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Michele Obama and Daughters Make Visit to Broadway

Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis
in The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess
(© Michael J. Lutch)
Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis
in The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess
(© Michael J. Lutch)

United States First Lady Michelle Obama, and her daughters, Malia and Sasha, attended three Broadway shows last weekend, according to The New York Times.


On Saturday night, Mrs. Obama and a friend went to see The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and then congratulated the cast, including Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and Tony nominee Norm Lewis onstage after the curtain went down. Meanwhile, her daughters attended the musical Sister Act and went backstage to meet the show’s star, Raven-Symoné.


On Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Obama and her daughters saw Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, during which actor Christopher Tierney as Spider-Man dropped down and saluted Mrs. Obama, who laughed and waved, according to the paper’s report.