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The stage in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The musicians are seated with their instruments.

Over a year of virtual classes and performances later, Bienen is back

November 1, 2021

A&E After 21 months of masked classes and virtual performances, the Bienen School of Music is back on stage. For many students, this return marks the first live performance in their college careers. Baroque...

A close-up headshot of a woman with brown hair and hazel eyes, wearing a red shirt.

NU alumna Katie Rich talks SNL, new animated Netflix series “Chicago Party Aunt”

November 1, 2021

A&E For Katie Rich (Weinberg ’05), a parody Twitter account was the source of inspiration for her new animated Netflix series, “Chicago Party Aunt.”  “It was crazy to take something that...

NU Declassified: When SURG meets showtunes

NU Declassified: When SURG meets showtunes

November 1, 2021

This summer, three Northwestern Communication students used grant funding to write a musical, “Home for the Summer.” The show is based off of their experiences as queer students from small towns...

A board reads “620,000” on the stage. A group of people in white dresses with their backs to the audience look at someone in a top hat on top of a ladder.

“The Battlefields of Clara Barton” explores Red Cross founder and women’s rights advocate’s life

October 31, 2021

The American Music Theatre Project and the Wirtz Center this past weekend premiered “The Battlefields of Clara Barton,” a modern folk-rock musical exploring Barton’s role as a nurse in the Civil...

Two characters embrace each other. Other cast members dressed in white shirts and khakis surround them closely.

Captured: The Wirtz Center presents “The Battlefields of Clara Barton”

October 29, 2021

“The Battlefields of Clara Barton” premieres this weekend at The Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. The musical chronicles the life of Civil War hero and American Red Cross founder Clara Barton,...

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