the first time on broadway? first time on broadway, amazing. yourself into some of the movement. how does that work on stage? >> i remember jen saying, it's special and it's beautiful that we all do the same move, the same style, but we all bring our own heart to the choreography. >> as dancers, we train and we train and we train to get really good at something. and then sometimes you enter a space and you're step-touching the whole time. i think it's really nice for jen to look at us and go, "do your thing." >> these are my people. that is the biggest truth of it all. pull, and pull, and you really start small. then you're going to kind of get your leg going as well. you start your foot not really coming up off the ground. then it might start to kind of like -- and pull, and pull, and pull, and pull. yes! >> that's amazing. >> yay! yay, team! >> reporter: this choreography from "roar," the play's show-stopping finale led by lorde as juliet. >> there's a moment in the show on the juliette balcony. i get to look out into the audience and see gir

of "broadway rising." it's about broadway returning from covid. and a friend of mine approached me saying you want to do a documentary about broadway returning. i say it needs to be about the entire industry not just the shows, but it's the dry cleaners, it's the doormen, it's the restaurants in times square. so many jobs were lost during the pandemic. so i wanted to tell the story about that entire community. we were this tribeca. it's going to be available for streaming on december 27th at home. and it's a really beautiful film. very proud of it. >> that looks amazing. you to think of the people whose lives were decimated. broadway rising, we'll take a look at that, but people who just disappeared because they literally -- so i'm so interested in seeing how that played out on broadway. that was especially hard for all the people involved. >> it really was. how were things now? has broadway come back to life or are stl still challenges ahead? >> there are definitely bumps along the road. we are back and p

thankfully, there's not only a broadway again, it's a broadway that's more exciting than ever, frankly through a pandemic. these are people that haven't been able to have those experiences, and now we're giving them that opportunity here. we're getting a lot of generations coming. and it's something that neil said to me very early, that i'm a multigenerational audience. and we've seen grandparents and parents and grandchildren come, again because that music is so classic and there's something in it for everybody. >> reporter: for will swensen, playing diamond is a full-circle moment. will, you have a long history with neil diamond's music, don't you? >> i do, i do. i grew up with it. my dad's favorite singer of all-time. it was on the loop in our living room. >> really? so just constantly on the loop? >> yeah, yeah. he's crazy about all things neil diamond. we had an autographed picture of neil in our garage growing up. yeah, so i knew the songs before this was ever a thought of being a musical. ♪ >> reporter: will dazzles on stage with song -- ♪ >> reporter: and style, making 17 costu

i think it's 20 now. >> how did they prepare you for broadway? to pray. understanding what faith means. how i insert faith and prayer into everything i do. i've been preparing my whole life for this, because of those lessons. >> do you see some of his mom and dad? >> i try to tell him to embrace that dna, because it's not bad dna. i'm like, "boy, cut out of that cloth and be proud of it." so yeah, i see a lot of both of them in him. >> let me talk to this danielle here. let me talk to you. berniece. >> everybody got all kind of questions, everybody telling me i can't be a woman unless i got a man. >> reporter: danielle brooks first received critical acclaim for her work on "orange is the new black." >> this is my home and i'm going to fight for it. >> reporter: her latest turn on broadway, a full-circle moment. >> i use the monologue of berniece to get into juilliard at 17. that's my foundation, you know. these words really started my career in a lot of ways, you know. that was the first time someone had said yes to me and said there was a place

. >>> plus broadway royalty. audra mcdonald, the six-time tony award winner and star of the gilded age. >> there's more to life than work. and peggy cannot live your life. >> and private practice. >> i would never leave you alone. >> back on the great white way in "ohio state murders." >> but here, race was foremost. >> why she felt compelled to do the play. >> it's not only, you know, a murder mystery and an indictment of systemic racism within higher education and the country. >> and the surprising details about the show's playwrights. >>> and "barbie." the classic doll come to life in the first-look teaser-trailer that's lighting up social media. eww, bacteria. spreading throughout your home. help stop the spread with microban24. it keeps killing 99.99% of bacteria for up to 24 hours. be confident in your clean. microban24. bye, bye cough. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any

