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

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

The Daily Northwestern

The cast of the 2018 production of “A Mother’s Song.” The show is remounting at Northwestern, with reading presentations March 14 and March 15.

After successful 2018 run, “A Mother’s Song” remounts at Northwestern

March 4, 2020

A&E When Tania Azevedo and Finn Anderson were commissioned to write a musical centered around family in 2018, they wanted to explore a woman’s identity in relation to motherhood. Directed by...

Award-winning songwriter Lindy Robbins joins Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project

May 23, 2019

Songwriter Lindy Robbins was named a master teacher for the Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project, a summer mentorship program at Northwestern’s Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing...

Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie originally met at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Since then, the duo has written several musicals together that have been shown at festivals around the world.

Scottish artists bring ‘choose-your-own-adventure’ musical to Northwestern

February 7, 2019

In writing “The Girl Who,” Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie wanted to give the audience a say in the plot. The musical has 128 possible storylines driven by audience input, which may leave them wondering...

The cast of “Legacy: A Mother’s Song” perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show explored the themes of choice and motherhood.

Northwestern theater students debut new shows at the Edinburgh Fringe for the second year

October 12, 2018

“Legacy: The Book of Names” was the title of one of the American Music Theater Project’s two shows premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but it’s also fitting nomenclature for Bienen junior...

Members of AMTP gather in the airport before traveling to Edinburgh. This group of Northwestern students will perform in two musicals at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe through the month of August.

American Music Theatre Project returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe for second year

July 23, 2018

Northwestern’s American Music Theatre Project is once again headed to Scotland for the world’s largest arts festival. Eleven NU students will spend the last two weeks of July working with students...

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