{"id":462214,"date":"2010-03-23T09:26:05","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T13:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michelleobamawatch.com\/?p=2919"},"modified":"2010-03-23T09:26:05","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T13:26:05","slug":"first-lady-weemichelles-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/462214","title":{"rendered":"First Lady & weeMichelles on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ahhh it must be spring break. This week First Lady Michelle Obama and the weeMichelles hit Broadway to take in two shows. According to Playbill.com<\/a> the First Mom and Daughters saw the matinee performance of “Memphis” on Sunday and “The Addams Family” on Monday.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Daily News<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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The First Lady and her daughters escaped to New York to catch a Broadway show while her husband stayed in Washington to fight for health care.<\/p>\n

Michelle Obama – with Sasha, 8, and Malia, 11, and about a dozen other people in tow – took in the matinee performance of “Memphis” Sunday.<\/p>\n

Security blocked off 44th Street outside the Shubert Theatre when their motorcade arrived. Obama, the girls and their friends were hustled in through a side door to seats reserved in the first four rows of the theater.<\/p>\n

“They didn’t make an announcement but when they came in, everybody noticed and started taking pictures. Then people started clapping too and there was a standing ovation for them,” said Terri Mertz, one surprised audience member.<\/p>\n

“I knew she was tall but I didn’t realize she was that tall!,” said Mertz, referring to the striking First Lady, who was wearing a black dress.<\/p>\n

Secret Service members, alarmed by the rash of audience members who reached for cellphones and digital cameras to photograph the First Gals, warned at intermission that they would confiscate anyone who tried to take anymore pictures.<\/p>\n

Shortly before the end of the song that signaled the intermission, the Obamas and their entourage were escorted out and returned after the other audience members were seated.<\/p>\n

After the show, the audience remained seated as they again walked up the aisle and the girls smiled and waved to their fellow theater-goers.<\/p>\n

The musical tells the story of a white DJ, Huey Calhoun, in 1950s segregated Tennessee; his love for a black singer, Felicia Powell, and the then underground sound that gave birth to rock and roll.<\/p>\n

Democrats and Republicans were hashing out votes on health care as the First Gals steered clear of that drama and enjoyed the one on stage.<\/p>\n

Last summer the First Kids were with their mom in London where they celebrated Sasha’s birthday with “The Lion King.”<\/p>\n

While the audience greeted the Obama women warmly, The President and Mrs. Obama’s first foray to Broadway last May – to August Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” – sparked outrage from Republicans.<\/p>\n

GOP critics complained he had no business taking his wife out to dinner and a show, given the economic crisis.<\/p>\n

New Yorkers said that was ridiculous and were thrilled the Obamas were in town – just as they were yesterday to see the First Lady.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Posted by Aminah Hanan<\/p>\n

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Ahhh it must be spring break. This week First Lady Michelle Obama and the weeMichelles hit Broadway to take in two shows. According to Playbill.com the First Mom and Daughters saw the matinee performance of “Memphis” on Sunday and “The Addams Family” on Monday. According to the New York Daily News… The First Lady and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5788,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5788"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}