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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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Staff Recs
Staff Recs: Power couples
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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
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Our Town: Upper East Side
A Poet Treads a Path to Recovery Through Central Park–in Iambic Pentameter Verse
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The Knockturnal
​Inside Juilliard’s Annual Benefit for Scholarship Concert
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The Greene Street Review
Mona Awad Playfully Pokes at the Obsessive Nature of Creativity
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101 Newstop
NYU Tisch Drama announces its eleventh studio: Innovation Studio
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Substack
Manhattan Vintage Winter Show: A Photo Essay
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