


“ really served as a springboard for my time after school,” Lazour said. The premiere of The Grand Room at BC gave Lazour the courage he needed to pursue playwriting as a career after graduation, he said. Though this was his first time producing a show on this level, Lazour was inspired by the strength and confidence of the theatre department, he said. The play tells the story of an affluent family living on Cape Cod during the Great Depression, offering commentary on the economic crisis among the upper class. He co-wrote the show The Grand Room with his brother, which premiered during his senior year at BC.

Lazour’s political science and theatre double major developed his love for political theatre, he said. Scott Cummings, a professor in BC’s theatre department, introduced this term to Lunnie, and he quickly became a mentor to her, helping her identify what became her career path, she said.Ī career in theatre became a more palpable reality to all three alumni during their time at BC.įor Lazour, his early passion for writing shows with his brother continued into undergrad, even though his brother was in New York studying music at Columbia University, he said. When she began her freshman year, she had never heard of the word dramaturg, and certainly never imagined it would become her career, she said. Lunnie, though, had a later start to the performing arts-theatre entered her world at BC. Theatre was a natural solution that came out of a parent-teacher conference during which Pinkham’s teacher said they needed to find him an outlet for his “reckless creativity.” His parents were quick to enroll him in a kids theatre. Pinkham’s parents also introduced him to theatre early on. “I think I really loved performance and theatre and all of that and my brother loved theatre but also music, and it was just sort of a match made in heaven, or a match made by our mother,” Lazour said. Lazour first discovered his love for playwriting when he and his brother wrote their first musical for a middle school play competition. “I was a big Andrew Lloyd Webber fan when I was a kid because my dad would play cassette tapes like Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables, though I know Les Mis isn’t Andrew Lloyd Webber.” “I always loved the theatre,” Lazour said. Music and theatre surrounded Lazour’s life from an early age, he said.

Despite the drastic effect of COVID-19 on the performing arts industry, all three have found new avenues to express their love for the performing arts and share it with their audiences. Īll three were at different points in their careers, but last spring, they shared a common experience-the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily halted their careers. wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/GdAUTnqpTE4PXuQIZOqa5OT_VlvUe6hzaB1jVkzAOPA.For Patrick Lazour, BC ’13 Sarah Lunnie, BC ’08 and Bryce Pinkham, BC ’05, Boston College served as a springboard to eventually becoming a playwright, dramaturg, and Tony Award–nominated actor.dbr:Tony_Award_for_Best_Performance_by_a_Leading_Actor_in_a_Musical.dbr:John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts.dbr:A_Gentleman's_Guide_to_Love_and_Murder.dbr:Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Musical.dbr:Tony_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Musical.wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/GdAUTnqpTE4PXuQIZOqa5OT_VlvUe6hzaB1jVkzAOPA.jpeg?width=300.Per la sua performance in Gentleman's Guide fu candidato al Tony Award al miglior attore protagonista in un musical nel 2015. È noto soprattutto come interprete di musical a Broadway, dove ha recitato in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (2010), Ghost the Musical (2012), A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (2014), The Heidi Chronicles (2015) e Holiday Inn (2016). Bryce Pinkham (Redding, 19 ottobre 1982) è un attore statunitense, attivo in campo teatrale, cinematografico e televisivo.
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He voiced Stolas in the YouTube animated web series Helluva Boss. He is a Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellow and co-founder of Zara Aina, a not-for-profit children's theater company in Madagascar. For the latter role, he received nominations for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and a Grammy (Best Musical Theater Album). On Broadway, he played Monty Navarro in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. He has appeared in the PBS period drama Mercy Street. Bryce Allen Pinkham (born October 19, 1982) is an American actor and singer.
