President Obama News

First Lady Michelle Obama spoke on the arts at her appearance with fellow first ladies at a high school in Pittsburgh, where Obama touted her commitment to the creative arts.

Theater for the New City proudly presents the World Premiere of EN, a thrilling percussion and dance show created and choreographed by STOMP nine-year veteran Yako Miyamoto. EN runs from September 17 - 20, 2009 in a limited engagement at Theater for the New City's Johnson Theater, located at 155 First Avenue between 9 & 10 Streets in NYC.

Celtic Thunder, the hit Irish and Scottish male pop vocal group, has been dazzling audiences worldwide and will soon be dazzling Jacksonville when the group comes to the Times Union Center's Moran Theater on Sunday, October 25th at 7:00 PM for one performance only!

President Obama announced today that veteran film and television producer and playwright George Stevens, Jr. and Broadway Producer Margo Lion will serve as Co-chairs to the Committee of the Humanities and the Arts. Mary Schmidt Campbell, Dean at Tisch School of the Arts, will serve as Vice-Chair.

Theater for the New City proudly presents the World Premiere of EN, a thrilling percussion and dance show created and choreographed by STOMP nine-year veteran Yako Miyamoto. EN runs from September 17 - 20, 2009 in a limited engagement at Theater for the New City's Johnson Theater, located at 155 First Avenue between 9 & 10 Streets in NYC.

Short Stay at the National Theatre in DC Ends September 18 but Philadelphia is Next.

Alan Gilbert will become the 25th music director of the New York Philharmonic when he conducts the Opening Night Gala Concert of the Orchestra's 168th season, Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.

Theater for the New City presents EN, a thrilling percussion/dance show created by STOMP nine-year veteran Yako Miyamoto, and performed by the all female Japanese troupe COBU will have its world premiere on Thursday 9/17.

Woodshed Collective will present the world premiere of The Confidence Man, conceived by Woodshed Collective, written by Paul Cohen (winner of the 2008 NYCFringe best playwright award), and inspired by Herman Melville's1857 novel about a riverboat con man, beginning Tuesday, September 1 and playing free to the public on the ship Lilac, a decommissioned U.S. Coast Guard vessel docked on the north side of Pier 40, at the intersection of West and Houston streets on the Hudson River.

Brian Stokes Mitchell. The actor performed The Impossible Dream from Broadway's Man of La Mancha - a musical based on Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. The song was a fitting tribute to a man that spent much of his political career following his own impossible dream - health care for all...

Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will sing at a private memorial celebration for Senator Edward M. Kennedy today, August 28th. Mitchell will perform 'The Impossible Dream' from MAN OF LA MANCHA.

Theater for the New City proudly presents the World Premiere of EN, a thrilling percussion and dance show created and choreographed by STOMP nine-year veteran Yako Miyamoto. EN runs from September 17 - 20, 2009 in a limited engagement at Theater for the New City's Johnson Theater, located at 155 First Avenue between 9 & 10 Streets in NYC.

Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, has launched a new Web portal dedicated to the promoting community service opportunities for arts groups, arts volunteers, and artists nationwide.

Hawaiian native and singer Kaui Beamer of MTV reality show Taquita & Kaui, and MTV's hit series Making The Band will be joined by sexy Hawaiian dancers and performers dressed in authentic in traditional skirts teaching New Yorkers in Times Square how to Hula dance on the 50th Anniversary of the Aloha State.

Two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama during a special ceremony held today, August 12 at 3pm EST.

Alan Gilbert will become the 25th music director of the New York Philharmonic when he conducts the Opening Night Gala Concert of the Orchestra's 168th season, Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.

Web Alert: Watch Two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera receive the Medal Of Freedom on Wednesday, August 12 at 3pm EST via streaming video at www.whitehouse.gov/live

Web Alert: Watch Two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera receive the Medal Of Freedom on Wednesday, August 12 at 3pm EST via streaming video at www.whitehouse.gov/live