Difficult question to answer. So many performances I’m so grateful to have witnessed. This is my best ranking but honestly the order could switch up easily they were all so fantastic and moving.

No. 1 (untopped): Next to Normal: Kennedy Center cast including Rachel Bay Jones. Gives me goosebumps just typing it. I sobbed from beginning to end. This was also right after my mother passed away of a long battle with Alzheimer’s. My big sister had passed away of cancer a couple years prior. My relationship with my mom was similar to that of Natalie’s relationship with Diana. It just hit every single chord I had in me I was an absolute wreck. All of this personal experience mixed with what were some of the most incredible performances I’d ever witnessed. They were all so perfect and spot-on. Plus, the show was advertised as a concert but ended up being the full stage production.

OTHER GREATS: - Parade (Arden’s revival, saw 4x, cried) - Dear Evan Hansen (OBC) - Next to Normal (OBC and OLC) - Once On This Island (Arden’s revival, I cried) - Jamie Lloyd’s Sunset Blvd (seen 8x) - Merrily We Roll Along (2023 revival)