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"US president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama recently attended a performance of Denzel Washington&amp;#039;s play A Raisin in the Sun.  The politician and his wife enjoyed a romantic date night on Friday (April 12), traveling to New York to see the Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry&amp;#039;s acclaimed play.   First produced in 1959, the play became the first-ever production on Broadway to be written by an African-American woman.  It tells the story of a low-income African-American family as they argue over what to do with a $10,000 insurance check received by the family&amp;#039;s widowed matriarch.  Washington stars in the revival in the role made famous by Sidney Poitier. Anika Noni Rose also appears, with UK actress Sophie Okonedo making her Broadway debut.   The Obamas were joined by administration advisor Valerie Jarrett and former NFL player Ahmad Rashad, according to local media reports. Earlier this year, the US president made another surprise trip to New York, where he was spotted shopping at the Gap.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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