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Testament of his talent and how he always remained relevant and current and how he would reach for roles that would challenge him it seems. it seems that a lot of these rolls he would relate to as well. he is a norm new yorker and his went to public school. he was a man of the people. he walked the streets and walked his kids to school. he would take on these characters that reflected humanity. that is what i would be drawn towards. it is true, when he came up he went to nyu. he has never lost his theater roots. there are a whole list of fans that only know him from broadway as opposed to us t...

He is the voice behind famous hit songs like "mandy" and "can't smile without you." you know him as the king of the copacabana. ♪ her name is lola ♪ she was a show girl >> that's a good one, but my favorite is "looks like we've made it." singer barry manilow is more than a musician, songwriter. he's a musical legend, and he's returning to his theater roots with a new musical called harmony. it's about a real life german boy band from the 1920s and on friday i had the honor to sit down with mr. manilow and his longtime writing partner bruce sussner to discuss his late

The conclusion of "the soprano's" not just the end of a television phenomenon but allowed gandolfini to take his career in new directions. >> he took it very seriously. >> reporter: now in his 40s he was free to take on nontough guy characters. branching out from his iconic portrayal of tony roles like in "pelha am 123" and then he voiced in "where the wild things are." >> look at me, i'm big. >> reporter: true to his theater roots, he returned to the broadway stage starring alongside jeff daniels and hope davis, gandolfini played a frumpy business man earning a