Alumni News
![Madeline Best performs at The Chocolate Factory Theater](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/chocolate-factory%20300x225_0.jpg?itok=5hyRkekr)
The Chocolate Factory Theater, founded by Executive Director Sheila Lewandowski ’97 and Artistic Director Brian Rogers ’95, has been a staple of the Queens arts scene since its first season in 2005.
![Joan Tower](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/joan%20tower%20300x225.jpg?itok=1arck36y)
In honor of composer Joan Tower ’61 and her 80th birthday, New England Conservatory featured her music during the month of February.
![Holland Taylor](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/TaylorHolland_600x450_2.jpg?itok=xUMtm_3f)
Tony Nominee Holland Taylor ’64 has landed a leading role in the upcoming NBC pilot, Guess Who Died.
![The Sky is Yours](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/the%20sky%20is%20yours.jpg?itok=EmM9axty)
The Sky Is Yours, the debut novel by Chandler Klang Smith ’05, is receiving national recognition as one of 2018’s great reads.
![Photograph by Sally Mann](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/Sally%20Mann_A%20thousand%20Crossings.jpg?itok=HiuU_0nv)
The first major survey of celebrated photographer Sally Mann '73 to travel internationally investigates how Mann's relationship with her native land–a place rich in literary and artistic traditions but troubled by history–has shaped her work.