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Ella Benjamin (CFA’25) as Desdemona (left) and Lana Breheney (CFA’25) as Emilia in CFA’s DESDEMONA a play about a handkerchief, which runs at the Joan & Edgar Booth Theater April 16 to 19.

Theatre

Forget “Barbenheimer.” Try “Desdemilia.”

April 16, 2025

Photo: A girl with brown hair and bangs wearing a long sleeve black shirt and smiling in front of a stage

Student Life

Terriers in Charge: Ava Ascher (CAS’25, COM’25)

April 8, 2025

Photo: A man with long dark hair puts together a model set for a play at Boston University

Fine Arts

How I Made This: Ethan Vettese (CFA’26)

April 8, 2025

Photo: Colorful abstract mural

Arts & Culture

Campus Artists—Tell Us About Your Work

March 5, 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: CFA senior Chris Ellars, a young white man wearing a traditional navy kimono, smiles for a photo.

Theatre

CFA Senior’s Thesis Blends Traditional Japanese Noh Theater with Western Opera

February 18, 2025

Photo: A man on the left controlling a squirrel puppet as a young girl on the right shows it an open magazine

Theatre

A Squirrel with Superpowers Takes Center Stage at Wheelock Family Theatre

February 13, 2025

Photo: A combination of two pictures of an actor portraying Ebenezer Scrooge

Theatre

BU Dickens Scholar Serves as Dramaturg for New Production of A Christmas Carol

December 9, 2024

Photo: The leads in Wheelock Family Theatre's Frog and Toad

Theatre

Two Amphibians, Best Friends, Take Center Stage at Wheelock Family Theatre

November 26, 2024

Ava Cronin (CFA’26) (left) as Anna Antonelli, owner of a dilapidated roller skating rink, and Charlotte Campo (CFA’26) as her daughter, Angel, during a rehearsal for The Rink. Photos by Jake Belcher

Theatre

School of Theatre Presents Tony-Nominated Musical The Rink at Booth Theatre

November 21, 2024

Photo: Yo-El leads his class in body movements in a studio.

Theatre

Yo-EL Cassell’s Students Discover the J.O.Y. in Movement

November 8, 2024

Photo: Becca A. Lewis (left) and Mark W. Soucy rehearsing for How to Not Save the World with Mr. Bezos by Maggie Kearnan at Boston Playwrights Theatre earlier this week.

Theatre

Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Offers Prime Comeuppance for Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

November 6, 2024

Photo: A female and male student practicing for a play. The woman, on the left, is standing with her arms raised towards the male student sitting at a table to her right.

Theatre

Innovation Takes the Stage at 28th Annual CFA Fringe Festival

October 2, 2024

Photo: At the completion of the program, the Brighter Boston team records STOMP performances in the set they built and lit

Theatre

BU’s Booth Theatre Helps Boston Public Schools Students and Grads Set the Stage for Success

August 26, 2024

Photo taken of Michael Underhill (left, Ferdinand), John Douglas Thompson (Prospero), and Nora Eschenheimer (Miranda) in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, running on the Boston Common through August 8. The trio was long, sand-colored clothing and extend their hands towards one another while standing at the front of a stage covered with sand.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: View an Outdoor Production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale

July 16, 2024

Chase Culler (center left) and Kevin Barents (center right) each teach a section of The Theater Now, a CAS Writing Program course that takes students to local theater productions. This semester, they’ve seen Hairspray and The Girl from the North Country. Photos by Jake Belcher

Arts & Culture

All of Boston’s a Stage

April 29, 2024

Schanaya Barrows as Chloe, Sydney Jackson (CFA’26) as Dailyn, and Asilinn Brophy as Nat in Kirsten Greenidge’s Morning, Noon, and Night, a Company One production with Boston University. Photo by Ken Yotsukura

Theatre

BU Plays a Big Role in New Production from Boston’s Company One Theatre

April 29, 2024

Photo: Keith Robinson (CFA’24) and Sarah Coleman (CFA’24) star as George and Dot in the College of Fine Arts School of Theatre’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George, which runs from April 25-28 at the Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre. Photo by Katie Nelson

Theatre

Sunday in the Park with George Opens at Booth Theatre

April 24, 2024

Photo: Eviva Rose (left) Beza Mekonnen, (center) and Luigi Bianchi during a dress rehearsal.

Theatre

A Wrinkle in Time Closes Out Wheelock Family Theatre’s 2023–2024 Season

April 11, 2024

Photo: A picture of a woman on stage. Also on the stage are various pieces of furniture, including a couple lamps and tables

Theatre

For CFA’s Head of Acting, Huntington Role Required Discretion, Listening

March 29, 2024

For CFA’s Head of Acting, Huntington Role Required Discretion, Listening