Tamara Anderson has the unenviable task of playing the role for which the incomparable Whoopi Goldberg earned an Oscar for Ghost.

Anderson shows all the signs of the cunning con artist. She can reassure with the best of them. Anderson’s reaction is excellent when she does hear from a dead person...Anderson is consistently funny. Oda Mae’s sense of self-preservation, and her smell of a decent payday, is all Anderson needs to play her part with the finesse of a flim-flammer but with the comic timing and astute broadness of Lucille Ball or Flip Wilson. Anderson’s is a fine-etched complete performance that knows when to pull out all stops and when to keep the acting to a human, realistic level. And, yes, she gets a rousing, house-shaking number in “I’m Outta Here” near the end of the second act.

-phindie.com

Philadelphia Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress

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As the cranky Oda Mae, half-disgusted to discover that she actually possesses the psychic powers she has been faking, Tamara Anderson steals the show in the same way Goldberg dominated the film, with her intoxicating charm, infectious humor, and fabulous voice, it is hard not to love Oda Mae.

-tickettoentertainment.com