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Broadway performers protest outside the White House

NEW YORK (AP) — Rosie O’Donnell and cast members from some of Broadway’s biggest musicals serenaded President Donald Trump on Monday — but from outside the White House in protest. 

The group were to sing “The People’s Song” from “Les Miserables,” Burt Bacharach’s “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” ”A Brand New Day” from “The Wiz” and “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” from “The Sound of Music” from Lafayette Park. 

The performers were to be current and former Broadway cast members from “Wicked,” ”Beautiful,” ”Hamilton,” ”Phantom of the Opera,” ”The King and I,” ”Les Miserables,” ”Cinderella,” ”Xanadu,” ”The Producers,” ”Head Over Heels” and more. 

The trip was organized by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, the host and producer of Sirius XM’s “On Broadway.” It was to be livestreamed on the MoveOn Facebook page.