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Jan McArt in WAVE YOUR FLAG! Postponed at Lynn University
by Tyler Peterson - March 30, 2016

'WAVE YOUR FLAG!,' a new play with music by South Florida playwright Tony Finstrom, scheduled to be presented Wednesday, April 6th, as part of the 'Jan McArt New Play Reading Series' at Boca Raton's Lynn University, has been postponed due to an illness in the cast....


Lifetime to Premiere Original Movie SURVIVING COMPTON: DRE, SUGE & MICHEL'LE, 10/15
by Caryn Robbins - September 07, 2016

Celebrated hip-hop recording artist Michel'le will speak up and speak out about the darker side of Compton hip-hop as she narrates the Lifetime Original Movie, SURVIVING COMPTON: DRE, SUGE & MICHEL'LE, based on her life story, premiering Saturday, October 15...


VIDEO: Bellamy Young Talks 'Scandal' & More on TODAY
by - June 24, 2015

Bellamy Young who plays the first lady of the United States on the popular drama "Scandal" stopped by NBC's TODAY, where she revealed her birth name, Amy Maria Young. ...


Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden, Mark Kelly and LeVar Burton Host Story Time For Elementary Schoolers
by Christina Mancuso - May 05, 2016

LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Service members and their families stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, one of the largest training bases for the U.S. Army, received a special visit today from The First Lady, Dr. Biden and Astronaut Mark Kelly. They were joined by lifelong literacy advoca...


Obama Calls HAMILTON 'Fabulous;' Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonathan Groff, and More React
by Sally Henry - July 19, 2015

It's not every day that Broadway actors get to perform for the President of the United States. But the HAMILTON cast got just such a privilege on Saturday afternoon, as BroadwayWorld previously reported. Now a day later, they are still glowing....


Michelle Obama Makes 5th & Final Visit to CBS's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN Tonight
by TV News Desk - April 30, 2015

First Lady Michelle Obama will make her fifth and final appearance on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN tonight, April 30 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network....


OUTSKIRTS OF EDEN to Play Frigid Theater Festival NYC 2016
by Tyler Peterson - January 28, 2016

'Outskirts of Eden' is a one-act play adapted by Eva Dolan from Edward LeComte's novel 'I, Eve' to take a bite out of the (Big) Apple at 2016 FRIGID Festival in New York City in February and March....


Anthony Anderson & More Join Season 4 of Disney Junior's DOC MCSTUFFINS
by Caryn Robbins - February 09, 2016

Anthony Anderson (ABC's 'black-ish'), Molly Ringwald ('Sixteen Candles'), Ellen Pompeo (ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy'), Gabourey Sidibe ('Empire') and Vanessa Williams ('The Good Wife') will guest star on Disney Junior's critically acclaimed DOC MCSTUFFINS...


First Lady Michelle Obama to Guest on Nickelodeon's ALL IN THE CAM NEWTON Today
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2016

This Today, July 29, at 8:00 P.M. (ET/PT), Nickelodeon will feature the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama in an all-new episode of ALL IN WITH CAM NEWTON....


First Lady of China, Peng Liyuan, Visits Lincoln Center, The Metropolitan Opera
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2015

Katherine Farley, Chair of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and Judith-Ann Corrente, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Metropolitan Opera, along with Lincoln Center President Jed Bernstein and Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb, today welcomed The First Lady of China, Ma...


STAGE TUBE: A New Argentina! Highlights of Caroline Bowman, Ramin Karimloo and More in Vancouver Opera's EVITA
by Stage Tube - May 02, 2016

Vancouver Opera's spring production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA runs now through May 8, 2016 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, featuring stars Ramin Karimloo as Che and Caroline Bowman as Eva Peron. Click below to watch highlights from the production!...


Michelle Obama Gives Passionate Speech as Part of BROADWAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE; Airs on TLC This Thanksgiving
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2015

Today, November 16, First Lady Michelle Obama give a fun and passionate speech during a student workshop as part of BROADWAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, parts of which will air on TLC this THANKSGIVING in a special hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Morrison....


