In light of the overwhelming news cycle, Tony award winner Laura Benanti has initiated #SunshineSongs, asking teens to share their performances.
It’s difficult to turn on the news or see an alert on your phone and not feel as if the world is a garbage fire, but there are folks out there doing their part to make it so we feel like we still have room to breathe.
The arts have long since been a place of solace for many, and in troubled times like these it isn’t surprising to see that people are taking comfort in this area. We’ve seen folks quarantined in Italy singing from their doors and windows to keep morale high, and now Benanti’s online initiative is helping to spread some happiness and help lighten the shared, palpable anxiety felt around the world.
Though the movement started out centered around high school students, people of all ages are getting in on the fun. The videos shared using the hashtags have been reassuring to Benanti."The overall feeling that I get from it is how committed these kids are, how open-hearted they are, how sincere they are," she told NPR."We’re a society that values sarcasm and cool people don’t really care and I love seeing how much these kids care.
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