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

The Daily Northwestern


Stage Design and Directing MFA Candidates Q&A: Quarantine and the future of theatre

June 4, 2020

Directing and Stage Design master’s students in the School of Communication answer questions about remote learning at the graduate level, finding work and creating art in crisis. Closed captions available. Email:...

Theatre and The Daily: A (Short) Tale of Two Lives

Theatre and The Daily: A (Short) Tale of Two Lives

May 31, 2019

If there were a dual-degree program between Medill and the School of Communication, I would be in it. Initially, I looked at Northwestern because I had heard great things about our undergraduate journalism...

Chris Jones poses with his book “Rise Up!” at a Bookends & Beginnings event. Jones’ book charts works of American theatre that have influenced present-day society like “Hamilton.”

Chris Jones, author of ‘Rise Up!,’ says ‘Hamilton’ musical ‘entered the zeitgeist of a nation’

February 26, 2019

“Hamilton” may be the most successful work of theatre he has ever known, said Chris Jones, the Chicago Tribune chief theater critic. In his opinion, no other Broadway show has “entered the zeitgeist...

A copy of a rare second folio of William Shakespeare’s “Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies” will be on display this week as part of “Page & Stage: Shakespeare at Northwestern Libraries.”  The exhibition celebrates 400 years since the playwright’s death with different artifacts related to his work.

Northwestern Libraries to launch special Shakespeare collections exhibit

April 21, 2016

A&E Starting Saturday, Northwestern students will have the chance to see and read artifacts dating back as far as the 16th century — all of which relate to Shakespeare’s work and other...

Ned Noyes.

Alumnus stars in revival of Tony-Award winning ‘Cabaret’

February 3, 2016

A&E While he was a theater major at Northwestern, Ned Noyes (Communication ‘00) said he attended the 1998 Broadway revival of “Cabaret,” inspiring a lifelong dream to become associated with...

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