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SUMMER LOVING Wilson and DeVido play starry-eyed teens in Zeno Mountain Farms Vermont-shot musical. Our streaming entertainment options are overwhelming — and not always easy to sort through. Lately, everybodys been talking about Best Summer Ever, a musical that was produced and shot in Vermont by Zeno Mountain Farm, a Lincoln nonprofit that runs retreats and camps for people with and without disabilities. Directed by Michael Parks Randa and Lauren Smitelli, the movi...

Best Summer Ever Serves As Template For Disability Representation in Hollywood Antonio Ferme, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The opening musical number in “Best Summer Ever” ends with a kiss between protagonists Sage (Shannon DeVido) and Tony (Rickey Wilson Jr.), who fall in love at a sleepaway dance camp in Vermont. Executive producer Will Halby said he shared a realization with his crew while filming this scene. “I turned to our directors and said, ‘I don’t think that this is som...