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"New York, New York" arrives on Broadway

Theater legend John Kander, who co-wrote with Fred Ebb such classic musicals as "Cabaret" and "Chicago," has a new musical opening on Broadway. "New York, New York," adapted from the 1977 film, features never-before-heard songs by Kander & Ebb, and new songs by Kander and "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Correspondent David Pogue talks with the 96-year-old Kander, Miranda, and director-choreographer Susan Stroman about the show, in which aspiring performers try to make it in "a city that never sleeps."

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"Shucked": Broadway, country music and corn

For singer-songwriters Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, it's been a perfectly natural road from Nashville to Broadway, as they bring country music and "Hee Haw"-style humor to the Great White Way in the new musical comedy "Shucked." Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Clark and McAnally; book writer Robert Horn; and stars Caroline Innerbichler, Alex Newell and Kevin Cahoon about collaborations, storytelling, and sharing joy and corny jokes with audiences.

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The return of "Sweeney Todd" to Broadway

There's a new demon barber of Fleet Street: Singer Josh Groban, who earned a Tony nomination for his first Broadway musical, "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812," is back in the title role of Stephen Sondheim's iconic musical about a vengeful barber whose victims are baked into meat pies. CBS News' Anthony Mason talks with Groban; Tony-winner Annaleigh Ashford (who co-stars as Mrs. Lovett); and Tony-winning director Thomas Kail ("Hamilton") about the blood-curdling revival.

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