran compatibles con los golpes del cuadrilÁtero. >> no tengo el corazÓn. soy artista antes que boxeador. hice unas peleas en bayamÓn. me acuerdo una de las peleas en que le di un golpe a un muchacho, el muchacho comenzÓ a sangrar y yo querÍa parar la pelea. >> ha colaborador en importantes obras como en mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios. considera que su participaciÓn como un boxeador que entrena en el mismo gimnasi

did i see her in a broadway show?" but you've never done broadway. >> i haven't.nd applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: let's make this happen. >> okay. >> jimmy: do you want to do it? >> i would love to do a show, i the right one. i've come close to doing a a couple of them, and they fell apart at the last minute. >> jimmy: oh really? >> yeah. think of what would be good. maybe i'll do it with you. [ laughter ] >> seriously? when are you going to have time to do a broadway show? i mean, i don't know if you've noticed you've gotten this really big gig. i'm really proud of you by the way. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you by the way. we do it late night. we'll do it really late. >> okay. 11 p.m. >> it'll be after hour show. exactly. >> jimmy: we could do it like that. but i mean amusical, you have to. what's wrong with people? anne hathaway, get her on broadway. we want to see this. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you so much. >> jimmy: now i'm glad -- i'm glad you're here. and i'm really glad that you're okay. is this true? did we almosthing? >> well it d

we also have another bus stop that you eliminated at union and broadway. seniors that have to go to the russian em cease as well as our seniors have to climb a mountain. that stop allows them to walk on flat land to both places. no. 3 is i was very very upset by the fact that when i called about this, i was told by the department, it's a done deal and you don't have to, you are not going to get it. i had to become a bulldozer and i don't like having to be forced into that. i was never called back or anything. after this last meeting i had to chase down kennedy for this drawing and asked him to put the stops on it. i don't want 10 years from now another board saying we didn't have the stops on it. i do not think this department is doing outreach. i was not notified of any of this. [ applause ] i also am very upset about the 30 stockton eliminating the parking places on this strip. which you are not taking into consideration to the tourist area. tourist don't just take muni and bark. they drive in and drive down the coast and they use their cars to go around

my name's up there on the marquee on broadway.? yeah. reporter: the show's message could be that life can be good even if it doesn't always turn out exactly like you'd hoped. it's something idina menzel lives by. ♪ what might be >> reporter: she was raised in long island, new york, the daughter of a therapist and a pajama salesman. by 1996, that adorable kid had become a hot young singer on the verge of stardom. ♪ >> reporter: she'd won a coveted role in what would become the monster broadway hit "rent." ♪ take me for what i am >> reporter: cbs' "48 hours" followed her the last few days before the show opened and changed her life forever. >> opening hawaiian style. (laughter) ♪ 521,600 minutes >> reporter: it was here she met and fell for fellow cast member taye diggs. her character maureen would taunt him every night on broadway. and later in the movie version. you ended up mooning taye several times. >> yeah, i thought he was cute, and i came up with the blocking i think my character should take her pants down and moon every nig

on broadway and that jobs in new york tuned way to go senator schumer. now give the rest of us a break so while you help cinderella get off of fireback. for real. it is amazing when democrats see the fallout from their ways they reversed course to save their jobs because tax breaks, tax credits or tax cuts work. they create revenues and i commend the senator for saying that. i cannot believe i am saying that. i commend? ply suspect he already knew that just like every liberal who professes otherwise because every time push comes to shove it goes just the opposite when trying to get out of the bond. the president has money to spend his budget because he spends the money from the tax breaks that he offers in the same budget and why another politician a democratic governor cuomo is enticing businesses to set up shop in his state because are you sitting down? he will cut their taxes. they all that mitt it works even have press conferences with broadway stars to say that it works. so that means it works and giving phylloxera break works. why would you work so

