Peters also chatted backstage with Barbara Walters about working on Follies, where she plays Sally Durant Plummer and gets to sing "In Buddy's Eyes" eight performances a week—Walters' all-time favorite Sondheim song.
Academy Award nominees Jackson and Bassett, who play Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Camae, respectively, in Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning drama, discussed their experience with The Mountaintop, which officially opens on Broadway Oct. 13.
To check out Peters backstage at "The View," look below:
To watch the interview with Jackson and Bassett, look below: