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Seattle Times Friday October 30
Tom Keogh Special to The Seattle Times
“Obama On My Mind”
Through Nov. 15, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, Seattle; $15-$24 (206-386-1177, www.brownpapertickets.com).
Opinion writers and cable-news pundits remind us daily, sometimes gleefully, that the young presidency of Barack Obama morphed some time ago from the blind faith of “yes, we can” to the harsh realities of “sometimes, we can’t.”
Watching Teddy Hayes’ musical comedy “Obama On My Mind” a year after the historic election of 2008 is a spirited if lighthearted way of recalling just how outsize was the optimism of many Obama supporters. (more)
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November 3,2009 Examiner.com
“Obama on My Mind” by Larissa Min
Your enjoyment of “Obama on My Mind” will largely depend on what expectations you have as you step into the warm interiors of the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center.
Written by American expatriate Teddy Hayes, ”Obama on My Mind” is a musical comedy painting the farcical behind-the-scenes antics and shenanigans in a small town election office. The words “musical comedy” are critical here, for you can expect as much political reflection and commentary about the 2008 election as you may get insights about Western colonial expansion in East Asia from the “King and I.”
Though Obama reigns in the title, he is the backdrop to the lives and concerns of the group of characters assembled in his behalf. Here, the focus is on the particular and personal: an election organizer sings the stress of handling it all, a marketing director dreams of importance, a strategist on the rebound expresses her private hopes and fantasies, while a republican reluctantly works for Obama in honor of a deceased friend’s wish. (more)