really, i shouldn't be on broadway. but i am today.at at some point. let's talk about the weather very quickly. there are some severe storms possible from florida all the way up through virginia. so the severe possibility will stay here with >>> and back here at home, we're waking up to some cloud cover, live doppler 7-hd radar satellite showing it kind of right in over the bay area. it will melt away later this afternoon leaving with us highs a little cooler than yesterday, topping out in the upper 60s to mid to lower 70s for much of the bay area. my accuweather seven-day forecast, we're staying relatively dry this week, breezy conditions as well, 35 miles per hour gusts expected over our coastal waters. we're looking at nice, sunny conditions into easter sunday. [ applause ] >> see, i can only forecast it, but the genie here, what kind of weather should we wish for? >> sun, please. >> you like sun. you're going to be seeing all these fantastic performers. and again, we're back here at "aladdin" on broadway. lara? >> ginger, pop up ag

to be -- >> off broadway, first. >> originally done in 1997 off broadway.ave to. >> it has taken 17 years for it to come to broadway and the most beautiful story. and i'm just so thrilled that audiences and people are embracing it. >> it seemed to me because it is in 1964, it -- but it has a theme that is so present now to which it is about image. you go on a journey and tell us why you do. >> i do. my character has a childhood accident and has a facial scar and she truly believes she's ugly and she believes that a face healer in oklahoma, a preacher, will heal her. if she's healed and the scar is gone, she will be happy, she will be loved. >> and she'll be beautiful. >> and she will be beautiful. >> we look at you, you don't have a physical scar. is that something that is left up to the audience? >> it is. >> you also don't have makeup on. >> don't wear a stitch of makeup. and the creators, they decided that people's imaginations are stronger than anything we could ever depict. we decided not to show the scar. the scar is also a metaphor, because we all ha

why lyndon johnson on broadway for bryan cranston? >> i think any actor looks towards doing broadway as the pinnacle of their career and i certainly had it on my bucket list. to be able to do a broadway show, that was pretty exciting for me if that was possible. the zeitgeist of "breaking bad" created such a fervor that it got a lot of attention and i was caught up in that maelstrom of energy. i thought i had an opportunity. so i knew after 14 years of doing television, seven with "malcolm in the middle" and six with "breaking bad," that it was time to push away, time to step away from that ubiquitous nature of television. and hide out, so to speak, in the theater. do a play that was hopefully important and a character that i can sink my teeth into. this was both of those things. >> how much did you know about lyndon johnson other than the fact that during vietnam he was the president? >> i think the interesting concept is that for most people when they think of lyndon johnson they think of the failures of vietnam and that is his lega

how different is doing cinderella on broadway than doing the nanny?the nanny was shot -- as well as all of my situation comedy prior to the nanny, in front of live audiences. so in that way it is somewhat similar. we budget on a little play every week. the difference is that you get a take two. and here it is like flying without a net. you make a mistake you just got to keep going on. this is my broadway debut, and it has been a great opportunity for me, because being in a musical is just the most wonderful experience. and it's such a delightful show. >> as the stepmother? [ laughter ] >> why don't i have any friends? >> the stepmother -- >> who you play. >> who i ply is deliciously wicked and sexy and a big diva and someone you love to hate. >> until we sat down with this interview, i had forgotten you were in saturday night fever? >> yes. >> you got your start? that movie. >> absolutely. that was my first film. i was a teenager, i was growing up in commercials. i had an agent, and he said they are doing a movie, looking for kids like you. i'm going

so on broadway, we'd like to get anyone from broadway.dway.com. go see a show. these guys are amazing. everyone out there is just off the charts. but we have a tony-award winner coming on our show tonight. alan cumming will perform "willkommen" from the hit broadway show, "cabaret." [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: come on! >> jimmy: it's awesome. and to the young men out there, there's a lot of ladies in their undies. >> steve: "ooh, i do declare." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: "yeah, we should leave." >> steve: "there's nazi's in this play!" [ laughter ] >> jimmy: "house of ill repute here." [ laughter ] you guys, it's time for "tonight show hashtags," here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hashtags hashtags ♪ >> jimmy: here we go. you guys are on twitter, right? [ cheers ] it's fun and we use twitter on our show every single week. so if you watch our show and you want to play along, we do this thing every wednesday where i send out a hashtag. and we ask you guys to tweet out things based on that topic. so since this week was the premiere of "

