Department of Performing Arts News

Performing Arts Students Continue a Tradition

Gathering on a cold and rainy day on the Boston Common, a group of Emerson College Performing Arts students brought some much–needed life and activity to the park on an otherwise dreary day.

Faculty and Staff Moderate Discussions on Laramie Residency

Emerson Leader in Residence Carole Simpson will moderate a Laramie Project panel discussion on the struggle for GLBT rights and protections September 21 as part of ArtsEmerson's Grand Opening.

Boston Phoenix Lauds Emerson for Redefining Boston Arts Experience

In a September 14 article, the Boston Phoenix discussed Emerson College’s success and continuing efforts to transform Downtown Crossing into a thriving cultural community.

Flash Mob: Behind The Scenes

The Office of Communications and Marketing went behind the scenes with flash mob creators Rob Orchard, Executive Director of ArtsEmerson,  and Fraulein Maria Choreographer Doug Elkins, to find out how this unusual event came about.

ArtsEmerson Flash Mob

Julie Andrews’s voice blasts out of hidden speakers in the food court of Boston’s City Place, “high on a hill was a lonely goatherd, lay-od-lay-od-lay-he-hoo....”

M. Lee Pelton named 12th President of Emerson College

M. Lee Pelton, president of Willamette University and a former dean at Colgate University and Dartmouth College, will assume office July 1, 2011.

Emersonian Directs Amanda Palmer at ART

Steven Bogart, MA ’86 will direct his former high school prodigy, Amanda Palmer, at the ART's Oberon this year.

New Faculty Members Bring a Wealth of Experience to Emerson

What do a Guggenheim fellow, a Kant philosopher, a former staff writer for the New York Times, the screenwriter for Gangs of New York, and a Frederick Douglass Doctoral Scholar have in common? They are all joining the Emerson faculty this fall.