Obama on B'way!

...for a fundraiser, that is.

Yep, his campaign is renting the New Amsterdam September 24, says Variety.

And check out the Broadway and downtown A-listers in his camp:

Before a speech by Obama, event will open with a half-hour presentation of songs and snippets from classic American stage works, performed by creatives with heavy legit credentials. George C. Wolfe ("Angels in America") directs a group of thesps that includes Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Wright, Phylicia Rashad and Marcia Gay Harden. Texts are compiled by critic John Lahr, scribe Marsha Norman and producer Jack Viertel.

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Obama supporter Margo Lion ("Hairspray") presents the event, along with fellow Broadway producers Roger Berlind, Rocco Landesman, Scott Sanders and Tom Schumacher [aka Disney].

Nice to see politics on our stages in some form, at least.

But don't expect to see it: "Tickets start at $250 and top out at $2,300." Then again, maybe it'll show up on TKTS.