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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


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...

Lyric Opera singers rehearse for the upcoming production of “My Fair Lady.” Two Northwestern alumni and an NU professor will perform in the musical.

Lyric Opera recreates Parisian version of musical ‘My Fair Lady’

April 26, 2017

A&E The Lyric Opera of Chicago will re-create a Parisian version of the timeless Broadway musical “My Fair Lady,” a large-scale production that includes a chorus of more than 50 singers. “My...

Heather Headley

Northwestern alumna Heather Headley replaces Jennifer Hudson in Broadway’s ‘The Color Purple’

May 12, 2016

A&E After more than a decade away from Broadway, Heather Headley is back. But rather than being calm and collected about replacing Oscar-winning singer Jennifer Hudson in the musical “The Color...

(From left) Elio Bucky, Henry Koch, Jack Reeder, Ben Perri

New men’s a cappella group ‘Tempo Tantrum’ to hold first show

May 5, 2016

A&E When auditions for Northwestern a cappella groups began this past fall, Bienen and Communication freshman Elio Bucky said he didn’t find a group he quite fit in with. So Bucky, along with three...

Kristine Nielsen (Communication ‘77) (left) rehearses for the Goodman Theatre’s upcoming production of “The Matchmaker.” The Tony award nominee will star in the production that starts this weekend.

Tony Award nominee, Northwestern alumna performs in Chicago production of ‘The Matchmaker’

March 3, 2016

A&E Making her first appearance in Chicago since graduating from Northwestern, Tony Award nominee Kristine Nielsen will star in “The Matchmaker” at the Goodman Theatre starting this weekend. ...

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