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The Daily Northwestern

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


The cast of “The Great Sea Serpent” portrays sea creatures using puppets and physical movement.

‘The Great Sea Serpent’ incorporates research, physical storytelling for multidimensional play

May 5, 2024

A metaphorical show about the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable, the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts’ “The Great Sea Serpent” explored the intrusive impact humankind can...

A white woman dressed in a white tutu and tights with a white wig dances with a Black man dressed in a red soldier costume. The word “missing” is written in gold capital lettering along their left leg. Around them hang orange silks and a black and gold patterned background.

“It matters how you go:” Integrity, tenacity and determination as told by “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”

January 10, 2023

Warning: This review contains spoilers. Familiar characters fill a stage done up in Christmas trimmings: a toy soldier, a ballerina, elves and a boisterous young boy. A nursemaid attempts to maintain...

The cast rehearses a scene in which Hans Christian Andersen accepts his father's name after refusing to go by Hans for much of his life. The musical was written by Timothy Allen McDonald.

Wirtz performs new musical about Hans Christian Andersen

July 24, 2019

As he lay on stage, dying in his quilt-covered bed, Hans Christian Andersen’s father requested that his son tell him a story. Accompanied by both his parents, fairytale writer Andersen sang his story,...

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