. >> so coming up on "morning joe," a broadway show that is -- was destined to be a broadway hit.ad, closes, begging the question -- what happened? the show's star, who happens to be the youngest black american playwright in broadway history, will join us to explain. >>> and up next, new polling shows republican voters are fed up with donald trump. they are done. but is trump's fever on america finally breaking? nicholas christoph joins us to discuss. we'll be right back. discuss. we'll be right back. you want to see something cool? xfinity rewards is how we go beyond saying thanks. so we're going to spread the joy this holiday season, the xfinity way. take your trusty sidekick to see puss in boots: the last wish what's a puss in boots? he is me. with buy-1-get-1 movie tickets, on us. in theaters christmas. join for free on the xfinity app. xfinity rewards. our thanks. your rewards. >>> 22 past the hour. look at that beautiful shot of san francisco. the sun has yet to come up, but it's time to get ready for work, everybody. new polling shows support for donald trump's 2024 preside

one of the first black broadway shows.. the garage wins got their score from a shuffle along. they sat, there they watch, they took notes. all of these beautiful composers took from these brilliant black creators to create their genius creations. and, in that very existence it shows that in the roots of broadway it is ours to you. and what i'm trying to do with a no more, it show that theater doesn't look like what it's always been looking like. robbie doesn't have to look like it's always been looking like. and, thankfully there is some people that are coming together, rallying together, and leaving that mission that are saying hey we want people to see this and see this revolution that you're trying to have onstage. >> and, you know, talking about a lister's, that you have involved an elastic himself, lee daniels. but jordan, i appreciate. as funny as the show is, that it explicitly tackles race and politics without fear. i want to watch another scene from ain't no more. this one about politics and protest. take a look.

. >> stephen: he's make his broadway debut right down the street.body here watch "emily in paris"? you watch that show? i hear good things. lily collins is on here this evening. how is your christmas spirit, louis. >> louis: you know, it's pretty good. people are already giving gifts and stuff and cards. >> stephen: have you guys finished all your christmas shopping over there? >> louis: no, still going. >> stephen: this weekend was going to be it. i'm getting it done this weekend, i'm not getting stressed out about this. i'm walking around with evie, various stores, on 5th avenue. what do you like? she kept pointing at things saying, "you can't buy me that." because, i could-- i host a late-night show. i got a lot of money. i'm doing fine. i'm doing fine okay. i can't buy twitter, though i would. ( applause ) but i'm doing fine. she's like, "don't buy that, that's extravagant." very breath takingly level-headed girl. i don't know what to get her. any recommendations? you guys know evie? what should i get evie. >> i think you are her greatest gift.

when you go to work, your work is at a broadway theater.heater does it sink in-- i mean you already have a well-established career, but what's it like to be on broadway, to be headlining something like that? >> i mean, it's a tremendous blessing. it feels like i'm in the big leagues. every time i'm going in there i'm part of the history, the barrymore history, the august williams history, the man who originated the role i'm playing, sam jackson, his history. >> stephen: sharing the stage with him. >> sharing the stage with sam jackson. a lot of pressure, obviously,ss too. but i feel welcomed and i feel like i belong. >> stephen: the play is two hours and 20 minutes long, and your character boy willie, talks for almost the entire thing. it's like "king lear." how do you memorize that much material? >> i have no idea. >> stephen: it is a little miraculous to be able to grab that much stuff and hold it in your head. >> it's a tall task but it's really about setting my intentions, knowing why i'm saying these words and knowing who i'm saying th

the epic movie now an off broadway production from a very special perspective, we'll get on board and explain it's monday, december 26. from is world news. now good monday morning, everyone and merry christmas. if you're still up and still celebrating, i hope you are or at least eating some leftovers from christmas dinner leftovers always hits the next day. we've got more titanic news. we've had a bunch of titanic's were making the headlines. i still have a question of weeks. and this is my rant here. rose could've fit on the door. that is my last week, james cameron finally weighed in on that it also hit its anniversary. i was like 25 years since the movie came out something like that. and now we've got more titanic news. now it goes from the big screen and the little screen, i guess to the broadway stage, and it's got an interesting i don't want to give it grows on the door this time. that's what i care about. you should've just had a smaller door, according to james cameron , jack was always supposed to pass away on the door. sorry that's where it's early. yes that, as weeased to f

the new broadway cast album is out now. take a look at that.ll have chat and music from lea michele, everybody [ cheers and applause and she is one of the emmy-nominated breakout stars of the hit "abbott elementary." janelle james is back on the show [ cheers and applause so excited to have her here. i just want to take a moment to thank you all for watching us on your local nbc stations. but now peacock subscribers can livestream their local nbc station 24/7, meaning they'll be able to watch all nbc programming, including "late night. head to peacocktv.com/local for more information and now we're going to shift gears because former president donald trump, the current front-runner for the republican party's presidential nomination in 2024, called for the constitution to be terminated after expressing support for the january 6th insurrectionists and now the republican party has finally come out in full force to condemn trump and oust him from the party and -- what sorry, what's that they haven't condemned him [ laughter ] why not? oh, for all th

