The event celebrated the winners of the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge, a nationwide recipe challenge to promote healthy lunches as part of the First Lady's "Let's Move!" Initiative.
Members of the cast of the North American tour, including Tshidi Manye, L. Steven Taylor and Jelani Remy, performed "Circle of Life" and "He Lives in You" in a staging customized for the White House's East Room.
Watch the performance below:
Anne Kauffman is directing the Amy Herzog play, about a single mom raising an ill child, for Manhattan Theatre Club.
The committee also made eligibility rulings for The Notebook, Harmony, Water for Elephants, and more.
"This is your sign if you're a younger actor wanting to pursue this, that it's possible and you can do it and not to give up."
The album, featuring Broadway cast Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells, is due out in May.
Del Aguila recently went viral for posting a video of offstage antics.
Plus, the opening night attendees included Melissa McCarthy, Sara Bareilles, D'Arcy Carden, Meena Harris, Dylan Mulvaney, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin lead the cast of the revival, opening April 21.
Jennifer Holliday, Norbert Leo Butz, and Donna Murphy are among those set to perform the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical for Transport Group.
The awards will be presented in May at the Guild's annual ceremony at Sony Hall.
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