and cynthia nixon animates the stage in the broadway revival of the little foxes. >> ben hubbard wanted the cotton, and oscar hubbard married it for him. be nice to me then. he used to smile at me. he hadn't smiled at me since. everybody knew that's what he married me for. everybody but me. >> rose: we will have those stories and more on what happened and what might happen. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications >> rose: and, so, you began how? >> changed the landscape. >> rose: is it luck or >> rose: tell me what the significance of the moment. >> rose: this was the week president trump fired the director of the f.b.i. the senate intelligence committee took testimony on russia's interference in the 2016 election. a 3-year-old named always dreaming finished first at the 143 running of the kentucky derby. here are the sights and sounds of the past seven days. >> violent protests rage on in venezuela. >> personal with national

stay with us. >> rose: cynthia nixon is here. a revival of "the little foxes" on broadway. nixon and lenny alternate in the lead role of regina and supporting role of birdie. birdie performance earned nixon her fourth tony nomination. here's a look at her in that role. >> aunt birdie. why did you marry uncle oscar? >> i don't know. i thought i liked him. and he was so kind to me. and i taut that was because he liked me, too. but that wasn't the reason. ask why he married me. i could tell you that. he's told me often enough. >> miss birdie, don't. y family was good and the cotton on the fields was better. ben hubbard wanted the cotton and oscar hubbard married it for him. he used to be nice to me then. he used to smile at me. he hasn't smiled at me since. everybody knew that's what he married me for. everybody but me. stupid! stupid me! >> rose: nixon also stars in terrance david's new film "a quiet passion" as emily dickinson, the renowned 19t 19th century poet. pleased to have cynthia nixon back at this table. welcome. >> thank

. ♪ charlie: cynthia nixon is here.ny, and grammy award-winning actress, starring alongside laura linney in a revival of lillian hellman's classic play, "the little foxes,." her performance has earned nixon her for the tony nomination. here's a look at her in that role. birdie? why did you marry uncle austin? >> i don't know. i thought i liked him. and he was so kind to me. and i thought that was because he loved me, too. but that wasn't the reason. ask why he married me. i can tell you that. he told me often enough. >> ms. birdie, don't. >> my family was good, and the cotton was better. he wanted the cotton. me.he usedbe nice to to smile at me. at me since.led everybody knew that's what he married me for. everybody but me. stupid, stupid me. charlie: nixon also stars in terrence davies' new film, "a quiet passion." she starts as emily dickinson. i'm pleased to have her back at the table. you said it was a two-person play. a two-personas play. there is a big 19th and early 20th century tradition of two actors doing a fe

a play where she and cynthia nixon from sex and the city fame switch roles. >> so the idea of switchingween you and cynthia, i'm told was your idea initialingly? >> it was my idea. >> why did you come up with that idea? >> i thought it would make it more interesting. >> i wanted for a variety of reasons, a, i would get to play bird ei reasons, a, i would get to play bird ee which is the part i had an affinity to play. and b, because women had never done this on broadway before. i thought good i can be bad not just in one part but two. >> she's so great. the little foxes is on broadway now. and her movie "the dinner" is in theaters. that 15-minute sequel to "love actually" will air this thursday night during the red nose schedule. >> check out our web extras at today.com/sunday. dylan's back with another look at the weather. hey, dylan. >> hey, willie. we're going to see wet weather up and down the east coast down to the gulf of mexico. heavy rains continues through the southeast by tuesday. in wednesday, still unsettled in the eastern third of the country but the western two-thirdses lo

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and cynthia nixon and i switch between birdieand regina. >> so you memorized both character earns?e and i wanted to be regina. >> you are proving we can do everything. >> laura linney, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> "the dinner" opens in theaters nationwide tomorrow. this is "tay" on nbc.od >>> can we thank our momma-to-be brandi for being here. >> thank you. >> we had so much fun with you, brandi, good >>> we start out this morning with fog in san francisco, and then after that clears, some sunshine. a high of 68 degrees. 63 degrees and the winds increasing throughout the day. as we go into the weekend, there will also be mostly cloudy skies and a chance for some spotty showers and more cooler weather next week. in the inland areas, we go from 80s today to 72 degrees tomorrow, and you see how our temperatures continue to stay right at about average for this time of year with the weekend and a slight chance of rain. let's see how the roads are moving with mike. >> overall things have been pretty pleasant, but there is a trouble spot in one of the key spots, and that's on the d

. >> rose: we continue with cynthia nixon on broadway and the little foxes and in a film called the quiet passion, she plays emily dickinson. >> i think people who don't intend to come twice come sand see it one way and then come back becse

cynthia nixon. >> yeah. >> seth: and you play -- you play a big brother is this as well. >> i do.her. >> seth: yeah. xc fairly close relationship with one the -- with my sister, who is played on alternate nights -- >> seth: yeah, they flip parts. >> by laura and cynthia. i've got to say going in i kind of had hopes of a, kind of a joan crawford/betty davis "fued" thing going on. >> seth: yeah. who doesn't want to be around a feud? >> didn't work out. didn't work out. >> seth: now they get along and everything? >> they adore each other and it's so boring. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> but we do have a nice time. we're all kind of closeted in the dining room. kind of unseen by the audience. and right before we go on we all join hands and chant lillian hellman's name, the author of the play. we all go, "lillian, lillian, lillian, lillian." [ light laughter ] and it works. we get into a zone. [ laughter ] >> seth: well, congratualtions. >> thank you so much. >> seth: and thank you so much for being here. >> my pleasure. >> seth: the show's fantastic. >> my pleasure. [ cheers and appl

i saw it, and you and cynthia nixon are amazing. >> and congratulations. >> there was one part whereul play that hasn't been done for a long time with a remarkable company. and cynthia nixon and i switch off every two days with characters. >> how do you memorize both characters? >> the it was an idea that came to me. i had been cast as regina and remembered cynthia always wanted to play her, and i always wanted to play birdie. men do it all the time, but it's the first time women have done that we can do anything. >> laura linney, thank you. "the dinner" opens tomorrow. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month online, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds get hbo for a y