you look gorgeous. >> broadway, baby, yeah. >> this is what we can expect to see you in?ers, right, from what i can remember? six or -- >> i do four and then at the end. but it is delicious and fantastic. >> and great performing with these guys, the all-stars? >> they're stand-ups for a reason, they stand the test of time. music is phenomenal. having them behind me, doesn't get any better than that. >> what are you going to sing for us? >> "stormy weather". >> here she is, vanessa williams, and those guys too. ♪ ♪ i look around heavy heart ♪ night comes around and i'm still feeling bad ♪ ♪ rain pouring down blinding every hope i had ♪ ♪ pitter and patter and beating and splattering drives me mad ♪ ♪ this misery is just too much for me ♪ ♪ don't know why there's no sun up in the sky ♪ ♪ stormy weather since my man and i ain't together ♪ ♪ keeps raining all the time ♪ life is bad gloom and misery everywhere ♪ ♪ stormy weather just can't keep my poor self together ♪ ♪ keeps raining all the time the time ♪ ♪ so weary all the time ♪ when he went away the blues walked in and me

she's returning to broadway show "if then." you returned to broadway early on.ons. oh, get on here? >> we forgot to put a microphone on you this morning. we let it go. >> it's great to have an original piece. >> you're also a mom to a 4-year-old boy. what's it like being a working mom who is working on broadway? >> i've never done eight show as week with a child. i make him pancakes, i take him downtown and i go back to sleep for a couple minutes and a couple of minutes -- we're doing it. i've got a lot of support and the company is amazing. you know, i don't know, you'll let me know i think. >> he's got a lot to be proud of. all right, we'll let you sing. idina, take it away. >> thank you. ♪ you learn to take your coffee black, learn to drink your whiskey neat ♪ you learn to take the shower cold and stand on tired feet ♪ ♪ you learn to order dinner in and send the laundry out ♪ ♪ you learn how to amuse yourself, you learn to live without ♪ ♪ you learn to fall asleep alone, you learn to silence ticking clocks ♪ ♪ you learn to pull the shades at night and double-

it is where people who want to be on broadway or who have been on broadway are waiters and waitresses and they sing. the guy announced when we got there, he said, do you know this past year 12 waiters or waitresses went on to broadway or off broadway or traveling shows. so a lot of people get things. so you're there, the waiters are taking your order and singing. some video? >> i think so. >> singing. ♪ >> that was "frozen." we made a special request for "frozen ." and then somebody else sang something else. we have that one. ♪ isn't she lovely >> it continues, all day long. it opens early. >> 7:00 a.m. to midnight. the line is down the street, around the block. worth it. worth it. >> shall i do mine? >> why not? >> even as we're speaking, our precious natalie is running in the boston marathon. >> yes. >> she's got a really bad sciatica. so lift up a little prayer for her. i thought today would be a good day to have this boston -- i love this life is good products. there is nothing -- nothing stronger than love. >> they do great stuff. frank's favorite thing in the world is his yellow

you are not going to stop it just turn some of the buses at broadway but most will continue along their normal route. thank you. >> good morning. my name is john pole, the safety advisory committee representing seniors with disabilities in san francisco. i commend you for the proposals, for the changes you have come up with and are here to approve the changes on portrero avenue particularly the need for bike lane and pedestrian safety for multiple users of the medical facilities between 21 and 25th street at san francisco general hospital. please continue on that process with the widening of the sidewalks and the inclusion of bike lanes and bus stops for the limited. please continue on this for the pedestrian and bicycle safety on portrero avenue. >> bob boden. mr. chair, good morning, board, director riskin. my name is body boden, the san francisco riders union and i'm here to overwhelmingly support the transit improvement. having recently come from new york city, i feel like i now know what a transit city feels like. if anything i think all of these proposals need to go much further.

today, broadway film and television star kristin chenoweth. and he plays sigh are you bean on the hit series, "scandal," jeff perry. plus, your comments and questions on another edition of the "inbox." all next on "live." now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪

first, broadway "cabaret." why are you so hell-bent on continuing to give us one production after another of "cabaret"? (laughter) >> that's a good question. it's very rare for me, anyway. you embrace the transitory nature when you do it. this production has been part of my life 21 years. i did it first in london. >> charlie: '86? '92. it's 22 years old. when we turned the theater into a cabaret club. >> charlie: that was your big idea, wasn't it? >> my only idea, really. i started with that idea and then discovered -- we went on kind of a journey discovery like in any play, and it was a very useful and thrown-together, almost a sketch. and if i'd known it would have led to this relationship that lasted nearly two decades, i think i would have been frozen. but it's a good example of how you're working in that kind of freedom and there's no pressure that something interesting happens, and it's developed. it's changed. it came to new york in round-about theater in the late '90s. alan cummings is the one constant

