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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

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...

Lookingglass Theatre uses podcasts to virtually bring artists and theater organizations to the public.

Chicago theaters continue to deliver art during stay-at-home orders

May 21, 2020

A&E Theater companies in Chicago started closing in mid-March due to COVID-19 and have remained closed since. Under these new circumstances, Lookingglass Theatre started exploring new ways to engage...

The 2012 production of “Metamorphoses” at Lookingglass Theatre Company. The theater company was founded by Northwestern alums after an experimental production of “Alice in Wonderland” in 1987.

Lookingglass Theatre Company builds community and inventive art through its unique ensemble-based approach

May 13, 2020

The Monthly The first ever Lookingglass Theatre Company production took place in the Jones Great Room. A group of Northwestern students, led by David Schwimmer (Communication ‘88), put on an...

White Snake controls the water spirits during her battle with Fa Hai, the villain of the play. Communication senior Mari Uchida, who plays the role of White Snake, said she hopes this encourages more representation for people of all ethnicities in theater.

Lovers and Madmen play retells ancient Chinese myth

February 23, 2017

Lovers and Madmen’s winter play, “The White Snake,” hopes to prove that love will always prevail, even for snake spirits. The play, which opens Friday in the Louis Room of Norris University Center,...

Performance studies Prof. Mary Zimmermans latest play “The White Snake” will open in Chicago on May 3 at the Goodman Theatre. The three-time NU alumna is a Tony Award winner and has directed theater productions in Milan, Italy and New York City.

Performance studies professor directs plays around the world

April 8, 2014

Since last July, performance studies Prof. Mary Zimmerman has slept in her apartment for a total of four weeks. Zimmerman (Communication '82, '85, '94), the Jaharis Family Foundation Chair in Performance...

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