now the songbook comes to broadway. now now now, my baby it's a beautiful noise.l diamond musical and we got an all access pass, geo. i mean, that makes it. they're coming to. good morning america. they're coming to. good morning america. uh will swinson playing the grammy winner and his prah diamonds, music and neil diamond himself are so beloved in this country. did you feel the weight on your shoulders? the crowd knows his sound and his movements in his mannerisms. they're so hungry to give that love to him, and i think i haven't earned this. this is not for me. they're just they're literally giving that love that they feel for neil. to me because i'm standing in his theater shoes and, uh, it's a massive privilege dazzles on stage with song. an making 17 costume changes throughout the show. i think it's £8. you should give it a try. okay you don't have to tell me twice. wow the guitar in pretty good. this is why you're the pro. this is why you're the broadway star. alright leave the shirt on because i have a surprise for you. oh, okay. excellent please good. lo

play i mean, it's just -- any, any broadway play, but especially what you're doing in this role it'srst run earlier this year, it came to my dressing room i remember, our director, scott ellis, incredible director, came to dressing room and asked, you know, do we -- it was probably may. "do you want to -- i mean, they're talking about extending it, because it was a big success. it went really well. >> jimmy: yeah >> and i -- it's such an emotionally exhausting role. it's just so -- it just beat the hell out of me i was just like, "no, get out of my dressing room. >> jimmy: yeah, you're like -- >> it's, "no, i'm tired. i'm tired. i want -- i could not wait to -- i loved it, but i needed to -- >> jimmy: exactly. >> it was beating the hell out of me. i got a summer with my kids. i got to, kind of, decompress, get some perspective and it was just still in me. i was running the lines. i was still -- it was just -- you carry it with you. >> jimmy: in the summer for -- >> yeah, throughout. i was still running the lines, working around the house, messing around and i just -- we just left on

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it's on broadway hd?minated for a grammy for the soundtrack, right? >> yes. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how many grammys have you been nominated for? >> i'm in an interesting category. i'm in the "pees when he hits a high note" category. just a little. it is my third grammy nomination. >> jimmy: third grammy nomination. you look marvelous. [ cheers and applause ] >> first i lost to paul shafer. lost to whoopi goldberg. second was the audiobook of my memoir when i turned 65, "still fooling them," lost to colbert. now we're up for this, maybe third time's a charm. the thing with the colbert thing, i really wanted to win that. i was very proud of that album. >> jimmy: uh-huh? >> i read the book in front of a live audience, for most of it. it was like the comedy albums we grew up on. >> jimmy: do you feel steven should give you that grammy just as a sign of respect? >> or make me the governor of arizona. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: is that settled yet? >> no. but that book won the audiobook of the year. the

menzel was already a star in her her own right, though, known as the queen of broadway for her roless taken menzel from sold out long island to circuits across the country. i got to sit down with menzel in new york where it all started for her. back in new york. >> yes. when i was really little, a little girl my parents would bring me into long island to see theater. the overture would start, lights would go down, you'd get the goose bumps. i wanted to be on broadway. ♪ unlimited my future is unlimited ♪ >> idina menzel is living a childhood dream. but before she took center stage on broadway -- >> please welcome idina menzel. >> she was a couple miles south in manhattan playing for a more intimate crowd at the bitter end. >> it's the only way to get out there and be seen. >> i was geek yr, you know, with my band. mostly i'd just beg my friends and family to show up and they'd have my back. and i was pounding the pavement and going through the struggle. >> menzel's rise from bar room talent to tony winning star is the new subject of the new disney plus documentary "which way to the s

. >>> and britney spears' biggest hits are broadway bound. june -- on june 22nd on the great white way. the musical incorporates her biggest songs and a story involving some fairytale characters including cinderella, snow white, and the little mermaid. spears has called the production a dream come true. >>> coming up on "cbs mornings" now, actor jesse tyler ferguson joins us in the times square studio to discuss his return to a limited run of the broadway show "take me out." >>> i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪3, 4♪ ♪ ♪hey♪ ♪ ♪are you ready for me♪ ♪are you ready♪ ♪are you ready♪ ready to shine from the inside out? say “yes” to nature's bounty advanced gummies and jelly beans. the number one brand for hair, skin and nails. with two times more biotin to bring out more of your inner beauty. get more with nature's bounty. a mystery! jessie loves playing detective. but the real mystery was her irritated skin. so, we switched to tide pods free & gentle. it cleans better, and doesn't leave behind irritating residues. and it's

