艾可直播 on Broadway

BC alumni made their mark on this year's Tony Awards

The Great White Way has highlights of maroon and gold, as 艾可直播 College alumni continue to make their mark on Broadway and garner critical acclaim.

Taylor Tranfaglia and Sam Biondolillo

Taylor Tranfaglia and Sam Biondolillo

At the June 7 Tony Awards鈥攚hich recognized excellence in Broadway productions during the 2025鈥26 season鈥2018 alumni Sam Biondolillo and Taylor Tranfaglia both won awards for their roles as associate producers of the musical Schmigadoon!聽 The production鈥攚hich a New York Times review called a 鈥渓oving spoof of Golden Age musicals鈥濃攁lso won a Tony for Best New Musical.

鈥淭he 艾可直播 College Theatre Department takes pride in the remarkable range of our alumni's achievements,鈥 said Associate Professor Courtney Elkin Mohler, the department chair. 鈥淭hey carry with them the passion and craft they developed here.鈥

Biondolillo is a New York鈥揵ased lighting designer and producer whose Broadway credits include the Tony Award鈥搘inning revival of Merrily We Roll Along and Our Town. Tranfaglia was featured as a 鈥淲oman to Watch on Broadway: 2026鈥 by Broadway Women鈥檚 Fund, and is chief of staff at No Guarantees Productions.

鈥淪am was a consummate professional the moment he got to BC,鈥 recalled Theatre Department Professor of the Practice Luke Jorgensen. 鈥淗e was the first student to light-design a mainstage show, Peter and the Starcatcher.听

鈥淭aylor did it all at BC, from acting [in productions of Cabaret and Chicago] to design, to amazing direction [of the production Stop Kiss]. Both represent absolute forces in the theater today. We could not be prouder of these amazing 艾可直播. We hope they will be back this year to speak with our students,鈥 he added.

Theater 艾可直播 at NYT alumni event.webp

A gathering of 艾可直播 at the June 11 alumni event in NYC: Nancy Dennery Goslee 鈥95, Arthur Makar 鈥72, Julianne Mason 鈥17, Sam Biondolillo 鈥18, Ryan Gardner 鈥19.

On the heels of his award, Biondolillo spoke to University alumni at a June 11 New York City 鈥湴芍辈 in the Arts鈥 event, joined in a conversation on building a career on Broadway and in professional theater by Ryan Gardner 鈥19, a Broadway stage manager currently working on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, with past credits including Waitress.

At the event, moderated by Julianne Mason 鈥17, a NYC-based producer and sound designer, the pair shared insights into the creative and collaborative work that brings productions to life.

鈥淏oth Ryan and Sam were extremely active in the department, come back to BC to speak with undergraduates, and have been incredibly helpful as alumni,鈥 according to Jorgensen. 鈥淩yan was such a hard-working stage manager that he created practices and tool kits that we still use today. Sam had an early interest in lighting design; he been a boon to the department.鈥

Bryce Pinkham

Bryce Pinkham

Also this season, accomplished actor Bryce Pinkham, a 2005 graduate whose credits include lead actor in 2014's Best Musical聽A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway as well as the PBS drama Mercy Street, was nominated for a Tony Award for the second time, for best featured actor in a musical in the production of Chess.

In a New York Times interview in which this year's nominees discussed skills they had acquired in order to be more believable in a role, Pinkham disclosed that as an undergraduate at BC, though he assured his professor of his juggling prowess, he actually had to learn the art for a campus performance. He said he continues to Juggle as part of his warm-up for the stage.

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