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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

Beth Kirkpatrick 03 (left) was in Parade, which won a Tony for Best Revival of a Musical in 2023. Photo courtesy of Angel Udelhoven

Broadway is becoming ‘more Wildcat friendly’: Playbill names NU 10th highest represented college on Broadway

October 17, 2023

Northwestern was once again featured on Playbill’s “10 Most Represented Colleges on Broadway” for the 2022-2023 season. The annual list, released on Sept. 7, names the colleges with the most alumni...

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Parker: Why I stopped acting at NU

May 23, 2023

  I used to be an actor. I was a classic theatre kid all throughout middle and high school, the kind who listened to musicals, obsessed about upcoming auditions and took acting classes after...

A person in a white wedding dress stands next to a man in a suit, surrounded by dancers holding bouquets of white flowers.

‘Funny Girl’ takes on classic musical through gender-expansive lens

February 26, 2023

As pale lights faded in, a chorus began to sing the Israeli song “Hayaldah Hachi Yafah Bagan” (The Prettiest Girl in Kindergarten) in Hebrew to open “Funny Girl.” The song, about admiring and being...

Beanie Feldstein sits on a gray chair holding a microphone and wearing a floral dress.

Beanie Feldstein talks friendship, identity at Northwestern Hillel event

November 10, 2022

For actor Beanie Feldstein, friendship is the “most important thing” in her life, both on- and off-screen.  Feldstein discussed how relationships with co-stars, directors and other colleagues have...

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