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US first couple's date: dinner and a Broadway show
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-05-31 10:33

Noting that General Motors is expected to file for Chapter 11 protection on Monday, the news release said: "Putting on a show: Obamas wing into the city for an evening out while another iconic American company prepares for bankruptcy."

US first couple's date: dinner and a Broadway show

The presidential limo waits outside as US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama see the play "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" during a personal visit in New York May 30, 2009. [Agencies]

In an interview before his inauguration, Barack Obama said he and his wife like having "date nights," usually on Fridays. Since moving to Washington, the Obamas have managed to fit in at least a few nights out in the nation's capital.

While on a trip to New York last week, Michelle Obama was reminded about the couple's first date.

"You know, after 20-some-odd years of knowing a guy, you forget that your first date was at a museum," she said. "But it was, and it was obviously wonderful. It worked."

Before traveling to New York, the Obamas watched daughter Malia's soccer game for an hour Saturday morning.