VIDEO: First Lady Michelle Obama Shares Post-White House Plans on COLBERT
by Caryn Robbins - September 29, 2015

After 2016, the First Lady plans to continue her #62MillionGirls campaign promoting girls' education around the world. But there's at least one thing she hasn't been able to do for 8 years that she's really looking forward to....


Larry Wilmore to Host 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner
by Caryn Robbins - December 16, 2015

The White House Correspondents' Association has announced that Larry Wilmore, host of 'The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore' on Comedy Central, will be the entertainer at our annual dinner on Saturday, April 30, 2016....


First Lady Michelle Obama & Dr. Jill Biden to Appear on NBC's THE VOICE
by Tyler Peterson - April 28, 2016

Next week, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden will celebrate the 5th anniversary of their Joining Forces initiative. In 2011, the First Lady and Dr. Biden launched Joining Forces, a nationwide initiative that calls on all Americans – in both the public and private sectors - to rally around...


Janet Langhart Cohen's ANNE & EMMETT Runs This Weekend at MetroStage
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2015

Janet Langhart Cohen, an Emmy-award nominated journalist and civil rights activist, will bring her timely play, 'Anne & Emmett,' to the MetroStage theater. Running today, May 7 through Saturday, May 9, the one-act play is an imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till, both victims of ...


SXSW to Welcome President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as Keynote Speakers
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2016

South by Southwest (SXSW) is honored to announce President Barack Obama will appear as part of a Keynote Conversation at SXSW Interactive today, March 11 and First Lady Michelle Obama will be the opening Keynote at SXSW Music on Wednesday, March 16....


SXSW Welcomes First Lady Michelle Obama as Keynote Speaker Today
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2016

South by Southwest (SXSW) is honored to welcome as part of a Keynote Conversation at SXSW Interactive, First Lady Michelle Obama at SXSW Music today, March 16....


First Lady Announces SMITHSONIAN SALUTES RAY CHARLES: IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2016

The President and First Lady will invite top contemporary artists to the White House as part of its “In Performance at the White House” series....


Lin-Manuel Miranda Threatens HAMILTON Audience Members with Patti LuPone
by Sally Henry - July 19, 2015

HAMILTON writer/star Lin-Manuel Miranda recently reprimanded rude theatregoers with the single most effective threat possible: Patti LuPone....


First Lady of China, Peng Liyuan, Visits Lincoln Center, The Metropolitan Opera
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2015

Katherine Farley, Chair of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and Judith-Ann Corrente, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Metropolitan Opera, along with Lincoln Center President Jed Bernstein and Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb, today welcomed The First Lady of China, Ma...


Elaine Paige's I'M STILL HERE Farewell Concert Screens in the U.S. Today
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2015

ScreenLive presents a unique and ground-breaking evening in cinemas worldwide when the incomparable Elaine Paige brings her sell-out 50th Anniversary Farewell Concert I'M STILL HERE, filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, to the big screen....


HAMILTON's Jonathan Groff on Madonna's Poor Theater Etiquette: 'That Bitch Was On Her Phone'
by Caryn Robbins - July 10, 2015

Groff talk about the highly publicized incident involving Lin-Manuel Miranda's refusal to allow audience member Madonna  backstage due to her poor theater etiquette during the show's off-Broadway run....


VIDEO: Kevin Spacey Explains Why 'Frank Underwood' Would Not Support Donald Trump
by - February 24, 2016

Kevin Spacey joins TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie and Willie Geist to talk about the next season of the hit show, and expresses that he doesn’t think his character would support real-life GOP hopeful Donald Trump....


Photo Coverage: President Obama Poses with the HAMILTON Cast!
by Nicole Rosky - July 20, 2015

The Broadway community has been a-buzz with chatter about President Obama attending Saturday's matinee of HAMILTON on Broadway, as BroadwayWorld reported. Now, we bring you more photographic proof! Below, check out a photo posted on Twitter by @Konradng of the President onstage with the full company...






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