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With huge video screens filling the space of a modest set, DEAR EVAN HANSEN beautifully illustrates how social media and connectivity can take over the characters’ lives, making the screens and the isolation the focal point. But that’s not all—not only is the set wonderfully creative and unique with it’s displays of the internet and viral content being projected directly on the stage in real time, but it gives a sense of reality and relatability to the already heart-tearing storyline. While mental illness is overwhelmingly prevalent in our minds, especially in today’s age, DEAR EVAN HANSEN manages to talk about it directly without making you want to…you know Its an utterly heart-warming, comforting—yet gut-wrenching, slice-of-life teenage coming-of-age story, and you can feel the realness of it all from the moment you see Evan Hansen narrating his first, brief encounter with his long-time crush, Zoe Murphy.

That was until I saw the performance of Hundred Days, a bizarre chance meeting between Abigail and Shaun Benson in New York twelve years ago. At the opening of the performance, Abigail candidly shares that everyone she has ever loved either went mad or died and from that, Abigail shares a dream she had years before she encountered Shaun. To avoid the inescapable pain she believes to come, Abigail and Shaun set out to live the next 100 days like it’s their last on Earth. Each song in Hundred Days builds into this incredible crescendo, like a tsunami splendidly reflecting Abigail and Shaun’s whirlwind love affair and the fear and pain of that losing love.

Naively, I never realized how many offerings were available at the Valspar Championship for the ultimate PGA golf fans and the less-than-enthusiastic golf fans. For PGA fans, each spot on along the course offers the perfect opportunity to spectate and catch a glimpse of the finest PGA TOUR athletes, who literally cross your path! The Valspar BLOCK PARTY pops up behind the 18th green again this year where fans can experience Tiny Homes and enjoy lawn games and complimentary popsicles. And for the runners, the perfect Valspar Championship kickoffs off this Sunday with a Veterans Alternative Copperhead 5K. Fans can run or walk our 5K course through the scenic tournament Copperhead course at Innisbrook to an upscale 17th hole recovery party complete with green beer and complimentary food from Glory Days.

The music of A BRONX TALE perfectly reflects the sounds of the late 50s to late 60s – the doo-wop, bubblegum bebop and hand-jive; but it’s the ballads and the R&B melodies that brings the soul to A BRONX TALE . A BRONX TALE shares the memoirs and journey into manhood of Chazz Palminteri, known as Calogero but nicknamed “C” by Sonny, the Belmont Avenue mob boss. While the simplicity of the set focuses on the story, music and choreography rather than elaborate set design, the production adds some unusual flare in the way of scents. All your favorite moments from the film make their way into the production, including “the test” and the closing scene from the film, when C leaves Sonny’s funeral.