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Michelle Obama hosts art workshops for students with Whoopi Goldberg Harvey Weinstein

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First lady Michelle Obama speaks during the Broadway at the White House event for high school students involved in performing arts programs in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 16, 2015. Behind the first lady at left is composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and right is director Diane Paulus. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

WASHINGTON – Michelle Obama is hosting more than 40 high school students for White House workshops on acting, directing, singing and costume design.

Among the entertainment figures working with the students are actress Whoopi Goldberg, producer Harvey Weinstein, actress Cicely Tyson, singer Gloria Estefan and theatre star Matthew Morrison, best known from “Glee.”

The lessons were ahead of “Broadway at the White House,” an afternoon performance being taped in the East Room, which will air on the TLC network Thanksgiving Day.

Mrs. Obama also offered condolences to the victims and families of the Paris attacks, and urged the nation to keep France in their thoughts and hearts.

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