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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Bryce Heilmann

Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter

Bryce Heilmann (he/him) is a sophomore Media Arts Production major from Reading, Pennsylvania. Outside of the Beacon he is also the Deputy School of Film Senator for Emerson SGA and works on various student projects and magazines. When he is not reporting on life and the arts he can be found using his AMC membership to catch a new film or singing on a stroll through the park with friends.

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The Coolidge Corner Theatre travels through time with Vistavision

The Coolidge Corner Theatre travels through time with Vistavision

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / October 15, 2025

Yearning to revisit the golden age of Hollywood, dripping in vibrant Technicolor and classic films that draw eager audiences to the multiplex? The Coolidge...

Courtesy of Sam Penn

Lorde has risen: ‘Ultrasound Tour’ creates community at TD Garden

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / October 8, 2025

Last week’s anticipated Rapture may have yielded anti-climactic results, but the Lord did appear in Boston—Lorde with an ‘e’ that is. Previously...

Photo courtesy of Danica Robinson

Marina, ‘Princess of Power,’ takes her royal tour to Roadrunner

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / October 8, 2025

The groovy vibrance of the 70s returned to Boston last week as Marina brought audiences of all ages into her sonically fueled arcade vector game at Roadrunner....

Kai Thomani Tshokosi ‘15 brings Emerson’s revolutionary energy to 'Hamilton'

Kai Thomani Tshokosi ‘15 brings Emerson’s revolutionary energy to ‘Hamilton’

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / October 1, 2025

Wednesday night, an energetic crowd packed the seats of the Citizens Bank Opera House for the opening night of Hamilton’s Boston tour run. Gilded ceiling...

(Bryce Heilmann/Beacon Staff)

Boston gets a taste of Fiji with The Ultimate Survivor Cafe

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / October 1, 2025

As temperatures cool and skies grow gray for another Boston autumn, a tropical getaway may not be as far away as you think. The Greatest Bar in Boston’s...

A cliff diver hypes up the crowd before leaping off the ICA (Bryce Heilmann/ For The Beacon).

[Photo] Cliff diving makes waves in Boston from atop the ICA

By Rina Laby, Dept. City Editor / September 24, 2025

Rhiannan Iffland, Molly Carlson and Simone Leathead celebrate their podium finishes at the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Boston (Bryce Heilmann/...

The 77th Emmy Awards rushes its winners while dragging along its viewers

The 77th Emmy Awards rushes its winners while dragging along its viewers

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / September 17, 2025

On Sunday, Sept. 15, CBS rolled out the red carpet at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater for a night of celebrating old “Hacks” and stars in “Adolescence.”...

(Bryce Heilmann / Beacon Correspondent)

Half Alive reinvigorates Roadrunner on ‘Persona World Tour’

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / April 23, 2025

With a stage full of billowing smoke, two blue and green personas—Sonny and Cher—greeted the audience. It was easy to forget about the wind chills...

(Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Prospective students consider financial aid before ‘picturing’ themselves at Emerson

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / April 9, 2025

While Massachusetts residents filled Boston Common on April 5 for the nationwide “Hands Off!” protest, prospective students filled Emerson’s halls...

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A decade of Disney remakes: Were they ever great or always just “good enough”?

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / April 5, 2025

Ten years after adapting arguably its most iconic princess, Cinderella, to live action, Disney has done it again, but this time with the one who started...

Illustration Bryce Heilmann

Hollywood’s biggest night was … surprisingly small?

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / March 6, 2025

On a night infamous for cultivating many scandalous headlines, and an awards season chock full of them, the 97th Academy Awards remained relatively mundane.  With...