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Starring on Broadway, Obama and Alexander Hamilton – The New York Times
New York Times (blog)
… mostly black and Latino actors, has racked up some of the largest advanced sales in Broadway history and drew a bipartisan Who’s Who of political figures to its earlier run at the Public Theater, including Bill and Hillary Clinton and Dick and …
Obama finds story like his own at ‘Hamilton’KCRA Sacramento

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Obama finds story like his own at ‘Hamilton’ | Politics – KCRA Home
KCRA Sacramento
Celebrities and New York tastemakers packed the Public Theater in the East Village nightly before the show moved to Broadway this month. It’s already sold more than 200,000 tickets for an open-ended run at the Richard Rogers Theater. The musical has …

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Confirmed! President Obama Enjoys the Saturday Matinee of Hamilton
Playbill.com
The celebrated show arrived on Broadway July 13 after an acclaimed, sold-out run at the Public Theater. It officially opens Aug. 6. Obama joins a long history of U.S. presidents who have attended the theatre, including John F. Kennedy who saw How to …
Obama to find story like his own at ‘Hamilton’KETV Omaha

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Cleveland Public Theatre unveils 2015-16 season featuring the ‘Simpsons’-based …
cleveland.com
(L to R) Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Jennifer R. Morris, Gibson Frazier and Colleen Werthmann from the 2013 New York premiere of Anne Washburn’s “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,” at Playwrights Horizons. (Joan Marcus). Print Email · Andrea Simakis, The …

Cleveland Public Theatre unveils 2015-16 season featuring the ‘Simpsons’-based …
cleveland.com
(L to R) Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Jennifer R. Morris, Gibson Frazier and Colleen Werthmann from the 2013 New York premiere of Anne Washburn’s “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,” at Playwrights Horizons. (Joan Marcus). Print Email · Andrea Simakis, The …

How we feel about theater etiquette; – The Bulletin
Bend Bulletin
As you probably have heard, even Madonna was shamed for texting during a recent pre-Broadway performance of “Hamilton” at the Public Theater. Creator-star Lin-Manuel Miranda famously did not invite her backstage after the performance. I had my own …

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ArtsBeat | Lin-Manuel Miranda to Sit Out Performance of ‘Hamilton,’ Even With …
New York Times (blog)
Mr. Muñoz was also Mr. Miranda’s alternate during the musical’s original run at the Public Theater, and also played Usnavi in “In the Heights,” Mr. Miranda’s previous Broadway show, for two years. On Friday afternoon, Mr. Miranda wrote on Twitter …
Is President Obama Headed to Hamilton? – Playbill.comPlaybill.com

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A Play on Words – The New York Times
New York Times (blog)
This month the show moves to Broadway after a two-month hiatus from its sold-out run at the Public Theater. It is possible that this much-lauded production will not successfully survive the huge audiences, expensive tickets and high demands of Broadway …
President Obama will see Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’ – NY Daily NewsNew York Daily News
Lin-Manuel Miranda Will Not Play HAMILTON for President ObamaBroadway World
Obama to find story like his own at ‘Hamilton’ | Politics – KHBS Home4029tv
Playbill.com –White House Dossier
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Jane Lynch, Gad Elmaleh & More Comedians Coming to Joe’s Pub
Broadway World
ABOUT THE PUBLIC THEATER AT ASTOR PLACE Under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, The Public Theater is the only theater in New York that produces Shakespeare and the classics, musicals, …

Review: First the rain, then ‘The Tempest’ — NewsWorks
Newsworks.org
My own feelings may have been tinged by the lavish Public Theater production of “The Tempest” I saw in Central Park weeks ago, out in the open but under a calm sky. Mostly, though, I was sensing how much better this production would be in a less …