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Freestyle Love Supreme

REVIEW: Freestyle Love Supreme takes improv to a new level

Adithya Iyer March 31, 2022
Freestyle Love Supreme, a Special Tony Award-winning improv hip-hop comedy show, was "truly unique."
Encanto movie review

Why Encanto is one of Disney’s best movies

Lynn Chu January 25, 2022
“Encanto” has managed to bring us together with a heartfelt reminder of what’s most important.
"In the Heights" cast members

Stars talk long-awaited ‘In the Heights’ blockbuster

Lily Kepner June 3, 2021
At the roundtable, the stars spoke about their personal connections to the characters and the film, and the universality of the story.

SMASH Boston gathers marginalized creators to share skills, experiences   

Hannah Shearer October 30, 2017

Like with many STEM fields, women are vastly underrepresented in music production and sound engineering, as reported by The Atlantic this summer. Only seven percent of the Audio Engineering Society’s...

Walt Disney Animation Studios' newest release "Moana" premiered Wednesday. PHOTO COURTESY WALT DISNEY PICTURES

REVIEW: “Moana” shines as new, strong Disney heroine

Johnathan D. Kindall November 27, 2016

Disney has done it again with “Moana,” an artistic and cinematic triumph. The film is Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 56th feature film. A musical set among the Pacific Islands, “Moana”...

Sticky notes cover the wall in the lobby of the College of Communication in an effort to uplift faculty, staff and students. PHOTO BY ALEX MASSET/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sticky notes-covered wall in COM exudes message of solidarity, support

Alana Levene November 22, 2016

The post-election trend of posting sticky notes on walls has stuck on the Boston University College of Communication. Students and faculty have contributed to the “Wall of COMmunity” and posted...

EDITORIAL: Broadway diversity could influence change in Hollywood

EDITORIAL: Broadway diversity could influence change in Hollywood

Editors April 29, 2016

This year has seen a slew of online activism and backlash surrounding the entertainment industry, specifically prior to the February Academy Awards ceremony that prompted the Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite....

GAMADES: Puerto Rico's debt situation unprecedeted

GAMADES: Puerto Rico’s debt situation unprecedeted

Lucy Gamades March 31, 2016

Puerto Rico is in serious trouble. The island is facing a massive debt crisis, on par with Greece and Argentina. This past August, the commonwealth missed a $58 million payment it owed (mostly to the residents...

EDITORIAL: Rockefeller Foundation's "Hamilton" grant gives students unforeseen chance to "rise up"

EDITORIAL: Rockefeller Foundation’s “Hamilton” grant gives students unforeseen chance to “rise up”

Editors October 28, 2015

Students in low-income school districts around New York will be given the chance of a lifetime in early 2016: they will be seeing the continually sold-out production of “Hamilton” for the #Ham4Ham...

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