broadway's first revival of august wilson's "the piano lesson." how do you bring it to life?hat he did. >> reporter: it's the new broadway revival of "the piano lesson" directed by latanya richardson jackson. a haunting family drama as two siblings battle over this family heirloom. a piano carved with the faces of their enslaved ancestors. >> wow. >> reporter: starring john david washington as boy willie. danielle brooks as his sister berniece and latanya's husband samuel l. jackson as doaker. >> you'd be surprised how many going north get on the train going west. >> you, my friend, have a longtime history with this production. i mean, you -- the original boy willie. 87, yale, the understudy for the broadway debut. >> life-altering in a lot of different ways. my life changed when i was the understudy. drug addled at the time, why me, why me and i got to go somewhere and fix my life in a way that i didn't realize my life needed fixing and my life changed exponentially, you know, when i got out of rehab because of it. >> reporter: samuel l. jackson going on to become one of hol

when you visit broadway, shubert alley has great fame, and we've got our own ali.ihan in is her name. rhianna anchors in the night insomnia act, so love her and do the world news pope guy. you go by lots of titles veteran, son, dad. -it's time to get up. -no. hair stylist and cheerleader. so adding a “student” title might feel overwhelming. what if a school could be there for all of you? career, family, finances and mental health. it's coming along. well, it can. national university. supporting the whole you. it's live with kelly and ryan. today, big-screen star geena davis. plus, actor and comedian marlon wayans. also, we take a fascinating tour of art moore's closet. and mark consuelos takes the seat next to kelly, all next on live. and now, here are kelly ripa and mark consuelos. again. [laughter] [music] ♪ don't you worry ♪ ♪ don't you worry 'bout a thing ♪ thank you. hey, y'all. it's thursday, december 29th, 2022. oh, not for much longer. not for much longer, everyone. filling in for ryan today is mark consuelos.

cooper is broadway's youngest american playwright. new show in which he stars as peaches from closing on sunday. >> hey, y'all, this is peaches from ain't no mo speaking. i keep hearing they trying to shut ain't no mo down. i just can't let that happen because i just got this job, i can't go back to mcdonald's. i just don't have a mcdouble spirit. >> cooper started #saveain'tnomo to keep the curtains open. >> this will be the carrier of our entire story as a people in this country. >> the play takes a satirical look at black americans forced to leave america for africa. >> what did he say? >> girl, he just called you a single parent. >> he has major star power backing his efforts including the lead producer, oscar nominee lee daniels. stars like celebrity couple jada pinkett smith and will smith have bought out a performance of the show. and that's "nightline" for this evening. thanks for the company, america. good night.

this time of year at the outdoor broadway plaza and walnut creek. the pressure is on to beat the holiday shopping crowds and this weekend the rain. yeah. i try to beat the rain beat the crowds, you know saturday getting close to christmas. so do what you can get it done. yeah not shopping tomorrow. storms this weekend another storm is expected to dump several rounds of heavy rain across the bay area far from ending the current drought the downpour can still make a difference as steve hill our fire season for better for worse is very close to year-round now here in northern california across much of the western united states. and so that means we get a little respite here in these winter months hill is with the contra costa county fire protection district. he says vegetation fires aren't just limited to the traditional fire season anymore. the longer term forecasts predict another dry winter for much of california. he'll says these small storms keep the ground moist which will help limit the spread of wildfires even in winter months in the last few w

his broadway show, it's fantastic. seth: it's so good to see you. i saw you last night my mom and i came and saw your show and it was fantastic. >> thank you so much it's been such a blast and i insisted on taking a photo -- >> seth: yeah. >> -- with your mom. >> seth: you did, yeah >> i was sort of the patty of the scenarioel and the bruce. patty and the bruce. >> seth: yeah, i just -- because again, we just showed this, right? >> right >> seth: you sure you want me to show it? >> yeah, i think it's -- >> seth: all right [ laughter ] >> i mean, she's pretty happy. no, no, she's happy. she's happy. that's - >> seth: we got it at a wrong moment >> okay at the side by side, i mean - >> seth: it's like you can't tell her apart [ laughter ] you also -- so you've been doing shows like this for a long time. >> oh, yeah. >> seth: and i've been coming to them for a long time and enjoying them a great deal and i did not realize, you found photos of me from ten years ago at the premiere. >> i did this thing. so my first show was

