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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


Charlie Oh, who is hoisted up, and the cast rehearse for “American Idiot.” The show opens on Oct. 16 at the Ethel M. Barber Theater.

Northwestern alumna directs a musical based on Green Day album

October 14, 2015

Lili-Anne Brown (Communication ‘95), artistic director of Bailiwick Chicago, is back on campus for the first time in 20 years to direct Green Day’s “American Idiot.” The nontraditional musical,...

Northwestern's own 'American Idiot' brings Green Day to Broadway

Northwestern’s own ‘American Idiot’ brings Green Day to Broadway

April 23, 2013

While watching the Green Day-inspired Broadway musical “American Idiot” last week, I found myself on the edge of my seat — anxious not about the plot but about the possibility of Communication senior...

Alex Nee as Johnny in "American Idiot."

Boulevard of Broadway Dreams: Northwestern senior takes the stage in ‘American Idiot’

October 11, 2012

About a month before what would have been the first day of his senior year at Northwestern, Alex Nee stood on a dark stage in Charleston, S.C., black nail polish and guyliner applied. Homework was the...

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