MMC On The Web

Julie Huntington, Ph.D. , Associate Professor of English and World Literatures and an avid cyclist based in Astoria, Queens, has co-authored a striking opinion piece published in AMNY on fatal cyclist deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Zoie Lanning ’23 and Adriana Ruiz-Sorrentini, both BFA in Musical Theatre majors, have been selected to the College Top 25 of the Next on Stage series sponsored by Broadway Records . Congratulations, Zoie and Adriana!

Dan Langan ’12, a Business Management major at MMC, has become a well-known personality on The Food Network. Check out his latest interview with Distractify.

Broadway World has been compiling showcase videos from college seniors all around the country. Although their performances were cancelled, the show must go on– virtually!

Adrienne Warren ’09, Theatre Arts alumna and star of TINA: The Tina Turner Musical, talks about her career and the hiatus from her role on Broadway.

Maya Georgi ’20, a graduating senior in the English and World Literatures program with minors in Digital Journalism and Law and Ethics , discusses her quarantine experiences with complex family dynamics in a stunning piece, What It’s Like To Quarantine With My Old-School Abuela.

Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology alumna Nathalia Fonseca ’10, now Clinical Supervisor and Adjunct Instructor at MMC, discusses her career as a speech pathologist in an interview with Women on Topp.

Zoey Anderson ’15, BFA Dance alumna, first participated in a New York City Dance Alliance (NYCDA) competition at 10 years old. The organization has and continues to inspire and mold her career as a dancer, and even provided a scholarship for her education at Marymount Manhattan.

Jared Grimes ’05, MMC Communication and Media Arts alum, performed in the Broadway at Birdland concert series on February 24, providing an evening of high energy, non-stop, genre-fusing music and dance. His performance was widely praised in a Broadway World review .

Author and alumna Kiley Reid ’10, an Acting major and Religious Studies minor at MMC, joined Trevor Noah on The Daily Show to discuss Such a Fun Age,  her best-selling debut novel about the precarious relationship between a black babysitter and her wealthy white female employer.

Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford ’05 will star as Gina in Chuck Lorre’s CBS pilot B Positive.

Mullin ’18, who graduated from MMC with a BA in Theatre Arts and a minor in Musical Theatre, has joined the third edition of “Women of the Wings” at Feinstein’s/54 Below. The event will take place on March 14 at 9:30pm.

The MMC Professor of Art, Jim Holl, MFA , recently opened “Both a Point and a Line” at the Atwater Gallery in Kingston, New York.

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Communication Arts graduate Victoria Bachan ’13 has been included in the coveted ‘Dealmakers List 2019’ from Variety Magazine for her work with Authentic Talent and Literary Management. Since Authentic establishment their digital department in 2017, the team has generated has generated approximately $25 million in revenue.

The Monitor, MMC’s student-run newspaper, published a feature article on the 2019 Stand Up Speak Out festival.

Graduates of MMC’s Theatre program Bittner and Ashford recently guest starred as husband and wife in the seventh episode of the latest CBS show ‘Evil’ on Thursday, November 14.

Chair of Marymount Manhattan’s Dance department Katie Langan ’92 has been quoted in a new article from Dance Magazine on the New York City Dance Alliance and its influence on college scholarships, career opportunities, and professional development. 

Alumna Adrienne Warren ’09 is featured on the cover of the November 2019 issue of IN New York magazine. Read the feature story here.

The new chapter will serve as a student meetup group for changemakers in journalism and the on-campus outpost of the Online News Association, the world’s largest association of digital journalists.

Each year, the team at OnStage Blog announces the best performing arts schools for the coming year. To generate this ranking, OnStage creates a committee of theatre educators, students, alumni, and parents—the people who really know what’s important in theatre education—to research the country’s top programs.

Observer staffer Joe Kottke discusses MMC’s Bedford Hills College Program (BHCP) in a new feature for Fordham Lincoln Center’s student newspaper.

Howard Weightman ’00, a Theatre Arts graduate and Naval officer, has been reunited with his beloved college ring 15 years after losing it aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower while stationed at Naval Station Norfolk in 2003.

The Bedford Hills College Program (BHCP) and similar programs throughout the United States are discussed in a new piece, “How to raise the quality of prison education programs,” in national higher ed magazine University Business .

Shelbi Cornelison ’22, a double major in CTEM and Writing for the Stage , describes her experience working on a 48 Hour Play Festival at MMC this September.

Samantha Butts ’19 is one of 13 new women joining the world-famous Rockettes for the 2019 Christmas Spectacular.

Broadway World released an “everything you need to know” about Marymount Manhattan College, highlighting the College’s combination of professional theatre education and training with the liberal arts.

Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Arts, Tatiana Serafin, MFA , discusses Gen Z, climate change activism, and foreign policy on the latest episode of Global Ethics Weekly with Alex Woodson.