we wish him well. >>> next up, it's britney on broadway.s are from washington this year with songs like "toxic," "lucky" and "oops i did it again." the story is not the story of singer's life, but rather, as the title suggests it's a reimagining of cinderella, snow white and the little mermaid with a twist. scheduled for may '23, but tickets go on sale monday. i bet you're excited about that. >> i am excited. i feel like you cannot go wrong with britney and broadway. >> and once upon a hit me baby one more time -- >> they can change it. >> we should be clear, she's not going to be in it, but her music will be. that's great. >>> maren morris, the grammy winning singer is the guest tomorrow. morris shares how it introduced her to new audiences to who weren't really aware of the singer. >> did you have any sense when you put that song out that it was going to become the massive hit, number one, and change your life the way that it did? >> i think it just opened up a huge world audience to my voice. if anyone ever heard that -- they'll be like,

. >> we've gone over the story th whole broadway thing and it broadway is really not for you it's not you because you found that if path is that a fair assessment. >> true colors have been shown and i've seen a dark side of th industry that i really as of right now have no desire to be part of it's a shame because it was my love for so long. i feel like because of this cancer culture thing i've been able to find new ways it to be creative turn into something beautiful. >> to you feel vindicated now that we all know the vaccine that he can't get it. you can't stop it from spreadin it or getting it to you feel a little bit like what was it all about? in a way it started as a small thing in al's private about it and it was made public and really transformed my life and have no regrets. yes i still see that it's not a effective as everyone said it was going to be and maybe not a safe. >> there are silly a ridiculously talented. >> i want to put the album off if i can it's called on the other side part one it's interesting to me that you listen to some of the songs on this and it really is

. >> sketch comedy started on broadway, what they called review. revue. they had a custom comedians, dancing girls, maybe a singer or two in there. and a lot of the comedians that started in radio in the 30s and 40s started on the broadway stage, in revue. >> when i was a kid, my parents loved comedy, so there was always comedy on the radio. >> you have dedicated your entire life to the accumulation of money? >> yes, yes, my boy, i have. it is my fond hope that if i die i will go to fort knox. >> all of sketch comedy on the 30s and 40s was part of a variety program genre. so, would have an opening monologue from jack benny, you might talk, then there would be somebody who would sing a song, not comedy, just straight singer, that continued in television. >> the best sketches i ever saw were on the show of shows, with sid caesar. we had some of the best writers that ever lived, and all they did was look at society and skewer it a little bit, and you left at yourself being ridiculous. >> i will sing a song for you, it is on the other side of our record. but

it happened about one 30 at the broadway station in burlingame. our corporate justin campbell joins us now live with the latest on this terrible accident that >> yeah, this area was shut down for roughly an hour. so >> everything is back open right now. but i'll tell you what happened. you're looking at a northbound train going towards san francisco will show you some video. here is the information that we know from how train so far. >> it's reported that a driver of a vehicle drove onto the tracks here at the broadway station when it was struck by a northbound train. 59 passengers that were on board one train and 67 on another train. now no reported from anybody on that train. just unfortunately the driver of that vehicle was killed. now exactly how that got onto the tracks. we do not know yet. and also, was this a man or a woman? we still don't have that information. caltrain is investigating as soon as we learned that we will pass that along to but this area right now is back open after that tragic accident earlier today reporting live here in

this is not only about america, where the play was shown on broadway more than 600 times, but the filmon with elizabeth taylor and richard burton. received five oscars and 8 nominations in our contemporary george was played by valentin gaft martu galina volchek, the current version is much tougher , we speak locally about the world of an individual family. but in general, we are talking globally about the world in general, about the relationship of people, about the fact that we are very intolerant, that we are very careless towards each other. i picked these flowers in the moonlight to give them to you today. george there is no foul moon, the miniature blonde hani who came to visit professor george and his wife march, the director's daughter in sovremennik played marina neilova, the current chania. maria smolnikova her husband alexander novin. handsome deceived the prosperous as if from the cover of a gloss. absolutely without powder impudent self-confident and that this night she had him hmm she breaks him. she gave me this worldview, and he truly begins to love his hanya, only after

he played the alto sax, that happened thursday near the broadway station in burling game. investigators say spate drove on to the tracks and his car got stuck. he was hit by two trains, killing spate. >>> another overnight sideshow in oakland. this is what it looked like. it happened around two morning on harrison street a few blocks from lake merritt. police responded to reports of gunshots and cars and spectators blocking the streets. when the cops get there spectators take off. officers didn't find any shooting victims. no report of any arrests. >>> a power boost for the international space station. today two astronauts completed a seven-hour spacewalk to install six new solar panels to the space station. bay area native nicole nann mission commander on the station, worked with a japanese astronaut to guide the two spacewalkers. the panels were placed over the old ones. installation should increase power at the station by up to 30%. >>> we are back in 90 seconds. a new warning as that volcano on hawaii's big island continues to blow. >>> and a rescue in the bay caught o

