The Washington Post reviews a new play debuting this evening:
The Kennedy Center raises its curtain tonight on a story that seems familiar: A girl whose father has just become president tries to get used to life at the White House and turns to a beloved pet for comfort and companionship.
Wait, you say: Malia and Sasha Obama have not yet gotten the puppy they were promised during the campaign. True enough, and, strictly speaking, "Unleashed! The Secret Lives of White House Pets" isn't about the Obama girls and their pet-to-be. But with young children in the White House for the first time in a generation, the play (in the works before Obama was a front-runner for the White House) is nothing if not well timed. ...
At its heart, the play is about friendship and how pets can warm a rather cold and lonely existence, with plenty of White House history thrown in. Characters include White House kids Alice Roosevelt and Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, who confides that with the Civil War raging, he often has no one to play with save his two pet goats.
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