Michele Obama AT Memphis Today

[Honestjs]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 6:11pm

Michelle Obama, the girls, and their Grandmother attended the 3PM Matinée of Memphis the Musical today! Hockadoo! What an honor for the hard working and talented cast!

[rmusic11322]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 6:13pm

Were they sitting in a box?

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 6:21pm

Barricades were set up outside.

[TalkinLoud]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 6:24pm

I heard they really enjoyed the show!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 6:29pm

I would love a Memphis "kidnapping" of Michelle, but I know there is no way in hell of that happening... LOL

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 6:48pm

Those poor children.

[BroadwayBound115]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 7:07pm

That poor cast!

[bundy5000]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 7:11pm

Poor America

[jacobp]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 7:11pm

That poor cast :/

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 7:18pm

Was it on TDF or TKTS?

[wendilin622]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 7:29pm

I wonder if that was the girls' first Broadway show....

[rmusic11322]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 7:34pm

Memphis wasn't the only show affected by the Obama visit.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 7:36pm

Oh boo hoo. I'm sure the Next to Normal-heads can get their autograph when they see the show again, tomorrow night.

[Kalimba]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 7:41pm

Kalimba is with Mildred on this one. Oh boo hoo Kyle Dean Massey, the fangurls will return another day.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 7:44pm

I hope Alice Ripley makes an amusing You Tube video on how the whole event made her feel.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 8:52pm

She wasn't on today. But that wouldn't necessarily stop her from doing a video about it.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 10:43pm

Did she stage door?

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 11:11pm

did they see Fela yet?

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 11:34pm

"Did she stage door?"

LOL!!!

[Wicked Fanatic]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 11:55pm

Someone asked if they sat in a box. Nope, they sat in their own row since it was quite an entourage. And yes it was on Tkts because I bought my orchestra seat there and I had no idea they were coming. Great show but then when you're performing for the first family it better be.

[PReeves2]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 12:40am

why did someone post "Poor country" and "Poor cast"? wouldn't it be such an honor to perform for the first lady of our country? Isn't that such a great and free promotion for the show?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 6:53am

Because there are sardonic and bitter people on these boards. But that's okay since they balance out the overly optimistic newbies.

[Chuck012]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 9:40am

It only cost the American taxpayers $100,000 to $200,000 for the planes, cars, security, etc. for this little excursion. But that's nothing compared to the billions her husband is driving future generations into debt for his Princess Pelosi social engineering
programs. Wait till November! The two of them will be in the TKS line very soon.

[Luv2goToShows]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:26am

Yep, quite costly to the taxpayers for Presidential visits, including their families. It is may be good for the show but not for the ordinary folk who get disrupted by street closings and what not (worse when the president visits, an eve bigger entourage)

I sometimes wonder if it would be cheaper to just send the cast to perform for the family in DC. Sure, my not get the same theatrical set but you get the jest of the show. In addition to saving money for the security it would be much safer for the president and his family.

Anyway, hopefully they enjoyed the show.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:53am

It was worth the expense to get the two young girls out of town when Republican Tea Partiers were out on the streets shouting n***** and f***** at Congressmen.