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Student actors get cozy in this year’s Waa-Mu Show, “Gold.” The musical, centered around the 1936 Berlin Olympics, will open May 1 in Cahn Auditorium.

84th Waa-Mu Show set to open Friday

April 29, 2015

Waa-Mu is set to open its 84th annual show, continuing an integral tradition of Northwestern theater. "Gold," Waa-Mu's newest production, tells the story of the 1936 Berlin Olympics through original...

Cast members from “Gold” pose in costume. More than 100 Northwestern students worked to put on this year’s Waa-Mu Show.

Team behind Waa-Mu Show shares experiences

April 29, 2015

A&E Monday night’s Waa-Mu Show rehearsal was when things finally started to click for Bienen junior Jon Bauerfeld and Communication senior Kylie Mullins. As one of the actors sang “Flying,”...

Northwestern launches new online fundraising platform for student groups

April 13, 2015

Northwestern has developed a new online tool to help student groups fundraise. In partnership with ScaleFunder, a crowdfunding platform for universities and nonprofits, NU launched Catalyzer to allow...

Adrenaline pumping: Reviewing “The 24 Hour Theatre Project” and “Boomshaka: Disclosure”

May 14, 2014

I've heard people talking about this last weekend as "the gap week" for student theater. True, none of the nine major student theater groups on campus put anything up, but there were certainly shows to...

Beginning to Mean Something: Reviewing ‘Double Feature,’ ‘Endgame’

May 6, 2014

I'm of a strong opinion that theater should primarily be for the audience. Why else would you invite them to come and watch? You can be the most interesting, the most intelligent, the most boundary-pushing...

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