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The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


Waa-Mu’s 89th Zoom production “State of the Art.” 2020-21 members are currently preparing for this May’s show.

89th Waa-Mu Show, “State of the Art,” to be performed for select audience over Zoom

April 29, 2020

A&E Opening night of the 89th annual Waa-Mu Show will look a little different this year than usual. Instead of watching actors take the stage in Cahn Auditorium, audience members will tune into a...

Next Waa-Mu Show announced, titled “State of the Art”

November 26, 2019

Next spring’s Waa-Mu Show will be titled “State of the Art,” the co-chairs of the 89th annual Waa-Mu Show announced in a Nov. 25 release. The show, a tale about street artists and city elites...

Actors perform in Minnie’s Boys at Porchlight Music Theatre in Chicago, composed by Larry Grossman (Communication ‘60).

Northwestern alum’s musical revived in Chicago with new song

May 22, 2019

Over 50 years ago, Larry Grossman (Communication ‘60) was writing music for Waa-Mu, an experience that would eventually lead him to pursue his passion and make his Broadway debut as a composer for “Minnie’s...

Northwestern students perform in the 88th annual Waa-Mu show, based on Amisha Padnani’s series “Overlooked.”

88th annual Waa-Mu show inspired by New York Times obituary series on overlooked women

May 15, 2019

No one speaks ill of the dead — especially those who were never spoken about. But after New York Times editor Amisha “Amy” Padnani joined the obituary desk at the prestigious paper, she decided to...

Michael Mahler performs at a concert. The communication alum recently won a Jeff Award for music directing “Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story.”

Northwestern alum wins Jeff Award for music direction

November 7, 2018

When Michael Mahler (Communication ’04) was a co-chair of the Waa-Mu Show his senior year at Northwestern, the show featured an actor playing his own instrument as a storytelling device. As a music director...

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