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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


The cast of “Do You Believe in Madness?” The show, The Second City’s 108th mainstage review, opened Nov. 7

Review: Second City mixes the absurd and the topical with “Do You Believe in Madness?”

November 13, 2019

During a sketch about halfway through Second City’s latest show, Jordan Savusa finishes explaining how the electoral college works to his fellow cast members, and asks them if they have any questions. “Um...

Communication junior Diego Abraham performs as part of The Blackout, a campus late night show.

The ins and outs of making it — or breaking it — in Northwestern’s comedy scene

February 13, 2019

At Northwestern, there are two paths for aspiring comedians: either you make The Titanic Players improv team freshman year, or you don’t. First-years can forget about trying for the Mee-Ow Show — rumor...

Winter shows in Chicago include local comedy, rapper’s birthday bash

January 17, 2019

The new year is the perfect time to try things you’ve always thought about, but never did: go to more concerts, spend time with friends, laugh more often. If your New Year’s resolution is to take advantage...

Pep Rosenfeld and Andrew Moskos perform with Boom Chicago. The group’s founders have made the comedy troupe an international force, and hold the honor of being the only visiting group to have performed on the Second City mainstage in Chicago.

Boom Chicago celebrates 25 years of dominating the Dutch improv scene

February 15, 2018

It was the summer of 1992. Andrew Moskos and Pep Rosenfeld were kicking off their postgraduate European adventure in Amsterdam, and, naturally, they decided to sample some hash in a Dutch coffee shop. The...

Sarah Sherman

Recent Northwestern graduates break into Chicago comedy scene

October 19, 2016

A&E For recent graduate Sarah Sherman, leaving Northwestern was what finally liberated her comedy. Sherman currently participates in a monthly stand-up show she created, “Helltrap Nightmare,”...

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