If you worry about the vitality and visibility of live performance in an increasingly screen-centric culture, Michelle Obama deserves a prominent spot on your list of people to be thankful for this weekend.
In the past four years, she hasn’t just given her regards to Broadway; she has repeatedly lent her headline-making presence to the theater — that indispensable yet perennially embattled art form — while embracing challenging fare, not just safe, escapist hits.
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Brava, Michelle.
Thanks for this article. I wish the ending sentence had lived up to the article as a whole however. The article spoke to theater's power as moral educator and as a vehicle to debate ideas and issues alive in our community. I believe this is more than what is suggested by being a fan.