Post by Isabel Tipton-Krispin

Executive Director, The Nashville Shakespeare Festival | Driving Community Impact Through Shakespeare in the Park | Expanding Access to the Arts | Nonprofit Leader + Arts Advocate

Happy Fourth of July! As celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, I’ve been thinking about one of the things I love most about this country: the art it has given us. If you’re looking for a way to celebrate, spend some time with a few great American works: • Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring • Leonard Bernstein’s Candide • Jerome Robbins’ choreography in West Side Story • Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton • Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George • August Wilson’s The Pittsburgh Cycle • Thornton Wilder’s Our Town • Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie • George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue • Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1 • Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue • Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin In The Sun Happy Fourth of July, and happy listening, watching, and reading.