we have a crash that is right near broadway. just past oak street and traffic is beginning to slow down here in oakland approaching that crash involving a bigging are and you still may want to avoid. and use 580 as your alternate route. you get to the toll plaza, traffic is light. we are expecting -- also looking at the commute in the south bay, they are all looking good into the main part of the valley. let's go to steve. >>> thank you. mostly clear. a little bit of patchy low clouds around. our system came by and it will usher in a little cooler air mass here. cooler and breezy today. mostly clear. if it wasn't for the breeze we would deal with a lot more 40s. santa rosa was north and now they are calm. and the dew points are a little lower. it will be sunny, mostly sunny. 50s and 60s. 60s and 70s. san francisco starting off 52 and maybe patchy low clouds. 59 at noon. we will guy for a high of 64 degrees. just a gradual warmup into the weekend. sunday looks to be the best day of the weekend. a little bit of fog maybe on the sa

first, broadway, "cabaret."hy are you hell-bent on giving us one production after another of "cabaret"? >> this production has been part of my life for nearly 21 years. i did it at the dunmore and we -- it was 1992. 22 years ago. when we turned the theater into a cabaret or club. >> that was your big idea. >> that was my only idea. i started with that idea. we went on a kind of journey of discovery like you doing any play. it was a very useful and very thrown together, almost a sketch. if i had known it would have led to this relationship i have had with the piece that has lasted two decades i would have been frozen. it is a good example of how when you're working in that freedom and there is no pressure that something interesting happens and it has developed. it came to new york in the late 1990's. natasha richardson played sally bowles. it is not on for me. the last time i saw it was not on broadway when it closed but at the follies begere. it is an incredible place under the lobby of which is the private caba

cares. >> broadway cares.ee. >> oh, my gosh. >> every year at this time, the broadway and theatrical community from coast to coast joins together to raise money for an amazing organization called broadway cares. [ applause ] ♪ even in the darkest night you just call out my name ♪ ♪ and you know wherever i am ♪ i'll come running to see you again ♪ >> wow. >> anyway, so they -- she sang and by the way, that is jessy mueller, so brilliant in the show. >> there are a bunch of shots and it showed her sobbing when she first saw her on stage. what a great surprise. their cd is out on i tunes. >> what a day for you not to be there. >> i've gone five times. the one time i don't go, i was so bummed. >> i'm so glad carole has seen it now. it is such a beautiful tribute to -- not just her music, but her life. she's beloved. all right, speaking of beloved, i've not been able -- thank you, everybody, for coming out this past weekend. >> you're very popular. >> so grateful. yeah, we have to stay an hour longer each place, so

deadline behind us, we'll tell you about some sweetheart deals being cut for hollywood studios and broadway big shots. >>> and as the faithful around the world celebrate holy week, a look at the troubling rise in violence against christians in the middle east. ♪ >>> welcome to the "journal editorial report" i'm paul jako. signs point to a divide and conquer strategy to get supporters to the polls. speaking a houston fund-raiser last week, president obama lamented the habits of single women minorities and young voters that make up his party's base, telling donors, quote, we have this congenital disease which is in midterm elections we don't vote at the same rates. so the president and members of his administration and democrats in congress are stoking racial and gender issues in an attempt to boost turnout this november. but will it work? let's ask "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, jason reilly and columnist mary an stays o. let's take this point the president made first about low turnout in the mid terms. is that historically true, that democrats don't turn ou

nightlife, but last night a brazen crime may have weakened the feeling secret that many have at broadway plaza. >> there was a woman at the corner tavern who was robbed at gunpoint of her purse. >> reporter: the woman left the restaurant and walked to her directly outside when the armed man demand her purse and pulledded it from here. >> the victim saw what appeared to be a black handgun. >> reporter: the robber got in a small red getway car driven by another man and sped away. the victim was unhurt. >>> across from the movie theater in pleasant hill police say there was an tempted robbery inside the parking structure. the robbery was unsuccessful and victims have since told investigators that the robber armed with a black handgun got into a red honda accord and took off. >> we always tell people safety in numbers and don't walk your car by yourself,

