. >> and next then we'll have wells whitney, jim cunningham. >> hi. i'm beaver bower a costume designer in the bay area and teatro zinzanni. i think this historical land deserves a jewel of a theatre that represents the diversity of it's past and presence. it's an original multi- cultural massive experience and celebrate the human kind. i think it belongs here and honors the past of the barbary coast. i think our souls need to be entertained and i think we need it now more than ever and what's great about zinzanni is you do it in the most collective experience possible. zinzanni includes the audience to become a wonderful experience. the show is around you, above you next to you and might even under your table. it everywhere, that closeness, proximity moves the audience and entertains them in a different way that they usually are not. talking to the performers and the closeness in that proximity brings a different level of performance out of them. there is no hiding for a performer in zinzanni, everyone see's you, smells you, hears you and that is won

so did neighbors like jim cunningham. you remember this guy? >> of course i do.re, causing all kinds of trouble. and he used to be screeching out of that window. but it was wonderful. >> reporter: in grade school at st. thomas moore he sang in the school musicals. >> who have we got today. >> reporter: when we returned with him last month, his album had just hit number one again in england. ♪stay with me >> reporter: after school, smith would walk for hours along country roads, headphones on, singing along with beyonce. >> yeah. this is my little spot. my first ever job over there. >> reporter: how did you pick the spot? >> something about listening to music and looking at that for me. it just makes music sound sweeter you know what i mean? >>reporter: certainly. >> i remember sometimes being here, right? i'd be listening to music for hours and hours and hours, and then suddenly a car would screech up here, and my dad would think i've been kidnapped. >> reporter: his father would connect him with a music teacher. joanna. what did you work on? >> come fly with me.