The Trip to Bountiful Star Cicely Tyson Talks Feuding With Her Mother, Making a Difference & Visiting Small-Town Texas

For the first time in 30 years, three-time Emmy winner and Broadway vet Cicely Tyson is back on the boards in The Trip to Bountiful as Carrie Watts, an elderly woman who will do anything to return to her beloved Texas hometown. On CBS News, the legendary actress traces playwright Horton Foote’s roots back to Wharton, Texas, and greets students at the Cicely L. Tyson School for the Performing Arts in New Jersey. Watch scenes from the new revival starring Tyson, Vanessa Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr., then see The Trip to Bountiful at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, opening April 23!