Emily Wyrwa

A passionate storyteller and third-year journalism student at Boston University. 

Stephen Nedoroscik talks 2028 Olympics, ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and getting noticed for the first time in his hometown bar - The Boston Globe

The first time Stephen Nedoroscik was recognized in public was long before he went viral for his glasses at the 2024 Paris Olympic games.

Before the world knew him as “pommel horse guy,” and before he dove into the unknown world of “Dancing with the Stars,” someone tapped him on the shoulder of his hometown bar Ralph’s in Worcester. He had seen Nedoroscik at the 2021 World Championships for men’s gymnastics, and wanted to buy the gymnast a drink. It was 2022 — Nedoroscik’s second time ever at the bar.

Ethan Slater plays Marcel Marceau, brings work in progress to Williamstown Theatre Festival - The Boston Globe

Before Marceau became a performer, he was born Marcel Mangel and as a teen fled Nazi-occupied France. His cousin recruited him into the resistance, and he was tasked with smuggling Jewish orphans into Switzerland. According to Pailet, many have speculated the games he played with those children became the foundation of his mime act.“It’s exciting to be at this stage and to be in Williamstown, which is a place that has a history of artists coming together in the summer to develop their ideas,” S...