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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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The “How To Defend Yourself” cast. After starting over the summer, the actors will finally take the stage this weekend.

‘How To Defend Yourself’ explores empowerment in violent world with Spectrum Theatre Company

November 16, 2023

Content warning: This article contains discussion of rape, sexual assault and violence.  With boxing gloves hanging and Greek Life-aesthetic posters plastering the walls, Shanley Pavilion has transformed...

The Dissonance band rehearsing for their production. Along with writing the show, Valaskovic also plays the saxophone in the band.

Student-written productions like Sit & Spin Production’s ‘Dissonance’ break from tradition, amplify new voices

November 14, 2023

Tackling girlhood, teenage years and turning into an old lady can be tricky. Communication junior Grace Valaskovic chose to examine these themes in her coming-of-age rock concert, “Dissonance,” which...

The Wirtz Center's production of musical "The Prom" opened last weekend.

‘The Prom’ is a heartwarming showstopper

November 14, 2023

When three Broadway has-beens and a never-was combine forces to save their careers and a midwestern lesbian’s prom experience, chaos is bound to ensue. This is the gist of the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz...

A tableau vivant of “A Sunday at La Grande Jatte” concludes the first act of “A Sunday in the Park with George.”

‘Sunday in the Park with George’ makes suboptimal setting picturesque

November 12, 2023

As a venue, Shanley Pavilion is far from perfect: it doesn’t fit many people, large wooden poles obstruct the view at some angles and there aren’t many places for actors to enter and exit the stage...

Three women confusedly watching a woman draped in an American flag as she talks on a cell phone.

Hell to the chief: ‘POTUS’ crafts a chaotic comedy of errors

November 12, 2023

The first word we hear in “POTUS” is so vulgar, I cannot repeat it. Yet, the unnamed fictional president uses a variation of it to describe his wife. That’s just the first mishap in this brash,...

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