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broadway on ice was the scheduled highlight of the fair. organizers say do not melt the ice just yet. >> we are pivoting. the show must go on. >> the theater company their synthetic ice rink indoors. >> we are trying to get our best foot forward and keep the holiday spirit alive. >> there is been a weeks worth of preparation for the storm. this dam flooding downstream. leaves were cleared from storm drains. this could prevent a flood. pg&e is asking customers to be ready for possible outages. make sure your cell phone is fully charged. it will be windy. >> now to the holiday shopping season, which is in full swing. the rain on the way could put a damper on some people's plans. we t broadway plaza to see how the rain will impact them. >> this time of year pressure is on to beat the holiday shopping crowds. and the rain. >> i try to be the rain and the crowds. do what you can. get it done. >> i am not shopping tomorrow. i don't want to walk around in the rain. >> december kicked off with a series of winter storms. this weekend, another storm

this happened thursday near the broadway station in burlingame.estigators say 58-year-old andrew spate drove on to the tracks and his car got stuck there. it was then he was hit by two trains, killing spate. spate lived in burlingame, was a well-known fixture of the local jazz community. he played the alto sax, taught at san francisco state school of music. >>> newew video tonight of anotr overnight side show in oakland, happened around 2:00 this morning on harrison street a few blocks from lake merit. police responded to reports of gunshots and cars and spectators blocking the streets. when they got there spectators took off. officers did not find any shooting victims. no reports of any arrests. >>> the aquatic park pier in san francisco is more than 80 years old and an essential part of the aquatic park cove. now it is closed to the public permanently. the national park service says years of pounding waves and a recent earthquake have made it unsafe. people trying to save the pier held a rally hoping to bring in more funding. >> save the peer. >

last-minute because they think it's better. >> it was the night before christmas when all through broadway plaza shoppers were looking for last-minute presents. josh stevens says he purposefully waits until christmas eve to do his shopping. what i like about shopping last minute for a few items is there's no lines and it's pretty quiet. >> and i can holiday shopping because the crowds are like doing well. others were out spending time with family. i've already done my shopping. so just enjoying being with these guys. patricia haley spent the afternoon shopping with her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend. and you've got all these bags. are you buying gifts for yourself tonight or you buy gifts for other people? >> i like you all is our says she's lucky because delta airlines sponsored last minute shopping earlier this week when she was flying home for the holidays. her flight was overbooked. so her boyfriend, as the airline, if there was any compensation for switching to a later flight look like, yes, you know, there's >> $3,000 each compensation well like, okay. we explains splurge the

. >>> tickets are going on sale for a broadway show set to the music of britney spears. the story is all about women building up their power. >>> the 49ers won against miami, but it came at a cost, one we don't like. quarterback jimmy garoppolo is out for the rest of the season. he had to be carted off the field. by halftime, the team confirmed jimmy g will undergo season-ending foot surgery. we'll have reaction from teammates acgeorgia is the last warnock is facing herschel walker. early voting has set records. 1.8million votes have already been cast. right now, thousands are without approximate power in north carolina, and an entire county 30 miles from fort bragg is under a mandatory curfew. police say someone opened fire on two substations. several pieces of equipment are now damaged. utility officials say restarting power could take days and temperatures are plunging in the area.. >>> darren peck is here to give us a look at our first alert weather. it was even from gianna driving in from pacifica. we are still seeing a lot of rain. >> let's get to first alert doppl

i staged a performance, bullets over broadway, and then vera valentina agreed to play with me. and the role is a little bit off her list because she was such an aging alcoholic actress and she was very funny and very brave went into this role selflessly rehearsed and acted all the time not afraid to make remarks. you could be all young directors are afraid they think they came, people's artist. he thank god that came. uh, we need comments as much as the young ones. well, she lived with the director all her life and understood how important the director is to the actress, so we have a wonderful relationship. and i hope very much that madame rubinstein, because of our recent work of interviews with other artists, the corpses of the pushkin theater turned out to be dramatic not the most original. everyone repeated each other and the word word pisarev is wonderful, talented, kind and attentive demanding ones noted the special accuracy of his tasks, his unique sense of humor and incredible charm. yes , you yourself now see how in this photo shoot. they increased friedman, here evgen