the two bigs rigs approaching broadway. lot more slowing over the last hour and things started to move better. no updates from chp. still have your two right lanes and we still have two lanes, actually three open at this point. bay bridge toll plaza with very, very light traffic flow here. no backup and just a couple folks waiting in the cash lane as you have to pause to pay there. and the peninsula moves nicely, as well. 101 and palo alto and 280 is just as clear. >>> we do have new surveillance pictures to show you of the two men that police think opened fire outside of a target store in the east bay. the two men started shooting in the store's parking lot on tuesday night. two people there were hit and both are expected to survive. police think there was an argument between the shooter and the victims before the shooting. if you know who these men are, police in richmond ask you to call them. >>> the man accused of gunning down an east palo alto activist is dead. gregory elarms died last week of natural causes. he was or

they plan to use the success from the broadway project. live in oakland, paul chambers, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> two men have been arrested in connection with the march kidnapping, and robbery of a woman who answered a listing on craigslist. they have been booked into the santa clara county jail on suspicion of kidnapping for ransom, and robbery. in march, a woman arranged to meet one of the suspects a the a target story san jose. when the woman changed her mind about the deal, she told police, a second man showed up, and demanded money. the victim wound up calling a friend and the men released her once they got the money. >> reporter: continuing coverage of the boston marathon. a year after the bombs exploded at the finish line. today, it was a much different scene under tight security, as the first american in more than 34 years finished first. ktvu's own claudine wong reports from boston tonight, and tells us what the race meant to them. >> reporter: people came today knowing they would be a part of something special. >> i'm looking for

they plan to use the success from the broadway project. live in oakland, paul chambers, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> two men have been arrested in connection with the march kidnapping, and robbery of a woman who answered a listing on craigslist. they have been booked into the santa clara county jail on suspicion of kidnapping for ransom, and robbery. in march, a woman arranged to meet one of the suspects a the a target story san jose. when the woman changed her mind about the deal, she told police, a second man showed up, and demanded money. the victim wound up calling a friend and the men released her once they got the money. >> reporter: continuing coverage of the boston marathon. a year after the bombs exploded at the finish line. today, it was a much different scene under tight security, as the first american in more than 34 years finished first. ktvu's own claudine wong reports from boston tonight, and tells us what the race meant to them. >> reporter: people came today knowing they would be a part of something special. >> i'm looking for

it's totally unjust. >> seth: now, third broadway show.nything else is safe to say, american football. >> yes. totally. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: which is great. >> yeah. i'm like a secret -- well, i guess, not so secret american now, practically. like, i'm absolutely -- i love nfl and i've recently really got into, i got into the hockey playoffs. [ cheers and applause ] and yes -- >> seth: so you went to the deepest level of american fandom, which is fantasy football. >> fantasy football, yeah. i do, i do -- i'm like the guy who's at home reading charles davis' 10,000th mock draft on nfl.com and, you know -- and i do. i love it. >> seth: what is the name of your fantasy football team last year? >> last year the name of my team was barkevious mingo's mum. because barkevious mingo is a brilliant name. it's not that i'm a cleveland browns fan or a barkevious mingo fan. he is like -- it's just a brilliant name. i've seen him and he seems like a very nice guy as well. so that's always good. but i think, you know, his mum made that name

the last time i saw it was not on broadway when it closed but -- folliesy bergÈre begere.it is an incredible place under the lobby of which is the private cabaret that was created for the nazis during the occupation. >> what is it, opportunity presents incentive. , is is it about this play it special, is it that special that it is redone? >> it is special. i am not a huge fan of musicals in the sense i have -- love all musicals. all are classics, worthy of holding up against the great classic plays of the 20th century and i have said this on this show before. think i believe ultimately it ss one of the great exploration of nazi-ism and the rise of not nazi-ism. -- we could say we have grown up under the shadow of nazis and that is one generation further away from the holocaust. of only important question the 20th century, how could have happened and it does it in a way lyat is breathtaking theatrical. it is the only show that when it closed i missed it and i wanted it to come back. i said i would love to do it again. >> did you say one caveat, it has -- i have to find the

