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

The Daily Northwestern


Cast members, in various colored costumes, sit in various positions around the stage while singing.

Wirtz Center hosts musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’

November 13, 2022

“As You Like It,” a modern musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play, opened Friday night at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. It will run through Nov. 20.  The...

Two people talk in a stage office while three people eavesdrop outside.

The 91st annual Waa-Mu Show returned to the mainstage with ‘kooky’ comedy ‘A Peculiar Inheritance’

April 29, 2022

The 91st Annual Waa-Mu Show will return to in-person performances for the first time in two years this weekend, debuting “A Peculiar Inheritance,” which will run from April 29 to May 8 in Cahn...

Director Tor Campbell. The Wirtz Center production “A Few Short Plays to Save The World” and “What You Did” is free to all NU students.

MFA Directing Program student explores equality and art in Wirtz production

January 20, 2021

Director Tor Campbell questions the responsibilities of artists in society and the difference art can make in the pre-recorded production “A Few Short Plays to Save The World” and “What You Did,”...

Set and costume designs for the “The Glass Menagerie.”

Audio drama reimagines “The Glass Menagerie” through a Chinese-American lens

January 13, 2021

Discouraging the pursuit of the arts. Pressuring daughters to get married. Balancing familial responsibilities with personal dreams. These were elements of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie,”...

International students talk about difficulties and uncertainties under the Trump administration.

International students talk upcoming election, Trump immigration policies

October 29, 2020

With Election Day just five days away, international students at Northwestern say re-electing President Donald Trump poses a threat to their futures. In July, the Trump administration announced —...

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