. >>> andrew lloyd webber is having quite the moment, his tony award-winning musicals have been seen by millions, he has a new autobiography out and tonight on this easter sunday, nbc is staging a live production of his early hit "jesus christ superstar." our kate snow sat down with andrew lloyd webber at the majestic theater here in new york. >> i started writing musicals when i was 7 or 8 years old. i built myself a toy theater and i staged musicals which i got my brother to help sing. >> reporter: that formative love for musical theater propelled andrew lloyd webber to icon status with broadway hits like "evita," "cats" and "phantom of the opera." this theater, this is where phantom is every night and has been the longest running show on broadway. you, i've heard, bought a secondhand copy of the book, the novel phantom for 50 cents. >> not very far away from here on fifth avenue. >> reporter: best investment you ever made? >> it wasn't a bad one. >> reporter: he has his critics but the fans are just as loud. a great story he says is the key. he wrote the title song for "jesus chri

. >>> andrew lloyd webber is having a moment.musicals have been seen by millions and now he has a new autobiography out called unmasked >> last night on easter sunday nbc staged a live production of his early hit jesus christ superstar. nbc's kate snow sat down with andrew lloyd webber at the majestic theater right here in new york city. >> i started writing musicals when i was about 7, 8 years old. >> reporter: 7 or 8? >> yeah. i built myself a little toy theater and i staged musicals which i got my brother to help sing. >> reporter: that formative love for musical theater propelled andrew lloyd webber to icon status with broadway hits like avida. cats. ♪ ♪ phantom of the opera. this theater, this is where phantom is every night and has been the longest-running show on broadway. ♪ ♪ >>> you, i've heard, bought a secondhand copy of the book, the novel phantom, for 50 cents. >> 50 cents, not very far away from here on 5th avenue. >> best investment you ever made? >> well, it wasn't a bad one. >> reporter: he has his critics, but t

john legend, alice cooper, sara barr illes starring in "jesus christ superstar," andrew lloyd webber, watch it live. easter sunday, 8:00 p.m. >>> piece of space junk size of school bus about to fall to earth early as tomorrow. china lost contact with. looks to re-enter tomorrow afternoon. most burn up on re-entry but pieces could fall from oregon to new york to south america, in other words they don't know. also a good chance of falling into ocean. let's hope for that. thanks for joining us, "saturday night live" up next. watch out for space junk, have a happy easter. ♪ ♪ get high speed internet from at&t. $30 per month. no extra monthly fees. more for your thing. that's our thing. visit att.com/internet. ♪ >> and now a special christmas message from the white house. >> hello, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] >> and merry christmas. >> that's right, you can finally say that again. because the war on christmas is over. it will soon be replacy

world famous composer andrew lloyd webber, the man who put that together many moons al, and it's going to be live. you can watch it on nbc bay area on easter sunday, 8:00 p.m. >>> one last look at some pretty nice weather for easter sunday. >> a little bit cooler. clouds to start things off tomorrow. as we go through the week, we'll be dry through wednesday. it looks good for the giants home opener coming up on tuesday afternoon. could get to the upper 70s on wednesday before rain makes a comeback, and it might get heavy at times for the north bay friday night into saturday. stay tuned. >> thanks for watching us. we'll be back tonight at 11:00. have a great night. tonight, we investigate a year after oroville dam spillway collapsed. we uncover seven other dams at risk of suffering a similar fate, one of them right here in the bay area. plus, the results of a toxic cleanup faked. we investigate new developments involving radiation at the hunter's point shipyard in san francisco, then-- female: it's not safe, it's not healthy. feces on the ground, needles. male announcer: public streets

cocreator andrew lloyd webber envisioned. >> it is going to feel like this once in a lifetime moment.reporter: one that will be shared tonight with a national audience. >>> live tonight right here on nbc tune in at 8:00 for the two-hour special. we'll be right back. >>> well, you know, selfies are a big deal these days. there is now a museum dedicated to selfies. the museum of selfies opened its doors today. a pop up museum in l.a. to find out how that is possible, go to the museum. it is going to be open for two months. perhaps the most interesting is the record breaking selfie stick which is more than 90 feet long and stretches the entire length of the selfie museum. >>> we want to say a special congratulations to teigen mcgrady. she helped lead the stanford cardinals to the 2017 women national championships. al proud dad right now. you have an update on the falling chinese trash. >> they think passing perhaps towards buenos airs. >> see you at 6:00. >>> tonight we're in oklahoma where teachers are threatening to walk out despite getting a pay raise. the latest in a national trend o