. >> nicole kidman's big broadway bid.d hugh jackman hat, and it is all for charity. >> a new stream lodging so you can see seals and sea lions going back into the wild. also, a live look outside sfo this morning. with gold bond... you can age on your own terms. new retinol overnight means the smoothing benefits of retinol are now for your whole body. plus, fast-working crepe corrector diminishes wrinkled skin in just two days. gold bond. champion your skin. announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. reggie: doordash layoffs. how many workers the company plans to get rid of. kumasi: interest rate hikes not over yet. how much the increase might be this month. reggie: a misunderstanding. elon musk and tim cook discuss twitter on the apple app store. >> a stormy start to december. this is a live look from our walnut creek camera. and here is live doppler 7, showing the radar. how much more rain we are expecting to see today. >> good morning to you, welcome to thursday, december

shoppers rushing over to broadway plaza in walnut creek. and that's where we find kron four's. and then harry tonight, she has more on why people waited so >> a few hours ago, it was fairly busy year. people were going in and out of stores looking for those last-minute deals. now it's much calmer, although the tree is still lit and there are some people looking at that tonight. i spoke to some of those last minute shoppers. most of them told me they were having a positive experience and some even like to wait till the last minute. >> it was the night before christmas when all through broadway plaza shoppers were looking for last-minute presents. josh stevens says he purposefully waits until christmas eve to do his shopping. what i like about shopping last minute for a few items says there's no lines and it's pretty quiet. >> and i can send holiday shopping because the crowds are like doing well. others were out spending time with family. i've already done my shopping. so just enjoying being with these guys. patricia haley spent the afternoon shopping with her daughter and her d

what is he afraid this new to the broadway? you know, it's hard to say what's new that's being offered and safe to say that, you know, he is a person that has come out of the ranks of the movement for democratic change, which has been challenging the ruling party in the past 20 years. yes, of course you broke away from the can teachers and the ever, you know, fucks now and the breaking patsy movement for don't democratic change to form the susan correlation for change. so what you can say may be probably is that the use energetic use somebody who is that we can identify with the younger generation that is also aspiring to see young people taking the reins of leadership in zimbabwe. and he carries might as well, you know, you, you, of course, and he went on alone is involved, right. is that even possible? it's, it's not really possible. yeah. to just wait on korea. my only. that's why you find that those that i in the ruling part ranks the coffee human and say that he is much who are you. he really needs more years for another 4

window, you are the first blac man to play the iconic role of willie lowman on broadway.this is the first time that black family has bee at the center of this. how did that impact do you think the telling of thi classic story. >> i think it amplifies it >> enrich is a, defense and, heightened sit in every way. >> it also just speaks to th level of specificity the more specific you are, wit the black family, the blac woman a family it becomes even more universal because our obstacles, our plate, our journey is so specific and the obstacles placed i front of them. the disillusionment about abou the american dream is for black family 1949. it just heightens all th themes even more >> a black family 1949 and for black families today it's still very resonant that glass ceiling is totall there. i think when you have people have said it's an all blac cast it's not an all black cast had it been an all-black castle hunt have the sam residents. because you wouldn't see thi disparity. you wouldn't see the glass ceiling. the fact that you are able t see a black family try to ge on in

yeah looking forward to tonight, not the last broadway musical that you've seen.ave been many, many more. maybe that'll be the one that i go to for the very first time saying it behind you. i haven't seen one either. can afford. select quote. we shop you save. happened, starting with the massive frog breeding event. nope nope. have to know no. and this happened in one guise swimmingl downer considered going for a swim until he saw this. that is a ton of frogs. you guys, hundreds of them in his swimming pool. apparently excessivra ? hamilton's says. apparently his dogs are sick of them. quite literally. they've eaten so many of like god, you know what? i find this story? absolutely disturbing. riveting ah, oh, there we go. yeah. okay let's move moving right along. next to the moose caught in the act. this happened in anchorage, alaska. doorbell camera captured this moose on the loose, digging into the snacks. they apparently thought the homeowners left for him on their front porch. just a little snack and bison ax. we mean their plants and have been during the snow

you think that there will be a frozen 2 broadway show?m for a whole lot stay tuned. you never >> laura, nicole chapman, thank you so much for joining us here during kron. 4 news at 3 frozen is at the orpheum theater in san francisco until december 30th and tickets are still available. sort think and thank you so much. the show is really incredible. love this. thank you so much. on break. a leg. for more than 20 years. there's a house that's decked out in christmas lights. this brighten spirits in the north bay. but sadly, this year it's going to be its last kron four's. dan thorn has the story from vallejo. it's a light display that easily captures your attention. >> and for the people of and beyond it says christmas and only away. bob and linda taylor can when people come up and tell us how much they appreciate what we're doing. that makes it all worthwhile are happy. >> especially the case. you can see them you can see their smile. >> the christmas house in glen cove has been a holiday tradition since 1999, the twinkling lights that bri

