he, in fact, is the reason that we have an eight-hour day for american workers, clarence darrow.> ) civil rights attorney. and he took on cases that no one else would take on. and then later in his career he was an incredible criminal defense attorney. and so i'm doing this one-man show about his entire life. and i just think that his voice right now in the place that we're at, he was a reasonable, very, very funny-- there was a lot of audience participation-- we're not selling out the whole stadium, by the way. it's going to be quite intimate. we'll probably play in front of 5,000 or so people. and one of the things i'm most excited about-- >> stephen: 5,000. >> about 5,00, yeah. i played at the epiduris. >> stephen: what's the epiduris? a skin disease. what is that? >> yes, but because of the budget, you can't fix it. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> stephen: so what's the epiduris? >> epiduris is the incredible ancient greek theater in greece, in athens. >> stephen: like an original theater. >> and i went out, i did "richard iii" there and i played in front of 14,000

he plays the one-time legendary clarence darrow.8 he's also hosting the tony awards for the first time on cbs. we're pleased to have him. >> you're talking about me like i wasn't here. >> okay. now you're here, kevin spacey. let's start with the darrow role because i think the venue is so interesting. arthur ashe big stadium. how did you choose that? >> we reconfigured it into a theater in rounds, so i really wanted to keep that way of doing us because there was a lot of audience participation. i go out in the audience, make them read things, and i choose my audience. there's something exciting about an audience watching an audience watching a play. >> who was clarence darrow? >> he was a remarkable labor attorney. he got for workers rights, for better conditions, for hours. in fact, he's the reason we have an eight-here day, although, charlie, you don't have an eight-hour day. he became a huge civil right attorney. he was never frade to put his head above the parapet. i think he managed to in all of his arguments use home-spun logi

on june 15th and 16th, spacey will perform a one-man show of clarence darrow, home of arthur ashe tennise cool. to hear more about how kevin dreamed up that event and how you can get free tickets check out our web extras. and kevin also stars in "baby driver" on june 28th. >>> next up, jon hamm, the st. louis native finds about losing his parents at a young age. and what live is like after don draper. that's next week on "sunday today." >>> and coming up next here, the end of an era, the tiny catholic high school in in which that won four basketball championships under a legendary coach is forced to close its doors. >>> and the new york city firefighter whose long days on for mom" per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer... ...than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty, the quicker picker upper and now try bounty with new despicable me 3 prints. in theaters june 30. hey, l'eggo my eggo. i don't see your name on it. really? ba bam! know the rules. keep yo