There’s a new musical out that details the life of President Barack Obama.
The musical Hope! Das Obama premiered before an audience in Frankfurt, Germany last night. Considered to be the first stage production detailing the life of a sitting US president.
The musical contains extracts from Obama’s speeches and are interwoven with contemporary music including Hip-Hop and Rock. Their is a Gospel chorus which features Obama’s famous mantra, “Yes we can.”
Randall Hutchins authored and composed the musical said of the criticism that it was to early to have a production of this caliber, “Arguably we could have done it even earlier. People came together during that election campaign like the world had forgotten how to, producing a fantastic social environment around the globe.”
Actor Jimmie Wilson portrays the 44th U.S. President. The musical begins in a flat-share in Chicago with residents including a racist middle-aged German widow, an African-American woman named Shirley, played by Martha Wash, and an out of work Puerto Rican. They all together become infused in the Obama movement and are able to put aside their differences.