Skylar Boilard
ABOUT
I'm a junior at New York University, majoring in performance studies and journalism with a minor in psychology. I am the Arts Editor at Washington Square News and work as an Admissions Ambassador for NYU's Office of Undergraduate Admissions. In my free time, I can be found working on my yearly reading goal or writing in my journal. I'm extremely passionate about writing and the arts, and I hope to pursue a career in arts and entertainment journalism.

PUBLICATIONS
Washington Square News
Performing Arts Coverage
Review: ‘Our House’ crumbles under the weight of its own message
Review: Tisch alum’s new play explores consumerism through cringe
Q&A: Tisch alum on tech and morality in ‘Data’
Q&A: Stella Adler alumni on forming their own theater company
Ranked: Broadway’s leading ladies
Review: Audiences share the stage in ‘Gwyneth Goes Skiing’
Josh Groban raises $1.5 million for arts education
WSN’s guide to the Broadway Flea Market
From rehearsal to Radio City: A summer that hit the right note
Review: The play ‘Stereophonic’ tells the bittersweet story of a ’70s band
Review: ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’ does celebrity casting right
Music Coverage
Review: Heartbreak hits a familiar note on Mitski’s new album
Review: The ‘Wicked: For Good’ soundtrack fails to live up to last year
Review: Olivia Dean’s new album captures love in all its phases
Review: Laufey’s ‘A Matter of Time’ explores modern problems with classic melodies
Review: ‘Forever Is a Feeling’ is for the romantic
Review: Lady Gaga's 'MAYHEM' is a revitalized return to form
Review: Tate McRae ascends to pop princess status in 'So Close to What'
Review: COIN lets go of expectations on ‘I’m Not Afraid Of Music Anymore’
Review: ‘Evolution’ proves Sheryl Crow is best when sticking to her roots
Review: ‘Deeper Well’ is the embodiment of emotional spring cleaning
Review: Declan McKenna’s ‘What Happened to the Beach?’ is a wonderfully weird exploration of music
Hozier’s detailed lyricism brings back nostalgic Valentine’s Day
Review: blink-182’s ‘ONE MORE TIME…’ is a welcomed revitalization of 2000s pop-punk
Review: Zach Bryan’s ‘Boys Of Faith’ is the perfect folk EP for the nostalgics
Film/TV Coverage
Who will win ‘The Traitors’ season 4?
Our ‘Survivor 50’ preseason prediction
Review: ‘People We Meet On Vacation’ revives the rom-com
Review: The newest 'Bridget Jones' installment is unnecessary and disorienting
Review: 'Snow White' fails to charm viewers
Review: ‘Heartstopper’ season 3 is unrelentingly authentic
Fine Arts Coverage
80WSE's latest exhibition explores a better society through fashion
The Met's newest exhibition breathes life into Italy's colossal history
Review: ‘Barbie®: A Cultural Icon’ offers hope for women in uncertain times
Review: ‘What It Becomes’ educates viewers on the process of creating
Book Coverage
Review: ‘Half His Age’ is for the weird girls
Books beyond Bobst: A gothic novel, a philosophical fantasy and more
Books beyond Bobst: A heartfelt historical fiction, a time loop and more
Books beyond Bobst: A feminist cultural analysis, a multi-perspective thriller and more
Books beyond Bobst: A fantasy with magical creatures, two stream-of-consciousness novels and more
Books beyond Bobst: A novel in verse, a journalism-centered drama and more
Staff Recs
Staff Recs: Power couples
Listicles
5 book heroines that raised us
Liked this musical? Read this play
4 books to reinvigorate your love for reading
4 stage roles we can’t stop dreaming of
Beat seasonal depression with these holiday tunes
5 of our favorite guilty pleasure musicals
Classics that your syllabus forgot
Elevate your Halloween movie night with 5 unconventional picks
5 casting choices we’re manifesting
5 shows we want a Broadway revival of
If you watched that, read this:
5 books written by Irish authors
4 books to read in celebration of Black History Month
10 guilty pleasure albums that we unapologetically love
10 songs for your cold-weather playlist
Our Town: Upper East Side
A Poet Treads a Path to Recovery Through Central Park–in Iambic Pentameter Verse
The Knockturnal
Confidence takes center stage at first ISR™ fashion show
Inside Juilliard’s Annual Benefit for Scholarship Concert
The Greene Street Review
Mona Awad Playfully Pokes at the Obsessive Nature of Creativity
101 Newstop
NYU Tisch Drama announces its eleventh studio: Innovation Studio
Substack
Manhattan Vintage Winter Show: A Photo Essay