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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


Diana Andrade, 17, takes a photograph outside the PrivateBank Theatre where Hamilton is making its Chicago premiere on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 in Chicago. Andrade was among a group of students from Chicago Hope Academy who were attending the premiere. Northwestern will offer two courses on Hamilton during Winter Quarter.

Two new course offerings fuel ‘Hamilton’ mania

November 13, 2016

Two new courses on “Hamilton” offered Winter Quarter will allow Northwestern students to discuss history and law in relation to the Broadway hit musical. History Profs. Caitlin Fitz and Geraldo...

Kaitlin Fine (Communication ‘09) was mainly a performer during her time at NU, but a change of course led her to her current position as an associate company manager for “Hamilton.”

Q&A: Alumna Kaitlin Fine, assistant company manager of ‘Hamilton’ in Chicago

October 26, 2016

A&E Kaitlin Fine (Communication ‘09) was a performer throughout her time at Northwestern, but it was only during her senior year that she realized her passion lay backstage. After graduating, Fine...

Michelle Lauto (left), Missy Aguilar, NU junior Lucy Godinez and Leah Davis perform a scene from "In the Heights" playing at Porchlight Theatre.

Communication junior Lucy Godinez stars in Chicago rendition of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights”

September 29, 2016

A&E When Lucy Godinez takes the stage in Chicago’s Porchlight Music Theatre to portray Nina Rosario in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights,” she says she looks at the crowd and recognizes...

Sheldon Harnick.

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ lyricist, alumnus Sheldon Harnick still active in theater world at 91

March 2, 2016

A&E As a child, Sheldon Harnick wrote comedic poems that were published in his grammar school’s newspaper. Now, two Tony Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and two Grammy’s later, Harnick, 91, continues...

Brian d’Arcy James.

Spotlight on ‘Spotlight’: Brian d’Arcy James’ Broadway odyssey arrives in Hollywood

January 14, 2016

A&E At a community production of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” nine-year-old Brian d’Arcy James got to thinking. The Saginaw, Michigan, native wondered what it was like to be an actor,...

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