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Music

Can Missy Mazzoli Help Reinvent Opera in America?

March 25, 2025

Photo: A woman leaning against a desk as she holds an astronaut helmet. The wall behind her has astronaut suits across it and a poster with an astronaut that says "Apply Now"

TV & Film

Costume Designer Esther Marquis Makes Sci-Fi Space Travel Look Realistic on TV

March 25, 2025

Photo: An actor has steam coming out of their ears in a performance

Arts & Culture

BU Alum Stars in National Tour of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

February 28, 2025

Photo: Valerie Coleman, a black woman wearing an elegant dark outfit, plays a flute in a photo studio

Music

Composer Valerie Coleman Explores the Dark Side of Jubilation

January 30, 2025

Photo: A collage image of three men, two of which of in black in white.

College of Arts & Sciences

Remembering CFA’s Murray Lefkowitz, CAS’ Jelle Atema and John Snyder

December 3, 2024

Photo: A Man in a blue suit stands under a marquee reading "Wang Theatre"

Alumni

Casey Soward (MET’09) is the new president and CEO of the Boch Center

November 4, 2024

Photo: Mishka Yarovoy (CFA'23)(left) and Jacob Schmitt (CFA'24) pose for a photo at the Huntington Theater

Theatre

Two BU Alums Take On Same Roles in Leopoldstadt, Huntington Theatre Company’s Latest Production

September 16, 2024

Theatre

His First Broadway Show Just Earned This CFA Alum a Tony Award Nod

June 11, 2024

Photo: Photo: Artist Bob Freeman, a Black man with graying hair and a gray mustache, (CFA’71,’83) in his Waltham studio. The walls are used to hang his pieces, which are behind him. He is mixing paint on a slab while wearing a black turtleneck.

Arts & Culture

Robert T. Freeman’s Long Journey Home

February 7, 2024

Photo: An old black and white photo of 4 college students at Boston University in a production of The Crucible in 1961

Theatre

When Arthur Miller Came to See What BU Did with The Crucible

February 7, 2024

Photo: A woman in an elegant flowing dress stands in front of a photoboard at the 2024 Grammys

Accolades

Alum Composer Is Up for Two Grammys Sunday

February 1, 2024

Photo: Two groups of people stand and perform on a stage. People dressed as Israeli villagers (left) host an Egyptian police band (officers dressed in blur uniforms) who stand to the right of the stage.

Theatre

Hoping for Human Connection in The Band’s Visit

December 4, 2023

Photo: GFran Drescher, center, joined with National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and the TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee members posing with one fist up in the air. They stand in front of a wooden wall.

TV & Film

BU Actors Celebrate Hollywood Strike Settlement and Return to Work

November 16, 2023

Photo: Writers from the Writers Guild of America picketing outside Paramount Pictures Studios

Film & TV

BU Hollywood Writer Alums React with Joy, Relief to End of 148-Day Strike

October 2, 2023

Photo: Portrait of Brice Marden, a white man with grey-brown hair and wearing black long sleeved shirt and pants, sits on a chair and looks over his shoulder at the camera. He sits in front of a wall full of large canvases featuring his paintings.

Tributes

Celebrated Abstract Artist and Alum Brice Marden Dies

August 18, 2023

Photo: Kelli O’Hara (left) as Kirsten and Brian D’Arcy James as Joe in the new musical adaptation of "Days of Wine and Roses". A white man wearing business casual wear embraces a white woman with blonde hair and wearing a summer-y floral dress from behind. They stand on a darkened stage illuminated by a spotlight on stage.

Theatre

Turning a Classic Hollywood Film about Alcoholism into an Off-Broadway Musical

June 22, 2023

Photo: Patrick Dailey, a bald black man wearing an ornately designed sweater, poses for a portrait in a parking garage.

College of Fine Arts

Opening Doors: Classical Singer Patrick Dailey (CFA’14)

April 5, 2023

Photo: Conductor Lina Gonzalez-Granados is shown mid-performance gesturing and conducting with huge arms and movements. She wears a dark green sweater and looks expressive. Masked people sit and play various string instruments in the blurred foreground and background.

Arts & Culture

Opening Doors: Conductor Lina Gonzalez-Granados (CFA’20)

November 18, 2022

Image: screenshot of Julian Shapiro-Barnum, a young white man wearing glasses and a light blue sweater over a white collared shirt, interviewing a small child eating ice cream. Julian holds a black microphone to the child.

CFA Alum

Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21) Heads to the Playground for Some Recess Therapy

September 16, 2022

At right: Photo of Morel, smiling, while wearing a blue button down shirt and sitting on what looks like a porch, as gray siding can be seen behind him. He is a young person of color, and has short hair, trim at the sides and curly on top. At left: Collage of two people of color, presumably a woman, seated, and a man, standing at right. The woman looks like she's getting ready and has her left leg out towards the man, who holds it by the ankle; perhaps he is helping her put something on. The collage is made from fabric and painted paper. Some lines, such as the legs and faces, are drawn or painted in brown. The back wall is covered with pieces of paper and fabric of various colors and patterns.

Visual Arts

From Art School Star to Art World’s Rising Star

July 13, 2022

From Art School Star to Art World’s Rising Star