Let's see if I've figured out how to embed this properly. Broadway's Laura Benanti, whom we all love madly, posted a message on Twitter addressing kids who were to perform in high school musicals that have now been canceled because of you-know-what. She invited them to post videos of themselves performing so she at least could see them and many have.
You can watch Laura's video and then if you click on her name, you should be able to see all the responses — videos of young men and women singing the show tunes they're not going to get to sing before an audience in their high school auditoriums, at least not now. Or you can search Twitter with the hashtag #SunshineSongs. Keep an eye out for the production of Fiddler on the Roof performed entirely by teenage girls. By God, that's the way that show was meant to be performed. What the hell were they thinking when they cast Zero Mostel?
And if I've really figured out how to configure this — doubtful, considering I'm still trying to get my Pong game to work on my TV — you should be able to see one of the more interesting entrants right below the video of Ms. Benanti.
Thanks to Bob Elisberg of Elisberg Industries for telling me about this. Many other good things await on his blog, especially for those of you who don't get enough posts on this one about what a horrible being Donald Trump is…
