After traveling to 37 countries across five continents, I came home with a perspective on America that only leaving it could give me. A July 4th reflection on what makes this country genuinely extraordinary.

I have a love for both live entertainment and music, and musicals combine and deliver on that so well. For me, the confluence of multiple art forms reveals a greater depth that allows me to understand a story on a visceral level. Below are some of the performances that stirred, inspired and entertained me, as well as other live events that made 2024 and 2025 years to remember. Message in a Bottle Message In A Bottle Simply put, I love all things Sting. From his early caree

There is a version of the holidays that happens on a screen, and a version that happens in a room with other people. I resolved in 2023 to spend more time in the second version. What followed was one of the richest years of live performance I have experienced — from the most beloved musical ever written to a melodrama featuring the Easter Bunny saving Christmas, with an orca pod sighting and a painting class somewhere in between. Les Misérables I will launch this post with Le