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The Drama League Announces Bonnie Comley as President of Board of Directors

The Drama League announced today three-time Tony Award-winning producer, CEO, and Founder of BroadwayHD Bonnie Comley will become the organization's new Board President. Comley’s unique skill set has proved invaluable to The Drama League over the course of the last 16 months as the organization’s programming is abundant with digital capture.
Emerson College Announces In-Person 140th and 141st Commencement Exercises For Classes of 2021 and 2020

Emerson College, the nation's premiere institution for the arts, communication, and the liberal arts, announces it will hold its 140th and 141st Commencement exercises at Fenway Park in Boston on Sunday, May 2, at 10 a.m. for the Class of 2021, at 4 p.m. for the Class of 2020, and virtually on May 9 at 10 a.m.
Emerson College Announces Video Projection on Little Building Residence Hall Celebrating Classes Of 2021 And 2020

Emerson College announces a new projection mapping program “Emerson Graduates: Moving Portraits,” which will illuminate its 13-story Little Building Residence Hall--and Downtown Boston--with larger-than-life portraits of Class of 2021 and 2020 graduates.
Emerson College Announces In-Person 140th and 141st Commencement Exercises

Emerson College, the nation's premiere institution for the arts, communication, and the liberal arts, announces it will hold its 140th and 141st Commencement exercises at Fenway Park in Boston on Sunday, May 2, at 10 a.m. for the Class of 2021, at 4 p.m. for the Class of 2020, and virtually on May 9 at 10 a.m.
Brandon Leake Will Contribute to New Web Series HATE: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Brandon Leake, a poet, educator, performer, and the 2020 winner of America’s Got Talent, has joined the Team Harmony Foundation as a producing partner on its new web series, HATE: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? 
Emerson College Announces Leadership Transition At Office Of The Arts, ArtsEmerson

Emerson College President Lee Pelton today announces that David Dower will leave his leadership role with Emerson's Office of the Arts, ArtsEmerson and HowlRound at the end of the year. David C. Howse will assume the role of Vice President of the Emerson College Office of the Arts on January 1, 2021.
Emerson College Announces 2019 Commencement Speaker Soledad O'Brien, Honorary Degree Recipients

Emerson College, the nation's premier institution for the arts, communication, and the liberal arts, today announced its honorary degree recipients for 2019. On Sunday, May 12, during Emerson College's 139th Commencement ceremony, the college will honor four award-winning scholars, authors, writers, and filmmakers for their contributions and efforts to highlight diverse stories and voices through their work. Award-winning journalist, speaker and author Soledad O'Brien; award-winning scholar and writer Nell Irvin Painter; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy- nominated filmmaker and theatrical producer Jose Antonio Vargas; and the President of Miami Dade College Eduardo J. Padron will each receive honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees. O'Brien will give the commencement address.
BWW Exclusive: Emerson College's Dr. Lee Pelton on Integrating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Broadway League Fall Forum

Over 100 members from 40 different markets attended The Broadway League's Audience Education and Engagement Fall Forum. Emerson College President, Dr. Lee Pelton, was this year's keynote speaker. The two day forum included a number of different topics including The Jimmy Awards, the Broadway Bridges program, program evaluations, technology & streaming and diversity.
Photo Flash: Stars Hit the Red Carpet at the Grand Re-Opening of Boston's Colonial Theatre

Boston was the place to be last night, as the historic Emerson Colonial Theatre celebrated its Grand Re-Opening with a special Gala performance of Broadway-Bound Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
THE HEARING Makes American Premiere at Israeli Stage

A high school student complains about their teacher expressing leftist views in the classroom, and the teacher is called in for a hearing. This is the true story of Adam Verete who - after opening a dialogue about the morality of an army in a public high school in Israel - was publicly threatened and humiliated.
Joshua Sobol Brings Ideas of Social Change to Boston with Two-Week Residency at Israeli Stage

In its fourth year, In Residence at Israeli Stage brings internationally renowned playwright Joshua Sobol, Olivier Award Nominee, to Boston for a two-week residency.
ATG Selected to Operate Emerson Colonial Theatre in a Partnership with Emerson College

The Emerson Colonial Theatre Is The Latest Addition To Atg's Portfolio Of 47 Theatrical Venues Worldwide.
Boston Lyric Opera Announces 40th Anniversary Season

Boston Lyric Opera's Stanford Calderwood General and Artistic Director Esther Nelson announced today that each of the company's 40th anniversary season productions will be presented on a different, iconic Boston stage, starting with its largest-ever undertaking—a spectacular international production of the beloved Georges Bizet opera Carmen in a provocative staging by director Calixto Bieito, co-produced with San Francisco Opera and making its American East Coast premiere at the Boston Opera House on September 23, 2016.
Emerson College Alters Plan To Convert Colonial Theatre Into Dining Hall; Assessing Programming Options

The proposed student center and cafeteria will be built elsewhere as the school considers the theatre's future.
More Support For Boston's Colonial Theatre! Emerson College Faculty Urges Board To Reconsider Repurposing Plans

More opposition to a proposed plan to convert the historic 115-year-old theatre into a student center/cafeteria.
Stephen Sondheim Calls Emerson College's Plans For Boston's Colonial Theatre 'A Crime'

The great composer/lyricists joins the outcry against turning the legendary theatre into a student center/cafeteria.
Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 10/17-10/18/2015

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, October 18, 2015 - Sunday, October 18, 2015.
Emerson College President Responds to Colonial Theatre Renovation Uproar

Lee Pelton has finally spoken out regarding the recently announced renovations on Boston's Colonial Theatre.
Plans For Tryout Home of PORGY AND BESS, OKLAHOMA!, FOLLIES To Convert Into Emerson College Student Center

A radical plan would transform Boston's Colonial Theatre into a dining hall/performance space, as part of a larger Colonial Student Center.
BWW Reviews: Israeli Stage Thrives and Celebrates

Israeli Stage celebrates its fourth anniversary and looks ahead to its first full theatrical production, in partnership with ArtsEmerson: The World on Stage. Producing Artistic Director Guy Ben-Aharon continues to expand his roster of incredible Boston theater talent, featuring an all-star cast in MAKE MY HEART FLUTTER at the Goethe-Institut.

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