because i don't think for the most part broadway is for black people. groups, they go out, but for my nephews who would rather spend $200 on a pair of nike sneakers or see a rihanna concert, this is not for them. this is not an inclusive place. when i'm in a broadway show, i'm the only spot in the stock. this changes the game. it is disruptive is the best way i can figure. it's powerful. it's the strongest piece of material i have ever worked on, and i didn't even write it. a young black queer kid who i met at the public theater blew my mind away. it was audacious. when i was a kid coming out in hollywood, there wasn't -- it was pre-spike lee. there weren't any black filmmakers, let alone black gay filmmakers that were there. so i was on my own. and i want today make sure this kid's voice was heard. it is the funniest, i can't curse because i'm going to get you in trouble. it's the funniest i have ever worked on. it's beautiful. >> i love that. i love this call aqui. let me put up a headline on the fallback list. this narrow mindedness needs to fall bac

this, of course, is not a musical on broadway, but we hope that we will find out.oming from this movie. why did this couple not find a common language with the royal family? well, the most most importantly, the first few episodes will already be available for viewing online tomorrow, like this, so there is something to do there. tsya, for example, breakfast will be tomorrow, by the way, you have breakfast, and you have breakfast before the broadcast, i will definitely have breakfast. well, i see it used to be, belarus yes, and perhaps you are cooking for me according to the recipe of our beautiful football blogger anatoly moiseev today he cooked, well, something amazing, as they say, you will lick your fingers for trigons, look. good morning today for breakfast we will cook the most tender syrniki you've ever tasted recotta syrniki for making them. we need 200 g of ricotta. one egg three tablespoons of rice flour, a tablespoon of cane sugar, salt and 10 g of butter. put the rekota into a deep container, add one egg, three tablespoons of flour, a tablespoon of cane

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officials blocked off three lanes north of broadway. a semitruck and a crown victoria were reportedly found engulfed in flames after the crash. php said one of the vehicles was involved in a hit and run. this is still under investigation with no word yet on how many people were injured. on the peninsula, we are learning more about the bus crash in daly city yesterday afternoon. four people were hurt, one of them critically, after a bus driver lost control and plowed through a parking lot. more than a dozen cars were damaged, some of them totaled. a reporter reports from daly city. >> there just was chaos. it was complete chaos. >> 16 vehicles hit by a sam trans bus driver in the middle of the day friday, sending four people to the hospital, one critically injured. this happened at ceremony shopping center in daly city. we captured the path of destruction. the cause is still under investigation. >> it definitely raises a lot of concerns, especially this day and age. you never know with people hijacking public transportation. >> gina guti

mail and packages burst into flames after a car slammed into it early this morning on i 880 near broadway in oakland. the driver of the car was trapped inside by the fire and died. investigators say it appears the driver of a white ford crown victoria was racing another car when he hit the truck which then slammed into a concrete barrier and overturned on broadway. the car's driver left the scene. the postal service is all the mail in the truck was outbound and people can find if there packages were destroyed by tracking their shipment online. new details tonight on a shooting outside a pleasant hill pizza restaurant last night, we have learned the victim was a 36-year-old man and the suspect has been arrested was 54 years old. thooting happened after the two men got into a dispute inside the pizza my way to contra costait spilled outside s when the victim was shot multiple times, his condition is not available, the victim is an employee and he did know the gunman. building a better bay area -- new numbers show covid-19 cases are surging in the bay area and across california since thanksg

. >>> and jesse tyler ferguson will be with us to talk about returning to his broadway role, take me out. we'll have all that and more on the show. we'll see you at 7:00. >>> welcome back. let's talk money. dow is down in the red 230 points on this monday morning. and also, in your money watch headlines, production is gradually returning to apple's biggest iphone city in china. the factory has been hit by covid restrictions, and worker protests since october. >>> if you feel you don't get enough time away from work, there is a reason for that. the u.s. ranked second to worst in the world in terms of how much vacation time people get. americans on average only received 10 paid vacation days. iran came in first place, where employees get 53 vacation days per year. what do you do with all that? that sounds so nice. i know my family in italy gets a good vacation time too. >> we need to get over 54. >> we're all going to band together to make this happen. >>> the view over downtown, you can see the streets are slick. that's going to play out in most locations. here's a view from a little