In the News

The Los Angeles Times recently profiled Boston Conservatory alum Nicholas Christopher ('09), currently starring in the Broadway revival of Chess.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s undergraduate and summer programs were recommended in Backstage magazine’s annual list of prominent musical theater schools. 

Boston Conservatory faculty member Jessye DeSilva speaks with the Boston Globe about her new album, Glitter Up the Dark. 

Boston Conservatory alum Bryson Battle (BFA '25, musical theater) plays Jellylorum in the new Broadway revival of Cats, alongside Conservatory honorary doctorate recipient André De Shields '20H.

Recent alum Liesie Kelly (BFA '25) has joined the Broadway cast of The Lost Boys, a musical adaptation of the popular vampire film.

Boston’s NPR affiliate, WBUR, featured the Conservatory’s spring dance concert, Limitless, on its list of the top local dance performances happening in spring 2026.

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Nicole DeMaio (MM '16, composition) joins the cast of My Joy Is Heavy at New York Theatre Workshop.

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.