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The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


Zachary Noah Piser playing Evan Hansen in the Toronto production of “Dear Evan Hansen” where he is the alternate, being the first Asian-American actor to be cast as the role.

Northwestern graduate cast as first Asian-American Evan Hansen in “Dear Evan Hansen”

April 10, 2019

Six-time Tony- and Grammy-winning Broadway hit “Dear Evan Hansen” captured the hearts of viewers around the world. For Zachary Noah Piser (Communication ’15), joining the show was a dream. But to...

Chris Jones poses with his book “Rise Up!” at a Bookends & Beginnings event. Jones’ book charts works of American theatre that have influenced present-day society like “Hamilton.”

Chris Jones, author of ‘Rise Up!,’ says ‘Hamilton’ musical ‘entered the zeitgeist of a nation’

February 26, 2019

“Hamilton” may be the most successful work of theatre he has ever known, said Chris Jones, the Chicago Tribune chief theater critic. In his opinion, no other Broadway show has “entered the zeitgeist...

The company of “Les Misérables” performs “Master of
the House” with J. Anthony Crane as Thénardier and Allison Guinn as Madame Thénardier.

National tour of ‘Les Misérables’ arrives in Chicago, features NU alumni

October 4, 2017

A&E Anthony Crane (Communication ’93) said he remembered seeing the Broadway production of “Les Misérables” for the first time as a teenager. Some 30 years later, he now has a very different...

Alex Weisman.

Northwestern alum cast in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ on Broadway

October 4, 2017

A&E After Inauguration Day, Alex Weisman (Communication ’10) needed an escape. To brighten his day, Weisman picked up a copy of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” returning to the...

Students rehearse for an upcoming production of “Stick Fly.” The play will begin this Friday and will explore issues of race and privilege.

Northwestern alum’s renowned play “Stick Fly” to premiere on campus

May 10, 2017

After a Broadway run in 2011, “Stick Fly” will premiere at Northwestern this weekend in Josephine Louis Theater. Put on by The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, the show aims...

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