Northwestern improv group performs at Chicago Improv Festival
Emily Chin, A&E Editor
April 6, 2017
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Latest Stories, Students
“Musical on!” shouts someone from backstage. McCormick sophomore Muhammed Patel immediately begins to sing. The audience is hysterical. This is a typical performance for Out Da Box, an improv and sketch group on campus. The group does short form improv, which is a high-energy performance that...
Spektral Quartet to play concert featuring student compositions
Madeleine Fernando, Assistant A&E Editor
April 5, 2017
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Latest Stories, Music, Students, Top Stories
The Grammy-nominated Spektral Quartet will perform the works of eight Bienen students in a concert this Sunday. With a repertoire list spanning a wide variety of genres, centuries and styles, Spektral Quartet was formed more than seven years ago and seeks to “pursue a conversation” between modern...
Dolphin Show announces tour in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Madeleine Fernando, Reporter
March 12, 2017
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Latest Stories, Students, Theater
The Dolphin Show will be bringing its 75th annual show, “Little Shop of Horrors,” to Bosnia and Herzegovina this Spring Break. The tour is part of the U.S. Embassy’s cultural diplomacy program with Bosnia and Herzegovina, a program that facilitates cultural exchange between America and the southeastern...
Students celebrate black art, community through 10-minute play festival
Hayley Krolik, Reporter
March 2, 2017
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Students, Theater
Amira Danan said she does not often have the opportunity to surround herself with many fellow black students on campus. So when the opportunity came to work on Northwestern’s “Black Lives, Black Words” project, she said she was excited to fully immerse herself in the university’s black community. “It...
Northwestern staff member creates one-woman show discussing albinism
Jonah Dylan, Assistant Campus Editor
March 2, 2017
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Staff, Theater
As a black woman with albinism, Ashley Hicks said she always felt like an outsider. Hicks, an administrative assistant at Compliance, Audit and Advisory Services at Northwestern, has reduced pigment in her skin, hair and eyes as a result of the genetic disorder. For the past 10 years she has worked...
‘Crime and Punishment’ reinvents classic novel into fast-paced psychodrama
Rachel Holtzman, Reporter
March 2, 2017
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Literature, Theater
Three actors will perform the classic novel "Crime and Punishment" as a fast-paced psychological drama that explores the implications of murder, the justice system and the need for redemption. The play, directed by second-year directing graduate student Jeffrey Mosser, will premiere Friday in the...
NU ensemble-in-residence celebrates life of 17th-century musical icon
Jennifer Hepp, Reporter
March 2, 2017
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Music, Staff
After reigning for less than 10 years in the mid-1600s, Queen Christina of Sweden abdicated her throne and moved to Rome. She had always been interested in music, and there — in arguably the center of European culture — she became an icon. The Newberry Consort, a Bienen ensemble-in-residence focusing...
Feinberg faculty member brings psychology background into playwriting
Maddie Burakoff, Assistant A&E Editor
March 2, 2017
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Staff, Theater
As a clinical psychologist, Paul Pasulka (Feinberg ’83, ’85) has spent much of his life surrounded by other people’s stories. He works with conflict, emotion, language and humanity on a daily basis. As a playwright, he does the same. Pasulka, who teaches at the Feinberg School of Medicine,...
Northwestern music alumnus part of ‘Hamilton’ success since the start
Catherine Kim, Assistant A&E Editor
March 1, 2017
Filed under Alumni, Arts and Entertainment, Theater, Top Stories
When Stephen Colbert asked the crowd during the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors if “anyone (can) get me tickets to ‘Hamilton,’” crew member Ian Weinberger said he truly realized he was part of a Broadway hit. “It still kind of honestly surprises me,” he said. “People tell me about their 7-year-old...
‘Black Lives Black Words’ festival debuts on the university level at Northwestern
Hayley Krolik, Reporter
February 26, 2017
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Students, Theater
A 10-minute play festival called “Black Lives, Black Words” will analyze the question, “Do black lives matter today?” through Northwestern student work on Monday. The event will be held at 8 p.m. in the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. It will feature eight student...
City of Stars: Producer Jordan Horowitz rises to new heights with ‘La La Land’ fame
Stavros Agorakis, Reporter
February 23, 2017
Filed under Alumni, Arts and Entertainment, Television and Film
Jordan Horowitz’s first memory of his stint in the Northwestern film scene was portraying a high school agent who helped students find dates for the prom. Now, Horowitz, 36, (Communication ’02) is one of the youngest producers hoping to win at this year’s Academy Awards. The film “La La Land,”...
Lovers and Madmen play retells ancient Chinese myth
Catherine Kim, A&E Assistant Editor
February 23, 2017
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Students, Theater
Lovers and Madmen’s winter play, “The White Snake,” hopes to prove that love will always prevail, even for snake spirits. The play, which opens Friday in the Louis Room of Norris University Center, is inspired by an ancient Chinese legend. The White Snake, a spirit who resides in the mountainside,...
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