what we have is 880 near the oak street and broadway off ramp. you may want to use a different freeway. bay bridge toll plaza dry time right here. eight minutes between the toll plaza and san francisco. let's go back to the desk. >>> following breaking news right now it's out of richmond where an attempted burglary ends with the suspect dead. police are still actively investigating this. ktvu tara moriarty is live in richmond now to tell us more about why police say this crime is so unusual. tara. >> reporter: well this story is really about a man that was getting burglarized and he decided to fight back. he armed himself and shot and killed his intruder. behind me are police and they are still guarding the scene here. i'm told it is a rather interesting crime scene inside. this happened at 1:15 this morning. the victim was shot a few times in the leg. he was alert when police arrive but his injuries were serious enough that he was air lifted to a hospital. meanwhile more details are emerging about how his if all unfolded. police tell me that the

so by 1916, and without reaching broadway, the work rejuvenated black drama. they often took a just agreement to the pages of periodicals and many joined them including authors who entered the debate by simply executing their own vision of what black drama should publish. some like willis richardson became playwrights because they were convinced they could do a better job. others simply seem to believe the perspective on lynching and black family life was just too important to leave unaddressed. when dunbar nelson published "mine eyes have seen" in 1918, just two years after the dramatic debut, she seems to have wanted to address krinsky's investment and appealing to whites and she do so by using the one act format. a serious one act play about african-americans was conducive to publication in periodicals, but it would not appeal to theater practitioners who would reach a broad audience. the commercial stage didn't generally welcomed sears depictions of black characters, and it was even less receptive of one version of such material. if a writer did not have t

news. >>> she is a big broadway fan, only her second time here.. >> you took a broadway workshop and learned how to sing. sing us out to break. ♪ oh, still to come on today, dylan take takes brainiac. how did she do? we'll find out but first this is "today" on nbc. the answer to treating your dog's fleas and ticks is staring you right in the face. nexgard from the makers of frontline® plus it's the only chew that kills both fleas and american dog ticks. vets recommend it, and dogs, well they're begging for it. nexgard is for dogs only and hasn't been evaluated for use in pregnant, breeding or lactating dogs. reported side effects include vomiting, dry flaky skin, diarrhea, lethargy and lack of appetite. use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures. recommended by vets. loved by dogs. from the makers of frontline® plus. >>> we are back on this saturday morning with a competitive world of memorization. did you know there are actually challenges for brainiacs to see who has the best memory? >> didn't know it. >> we'll learn more about it. the

to get a cabstand on broadway. they said it was possible reducing the number of liquor licenses and the cabstand is a much less regressive way of handling that. and then also where i live and i think of district 10 as well as i'm out in the o m i it's hard for me to get home and doing a lot of work in entertainment especially, as a lady i have to pay a lot of money and as someone who cannot make money in entertainment it kits back on opportunities. and others have that problem and also party buses i'm glad audrey mentioned it people use party buses to get here and back they can drink and party and throw up on the neighborhood and not spend money in the clubs their reducing the go healthy integration of the night life and neighborhoods. in the a great step to start and find a way for solutions >> thank you, commissioner. >> good afternoon. i'm the industry rep for the entertainment commission and a shoulder of my club it is a challenge because we're considered with the freeway is a boarder line of people that want t

called "the last ship," and it's a musical that starts this summer in chicago and then comes to broadwayut the story of the last ship. >> i was born in the shadow i a shipyard in a little town on the northeast coast of england. >> stephen: i think we have a picture of what the shipyard is like. >> one of my earliest memories is a giant ship at the end of my street. >> stephen: there it is. >> pretty surreal environment to grow up in. i didn't want to work in the shipyard. the shipyard was dangerous and toxic and pretty unpleasant, so i did everything i could to escape. >> stephen: okay. >> so i wanted to be a singer. i wanted to sing songs in the world. i wanted to be paid extravagant amounts of money. ( cheers and applause ) i wanted to be famous. >> stephen: what made you think you could do that? >> i was very confident as a child. anything but work in the shipyard. >> stephen: and when did the shipyard end? >> the shipyard closed in the '80s. >> stephen: so is this musical about the closing of the shipyard? >> yeah. >> stephen: is margaret thatcher the hero. thatcher, i'm a huge fan,

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