In the News

Jan Sport (B.F.A. '15, musical theater), or Jan as she was mononymously known on the show, used her musical theater training Boston Conservatory to burn up the main stage with her on-point portrayal of an early-career Madonna.

Vogue Arabia spotlights musical theater student Rashed Alnuaimi (M.F.A. '20) following his nomination for Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actor in this year's Elliot Norton Awards. Alnuaimi is one of 10+ Boston Conservatory students, alumni, faculty, and staff who also received individual nominations.

More than 10 Boston Conservatory students, alumni, faculty, and staff were nominated for 2020 Elliot Norton Awards—including Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actor, Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actress, Outstanding Choreography, and Outstanding Musical Direction, among others—and more than 20 were involved in nominated productions across 24 categories.

RuPaul’s Drag Race is back for its twelfth season with 13 new queens competing for $100,000—and Jan Sport (B.F.A. '15, musical theater) is one to watch.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee and SpeakEasy Stage Company proudly announce an exclusive artistic and academic partnership beginning in the spring of 2020.

The Calgary Herald says alum Evan Kinnane (B.F.A. '18, musical theater) delivers "one of those electric, no-holds-barred, knock-it-out-of-park performances" in Theatre Calgary's Louder We Get.

Conservatory faculty members David R. Gammons and Igor Golyak are the two directors in Boston that DigBoston calls "fearless."

Conservatory alumnus Phillip Fazio (B.F.A. '05, musical theater) has been named artistic director of The Duluth Playhouse at the NorShor Theatre.

Patsy Collins Bandes, the new chair of theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, wants to establish a working environment in the theater industry where diversity and equity are embraced.

Conservatory alumna Dan'yelle Williamson (B.F.A. '06, musical theater) chats about her road in the theater industry, getting to know the legendary Donna Summer, and her role as Diva Donna in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.

New Repertory Theatre's Oliver! featured Conservatory student Rashed Alnuaimi (M.F.A. '20, musical theater) in the role of Bill Sikes and alumna Daisy Layman (B.F.A. '19, musical theater) as Nancy. The Boston Globe lauds their performances, "Alnuaimi seizes the role of the brutal, combustible Bill Sikes from the instant he materializes in Oliver! His transfixing portrayal constantly makes us aware of how short Sikes's fuse is…" and "Layman's performance of "As Long As He Needs Me" is a showstopper."

Alum Allison Bailey (B.F.A. '14, musical theater) discusses her journey with the role of Glinda, and her transition from understudy to lead role in the national tour of Wicked.