"To Kill a Mockingbird" comes to Broadway
With Aaron Sorkin writing the adaptation and Jeff Daniels starring as Atticus Finch, the Harper Lee classic hits the stage
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Making "To Kill a Mockingbird" for a modern audience
Aaron Sorkin and Jeff Daniels tell 60 Minutes how the theme of racial injustice resonates today—and the emotional scene not included in Sorkin's play
How Jeff Daniels prepared to play Atticus Finch
The award-winning actor says it’s a new take on the character as "To Kill a Mockingbird" hits Broadway. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT on CBS
Ariana Grande gives first performance since Mac Miller’s death
The pop star sang "The Wizard and I" for NBC's "Very Wicked Halloween" special
Neil Simon, legendary Broadway playwright, dead at 91
Simon's laugh-filled hits like "The Odd Couple," ''Barefoot in the Park" and his "Brighton Beach" trilogy dominated Broadway for decades
Rosie O'Donnell, Broadway stars, protest outside White House
O'Donnell spoke to protesters before the group broke into a rendition of "America the Beautiful" on Monday
How a Broadway blockbuster helped start conversations about suicide
The hit musical centers on the unlikely bond of an isolated high school senior and a family coping with the suicide of his classmate
Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical treasures
Mo Rocca looks back at one of Broadway's greatest songwriting teams, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who together created such classic shows as "Oklahoma!," "South Pacific," "The King and I" and "The Sound of Music." He also talks with Tony Award-winner Kelli O'Hara, today's most celebrated interpreter of Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Tony Awards 2018 highlights
See all the huge moments during Broadway's biggest night at the 72nd Annual Tony Awards in New York City
Tony nominee Lauren Ridloff, star of the best story on Broadway
Deaf since birth, she was nominated for her very first acting job, starring in the revival of "Children of a Lesser God"
Broadway director Kenny Leon on following his grandmother's advice
Tony-winner writes of the bedrock wisdom that guided him through an ever-changing career in his new memoir, "Take You Wherever You Go"
Kenny Leon on his grandmother's life lessons
Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon directed numerous Broadway hits including, "Hairspray Live" and "Fences." His most recent production, "Children of a Lesser God," is nominated for a Tony. Throughout his decades-long career, Leon's work focused on diversity, inclusion and influencing social change. Leon joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his new memoir, "Take You Wherever You Go," where he writes about his humble beginnings.
Broadway's boffo box office: $1.7 billion in sales
Ticket sales rose 17 percent this past season, boosted by supporting players like "Mean Girls" and "Harry Potter"
The unlikely cast of "Once On This Island"
Broadway often celebrates people overcoming differences and adversity through stories told on the stage, but behind the scenes one director's art became a true reflection of himself. Jamie Wax reports.
U.S. Coast Guard's long history of service in New York
Alexander Hamilton founded the Coast Guard nearly 240 years ago in New York City
Tony Award nominations revealed
"Mean Girls" and "Spongebob Squarepants" lead this year's Tony Award nominations with 12 each. CBS News contributor Jamie Wax joins CBSN with a look at Broadway's best.
2018 Tony Award nominations revealed
Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. and "Waitress" star Katharine McPhee announced the nominations for major categories in the 2018 Tony Awards
Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban to host Tony Awards
CBS announced that crowd favorites and Tony Award nominees Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban will host the 72nd annual Tony Awards for the first time from Radio City Music Hall
Tina Fey on "Mean Girls"
The musical "Mean Girls" opens April 8 on Broadway, and it's a big deal for Tina Fey, the actress-author-comedian who wrote the script for the show based upon her now-classic 2004 movie. "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley speaks with Fey, her husband Jeff Richmond (who composed the show's music), and "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels, who produced both the movie and the stage show.
Tina Fey brings her "Mean Girls" to Broadway
The writer-comedian who conquered late-night sketches and primetime comedy is now bringing her 2004 film about teen cliques to the Great White Way, as a musical
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt release mashup
Fans are in for a treat as two Broadway superstars unite for a mashup between songs from "Hamilton" and "Dear Evan Hansen"
Harper Lee's estate sues over Broadway's "Mockingbird"
The estate of "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee is not happy about an upcoming Broadway adaption of the novel
Jimmy Buffett and "Margaritaville" come to Broadway
The musician's songs are now featured in a jukebox musical about a lounge singer not unlike himself
John Lithgow on stage
Correspondent Lee Cowan interviews the Emmy-, Tony- and Golden Globe-winning actor John Lithgow, now on Broadway in the one-man show, "John Lithgow: Stories By Heart," inspired by the books he shared with his father.
John Lithgow on the love that was basis for "Stories By Heart"
In his new one-man Broadway show, the celebrated actor recalls how literature helped him connect to his father, as a child, and when his dad neared death
CBS News poll: On Trump deploying National Guard, divisions over impact on crime, rights
Trump's approval rating ticks back up; support for tariffs declines as some pull back buying.
South Korea says it reached a deal to release workers detained in ICE raid
South Korea says it reached a deal with the U.S. to release more than 300 South Koreans detained in an immigration enforcement raid at a Georgia Hyundai plant.
Who won MTV Video Music Awards for 2025? See the full winners list here
See the full list of winners and nominees for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.
Justice Barrett on the Supreme Court's checks on Trump's power
In her first TV interview since joining the Supreme Court in 2020, Justice Amy Coney Barrett also discusses her vote in the 2022 Dobbs abortion case.
Duckworth: Trump essentially "declared war" on Chicago; no "indications" of deployment
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, said President Trump "essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation."
Powerball winning tickets sold in Texas, Missouri in estimated $1.8B jackpot
Saturday's jackpot had an estimated cash value of $826.4 million, Powerball said.
Hassett says Fed monetary policy should be "fully independent" of presidents
Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett said the Federal Reserve's monetary policy "needs to be fully independent of political influence — including from President Trump."
Ukraine government building damaged in large Russia aerial attack
Russia attacked Ukraine with 810 drones and decoys – the largest aerial attack on the country since the war began, Ukraine's Air Force said.
Australian woman who killed 3 with toxic mushrooms sentenced to life in prison
Erin Patterson was convicted for serving a poisonous meal to her estranged husband's parents, aunt and uncle during a beef Wellington lunch at her home in 2023