In the News

BroadwayWorld spotlights a recent Boston performance by Sutton Foster ('19H) that featured a duet with Boston Conservatory student Abby McDonough (BFA '26, musical theater).

The Root profiles dancer and Pilates pioneer Kathy Stanford Grant, the first Black dancer to study ballet at Boston Conservatory in the early 1930s.

Musical theater alum Bryson Battle (BFA '25) will join the cast of CATS: Jellicle Ball as Jellylorum. Battle was recently a finalist on NBC’s The Voice, season 26.

In this Boston Globe feature, alum Edward Juvier (BFA '00) shares travel trips drawn from his career as a nationally touring actor. Juvier returns to Boston with the cast of Some Like It Hot later this month.

OperaWire shared a preview of the 71st annual National Opera Association conference, which will be hosted by Boston Conservatory at Berklee from January 7 to January 10, with more than 400 opera professionals expected to attend.

CBS News Boston reports that associate alumnus Nicholas Christopher ('09) will play Anatoly Sergievsky in a revival of Chess on Broadway.

The online magazine Dance Teacher shared news of Boston Conservatory’s educational partnership with the Verdon Fosse Legacy—a groundbreaking artist residency in effect through the spring 2030 semester.

Alum Marcus Schenck (MM '19, voice) has been named an executive creative producer for MassOpera, an organization that fosters original operas and reimagined classics. In addition to his Boston Conservatory master's degree, Schenck completed a post-master’s fellowship in disability studies at Berklee College of Music.

In this blog post from BroadwayWorld, Boston Conservatory at Berklee student Nicolette Clivio (BFA '28) shares her experience as a second-year musical theater major.

Contemporary dance student Amanda Bacallao BFA '26 has joined the company of Ballet Hispánico New York, the nation’s leading Hispanic/Latine dance company.

Boston Conservatory alum Jackie Smook (BFA '19, musical theater) speaks with the Los Angeles Times about her burgeoning career as a puppet builder and creator of the web series Dilly’s World.

In this Sunday arts feature, the Boston Globe highlights Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s new five-year residency with the Verdon Fosse Legacy.