nathan lane is here. [ cheers and applause ] one of my favorites. by, she stars on one of my new favorite tv shows "the last man on earth," the very funny kristen schaal is with us with tonight. [ cheers and applause ] and we will have music from borns! [ cheers and applause ] they're great. it's going to be wonderful. now moving on. on thursday of last week, indiana governor mike pence signed the religious freedom restoration act into law. now some claim this is simply a defense of religious freedom. others say, it will allow businesses to deny service to gays and lesbians. let's take a closer look in a segment we call "a couple things." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] now one of the reasons you think this law will allow people to refuse participate in a gay wedding are the words of eric miller, a supporter of the bill who wrote on advance america, a christian baker and florist and photographer should not be punished for refusing to participate in a homosexual marriage." now, the words in the sentence are very telling. even more telling, the use of an ex

tonight a conversation about life and death and theater with nathan lane and brian dennehy. the two actors starring in eugene o'neill's "the iceman cometh." >> look, anyone in show business, there are certain preconceptions about them. we think we know them because of two or three things they did that were successful and we think that's the person i know. i thought i had more to offer and wanted to challenge myself and i certainly wanted to do it with bob and brian. i knew that's the way to do it. >> arthur miller who i was privileged to work with we talked about the differences between a lot of these play writes and he sadoneil was the deepest diver, he was interested in the soul. >> rose: nathan lane and brian dennehy when we continue. >> rose: funding for charlie rose is provided b >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. > rose:

. >> he replaced nathan lane in jans january and co-star -- >> if you're going to loose nathan lane,e he is. america's most living promising playwright. >> how is it to be back on stage live eight time as week in front of a live audience? >> you know, there's no greater excitement for an actor than to be in new york city doing a play. it's the thing you fantasize when you're a little kid. >> this is jiminy click talking to my old friend jerry sighfeld. >> short is best known for his characters. >> give me a c, a bouncy c. >> reporter: oddball, zany brilliantly weird. >> a snake is a very long animal. >> reporter: he developed many of these characters on the stage of improv group second city and later on television on s.e.t.v. and "saturday night live." do you have a favorite character? >> i usually like when someone says do you know what my favorite character is? clifford, a 10-year-old boy. how amazing how they'll talk about that unusual 10-year-old boy. and needlelander i played from "three amiegoamigos." ♪ you and i will settle down in a cottage built for two ♪ >> if you're 42 and

nathan lane and brian dennehy. i'm pleased to have them at the table. welcome. nathan: thank you. always a pleasure. charlie: you saw this production was going to take place. you said, this is right for me. you notified the director? charlie: it started with ken and abe rp it you cannot just talk about these great parts. you had to do them -- and he said, you cannot just talk about these great part spirit you had to do them. you will learn a great deal. it doesn't matter what anyone else says. i read an interview in "variety" with brian. there were talking about revisiting "the iceman cometh." they had done it together. very successful. charlie: is there a character he hasn't played? [laughter] charlie: -- nathan: when i heard them discussing this i wrote an e-mail to bob even though i didn't know him well to say, i would love to play hickey. here is my reasoning. fortunately, he responded positively. we got together and started discussing how we can do it. charlie: how do you see hickey? nathan: when i read the play when i was a kid and got a collection of eugene o'neill plays an

kevin: they have been doing a very successful run of it with nathan lane and brian dennehy.rlie: is there any character you have been waiting to play? kevin: not really. i don't covet parts. i've never really coveted -- "i've got to play that role." it's more about where a director sees me and how a director wants to work with me. charlie: have there been things that you've said, i've got to do this because all great actors have stopped at this place whether hamlet or whatever it might be? kevin: it's possible, there may be a few down the road. someday i should probably play the father in "a long day's journey." charlie: "house of cards," third season. kevin spacey, good to see you. thank you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ cory: live from pier 3 in san francisco, welcome to "bloomberg west." where we cover innovation, technology, and the future of business. i'm cory johnson. a check of your top headlines. the fed stress test results are out. they see whether banks can withstand losses. citigroup got the best results. bank of america got a conditional pass. deutsche ban

kevin: they have been doing a very successful run of it with nathan lane and brian dennehy.harlie: is there any character you have been waiting to play? not --kevin: not really. i don't covet parts. i've never really coveted -- of got to play that role. it's more about where a director sees me and how a director wants to work with me. charlie: have there been things that you've said, i've got to do this because all great actors have stopped at this place whether hamlet or whatever it might be? kevin: it's possible, there may be a few down the road. someday i should probably play the father in "a long day's journey to go charlie: house of cards, third season. kevin's basic, good to see you. thank you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ >> everyone knows in republican politics, chachi is definitely in charge. ♪ happy national oatmeal waffle nut day. he swings for the fences. the bush and walker pitching duel in this morning's washington post. team bush

then nathan lane. nbc tonight. >>> it is 8:30 on a monday morning, the 30th of march, 2015.tic. >> okay. that's great for them out west. >> yes. >> but we're cold here. >> it's going to stay cold. start to get more mild toward the end of the week. >> we're going to hold you to that. just ahead from grills to gutters the five things you got to spend extra cash on this spring. >> plus i woke up like this no not really. look at that. the beauty secrets behind flawless no-makeup look and how we can achieve it. it's a celebrity trend appearing you don't have on makeup. the keys to making that happen. carson is going over to hug people. >> like i'm out. we lost him. >> we're going to show these folks here. how about a camera. it's a follow me down. it would be nice. and look at all of these nice people come down for our -- your rolling spring break. where are you from? >> michigan and wales. >> i like that hat. very nice. how are you doing. let's show you what we've got going on right now for the week ahead. much above normal for the western two thirds of the country. below normal