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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


Bryan Eng poses outside with a jacket behind his back.

Communication alum Bryan Eng makes his debut on Broadway with ‘Plaza Suite’

June 12, 2022

Actor and jazz musician Bryan Eng (Communication ’19) described his March 28 Broadway debut as a dream come true. As an understudy for the classic comedy “Plaza Suite,” Eng acts alongside Tony...

Two masked students stand in the center of a classroom with their arms half-raised and wrists bent. Four other students stand behind them in a line. Another student stands off to the left, back turned, drawing on a chalkboard.

No Fun Mud Piranhas, Northwestern’s only audition-free improv group, returns

January 30, 2022

Last summer, Communication sophomore Ethan Gomberg attended a taping of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. During the audience Q&A, he asked Colbert about his experience as a theatre major at Northwestern....

Student plays a game with two other Northwestern students at a live show.

Late-night television group The Blackout continues to grow and inspire the comedy scene on campus

January 4, 2022

“Think Colbert meets Key & Peele…now lower your standards. A lot,” The Blackout’s logline reads. The Blackout is Northwestern’s Emmy-winning part-late-night, part-comedy show. Founded in...

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NU alumni, faculty nominated and win Emmy Award

September 21, 2021

This Emmy Award season, Wildcats dominated the nominee list with 12 Northwestern affiliates in the industry, ranging from alumni and faculty to writers and actors. Three alumni scored wins Sunday night,...

A still from HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Among this year’s Emmy nominees are Northwestern alumni Robin Thede and Ashley Nicole Black from the hit sketch comedy show.

“A Black Lady Sketch Show,” “Little Fires Everywhere” producers among Northwestern alumni nominated for Emmy Awards

September 17, 2020

Among those nominated for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards for excellence in television are Northwestern alumni Robin Thede, Stephen Colbert, Jill Leiderman, Seth Meyers, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord and Attica...

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