Michelle Obama News

The 9th Annual Winter Gala of Epic Theatre Ensemble (titled 'Spark') will be held on Monday, March 1st, 6:00 p.m. at 24 Fifth (24 Fifth Avenue btw. 9th and 10th).

Karen Finley's solo performance of The Jackie Look is a narrative told by a resurrected Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

It is with great pleasure that The West Bank Café announces upcoming performances to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre. The West Bank Café is located at 407 West 42nd. St., at Ninth Avenue. For reservations, please call 212.695.6909.

First Lady Michelle Obama has invited the cast of GLEE to perform at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on April 5th. Producers jumped at the invitation, rescheduling rehearsals and shooting to accommodate the performance.

First Lady Michelle Obama will host Broadway star Harry Connick Jr. in a discussion with local music students at the White House on Sunday, February 21st. The event will serve as a preview to the talent that will be featured at the upcoming Governor's Ball.

First Lady Michelle Obama will host Broadway star Harry Connick Jr. in a discussion with local music students at the White House on Sunday, February 21st. The event will serve as a preview to the talent that will be featured at the upcoming Governor's Ball.

According to a report in the New York Times, the White House's first music event of 2010 will be a concert titled 'In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music From the Civil Rights Movement' in the State Dining Room. The concert is scheduled for February 11. Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah are set to host.

The 2010 White House Music Series begins on Wednesday, February 10th, when the President and First Lady will host 'In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement' - a concert celebrating Black History month.

The 2010 White House Music Series begins on Wednesday, February 10th, when the President and First Lady will host 'In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement' - a concert celebrating Black History month.

New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble today announced dates for the New York premiere of Passion Play by Sarah Ruhl (In The Next Room (or the vibrator play)) and directed by Mark Wing-Davey (The Singing Forest). The show will begin previews April 27 and run through May 30, 2010. Opening night is set for May 12, 2010. Passion Play will be performed in the site-specific environs of the Irondale Center, a converted Sunday School inside the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church (85 South Oxford Street) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Casting for the 11-character play will be forthcoming.

KAREN FINLEY, the most controversial woman in performance today, will premiere her latest work THE JACKIE LOOK beginning January 23, 2010 at The Laurie Beechman Theater. Originally developed as a site-specific multimedia production for Country Club, the initial September 2009 run was cancelled when the venue suddenly and unexpectedly shuttered. Opening night is slated for January 30, 2010.

According to a report in the New York Times, the White House's first music event of 2010 will be a concert titled 'In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music From the Civil Rights Movement' in the State Dining Room. The concert is scheduled for February 11. Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah are set to host.

KAREN FINLEY, the most controversial woman in performance today, will premiere her latest work THE JACKIE LOOK beginning January 23, 2010 at The Laurie Beechman Theater. Originally developed as a site-specific multimedia production for Country Club, the initial September 2009 run was cancelled when the venue suddenly and unexpectedly shuttered. Opening night is slated for January 30, 2010.

After being forced to postpone the world premier of her lastest piece, THE JACKIE LOOK at the Country Club due to the venue's closing this fall, performance artist Karen Finley will now debut the piece at the Laurie Beechman on Saturday, January 23 at 7:30pm. The multimedia show will run consecutive Saturdays at 7:30pm from January 23 - February 27.

Germany's Der Spiegel is reports that a new musical, 'Hope! The Obama Musical Story,' will open in Frankfurt on January 17th.

2010 tickets for Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, the world's longest running musical revue, are on sale now. Tickets range in price from $25 - $80 (based on performance date and seat location) and are available by calling (415) 421-4222 or visiting beachblanketbabylon.com.

KAREN FINLEY, the most controversial woman in performance today, will premiere her latest work THE JACKIE LOOK beginning January 30, 2010 at The Laurie Beechman Theater.

Germany's Der Spiegel is reports that a new musical, 'Hope! The Obama Musical Story,' will open in Frankfurt on January 17th.

Saycon Sengbloh takes on her largest and most influential role to date as the muse of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in Fela!, now playing at Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre.

The 41st NAACP Image Awards nominees were announced today during a press conference at The SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills. Taye Diggs ('Private Practice' - ABC), Michael Strahan ('Brothers' - FOX) and 'FOX NFL Sunday'), Wanda Sykes ('The Wanda Sykes Show' - FOX), Kyle Massey ('That's SRaven,' 'Cory in the House' - Disney Channel), Chris Massey ('Zoey 101' - Nickelodeon) and Tatyana Ali (Young and the Restless - CBS) joined NAACP Image Awards Committee Chair, Clayola Brown, and Vicangelo Bulluck, Executive Producer of the telecast, to announce the categories and nominees. The 41st NAACP Image Awards will air live on Friday, February 26 (8:00 - 10:00 PM ET/PT Tape-Delayed) on FOX.