Obama, The Musical?
There now may be a musical in the works to celebrate some of the work and life of President Barack Obama. The main focus of the German musical is indeed the 2008 Presidential campaign. There are even people playing John McCain, Sarah Palin and even Hillary Clinton. The musical puts Barack Obama’s rise through the Democratic Presidential primaries in the best possible light and exactly how he gave hope to so many people around the nation.
The musical “Hope- the Obama Musical Story,” does touch upon some of the highs and lows of the presidential campaign. One of those lows is how Obama lost the New Hampshire Primary to then Senator Hillary Clinton. Of course Obama was able to ride that despair and rise again to win the White House. That same person, Hillary Clinton who beat him in the New Hampshire primary would go on to work for Obama as Secretary of State. I don’t know how much the musical “Hope – the Obama Musical Story,” touches upon any possible personal animosity between those two United States Senators during the Presidential campaign.
The premiere for the Obama musical will take place in Berlin. This is the same city where he gave his greatly applauded speech during a European tour after first being elected President of the United States.