Barack Obama News

Seth Rudetsky has an exclusive interview with the Republican front-runner... sort of.

Kenny Leon's slick production of Diamond's clever riff on racial communication features a terrific cast.

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.

The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Music Director will present Rex Isenberg's Messiahs: False and True, for chorus, narrator, organ, and bass drum on Sunday, March 6 - 3:00 PM at Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 E. 88th Street (between First and Second Avenues) in New York, NY.

On Thursday, February 18, world-renowned fathers' rights attorney and author Jeffery M. Leving will be discussing and signing his latest book, 'How to Be a Good Divorced Dad,' at the National Families and Fathers 17th Annual Conference at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles, California. He will also be sharing critical information from his book as part of his lecture as a keynote speaker at the same event. 'This is a pain-filled book that offers good advice about how to preserve a family born of a marriage that has failed. It's a book that is, unfortunately, more and more needed,' wrote late Cardinal Francis George of the Archdiocese of Chicago in his endorsement letter. Leving's book, 'How to Be a Good Divorced Dad,' is a must-have resource that presents essential advice for divorced or divorcing dads of any age, background and marital history. The book is filled with practical ideas for staying connected with children and dealing with ex-wives and in some cases a new girlfriend or the wife's new boyfriend-during the divorce and afterward. Leving's book is an essential reading for the millions of American fathers routinely excluded from their children's lives by a biased system in which greed and retribution too often overwhelm compassion and concern. About Jeffery Leving Jeffery M. Leving has been recognized by government leaders (including the last three U.S. Presidents and the Illinois House of Representatives), private industry, his peers, and non-profit agencies. His latest book, 'How to be a Good Divorced Dad,' received praise from President Barack Obama, and was endorsed by the late Cardinal Francis George of the Archdiocese of Chicago. For more information, visit http://www.dadsrights.com.

A musicologist and the cast album's mixing artist discuss reasons for the need to listen to HAMILTON over and over.

The POTUS had some romantic sentiments to share with his best gal, Michelle Obama.

The Town Hall presents From Moses to Mostel: A History of The Jews (According to Musical Theater), a premiere chronological history of the Jewish people as depicted on stage and in song, on Saturday, February 27 at 8 p.m.

Just in time for previews, which start tonight 11 February in the West End, MOTOWN THE MUSICAL has announced an extension through 18 February 2017. The Daily Mail revealed this evening that 200,000 new tickets are now on sale.

Take a journey through the rich history of New Orleans with Grammy Award-winning Dee Dee Bridgewater, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra at the Holland Performing Arts Center, 12th and Douglas streets, Saturday, March 12, 2016, at 8 p.m.

Charl Brown (Smokey Robinson) and Sifiso Mazibuko (Marvin Gaye) join Cedric Neal (Berry Gordy) and Lucy St. Louis (Diana Ross) in the West End production of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, beginning tonight 11 February 2016 with press night on 8 March 2016.

Last night, having won critical praise for his previous Cafe Carlyle residencies, Tony Award-winner John Lloyd Young returned with an all-new show titled Yours Truly, and BroadwayWorld was there. After seeing his first appearance at the storied venue, where he performed selections from his debut album My Turn, Stephen Holden of The New York Times said Young 'has a disciplined one-in-a-million high tenor shading into falsetto that he can direct through the stratosphere.' Upon his second residency, Mr. Holden praised Young for '[tapping] into the raw feelings and intensity of a teenage romantic dreaming out loud.' Yours Truly, his first engagement back in NYC since starring in Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys film, will feature a fresh set of lushly romantic '60s-era R&B ballads and a few brand new songwriting collaborations. Performances will take place Tuesday through Saturday. Reservations made by phone at 212.744.1600 are $85 ($135 for premium seating, $55 for bar seating) Tuesday-Thursday; and $95 ($150 for premium seating, $65 for bar seating) on Friday and Saturday. Cafe Carlyle is located in The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel (35 East 76th Street, at Madison Avenue).

Producer Scott Rudin has announced plans to bring Harper Lee's classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD to Broadway for the 2017-2018 season. Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin will write a new stage adaptation of Lee's novel, and the production will be directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher.

  The producers of the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof announce that ITZHAK PERLMAN, the reigning virtuoso of the violin, has recorded a special bonus track for the upcoming New Broadway Cast Album of Fiddler on the Roof.  PERLMAN has recorded 'Excerpts from Fiddler on the Roof' arranged by John Williams.

CBS THIS MORNING delivered 4.71 million viewers Monday marking CBS's largest single-day morning news audience in 15 years, according to preliminary Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Feb. 8.

Throughout the day on SUPER BOWL SUNDAY, Feb. 7, CBS's SUPER BOWL 50 pregame show, THE SUPER BOWL TODAY (2:00-6:00 PM, ET), celebrates the SUPER BOWL by integrating into its coverage historical footage, great moments, videos, player vignettes and reflections highlighting the history of the SUPER BOWL since CBS first broadcast it in 1967.

Producing Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside and American Blues Theater, Chicago's second oldest Equity Ensemble celebrating 30 years of presenting visceral theatrical works while engaging its audience in missions of local service agencies, are proud to announce the Chicago premiere of LOOKING OVER THE PRESIDENT'S SHOULDER, by Artistic Affiliate James Still and directed by Timothy Douglas, February 5 - March 6, 2016 at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.

Today, FiveThirtyEight and ESPN Films debuts the first of a series of five short films which delve into some of the most iconic moments in recent U.S. election history.

The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) announces the launch of the 2016 Spring Festival,Style, with more than 20 programs taking place in and around Chicago April 28-May 1. Exploring how style shapes who we are as individuals and what we value across cultures, CHF is making the bold statement, 'style matters.' 

Fred Staton, jazz saxophonist, will celebrate his 101st birthday at the Monday Night Jam, hosted by the Jazz Foundation of America in NYC, on February 15. Fred, whose sister is the late Jazz/Blues songstress, Dakota Staton, is evidence of the power of jazz and the importance of living a life of passion, no matter one's age.