Thursday, November 6, 2008
Chicago

Theater in the Second City climbs the ranks

Quality shows and big awards make Chicago’s theater scene a force to be reckoned with.

Sunday, October 5, 2008
Review

Kafka on the Shore mesmerizes at the Steppenwolf Theatre

Murakami’s bestseller is as mind-bending in the theater as on the page.

Monday, September 22, 2008
20 Questions

The director of Not a Chance in Newark can’t write poetry but has unsymmetrical toes

Relevant and irrelevant queries for a student director.

Monday, September 15, 2008
20 questions

The cast of The Compleat Works of Shakespeare and the kinky tension on set

Twenty questions with The Compleat Works of Shakespeare.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
At the Rock

From the Globe to the Rock: Pericles to be performed weekend

Lovers & Madmen will stage an outdoor performance of Shakespeare’s comedy, Pericles.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
review

Dazzling Skylines showcases student composers

Skylines shows off NU’s top student composers, but theater buffs will get the most of it.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Carnivals

Looptopia brings music, circuses to the masses

Enjoy music, art or theater? How about circuses? Looptopia brings it all in one 14-hour bash.

Thursday, April 3, 2008
LOL'ing

Students’ stand-up comedy to hit Café Ambrosia this weekend

Sit & Spin will perform its comedy show at Café Ambrosia this weekend.

Thursday, February 14, 2008
Partying

How NU’s strangling the off-campus party scene

Off-campus fundraising parties are becoming harder to come by.

profile

Communication senior finds voice in Vertigo play

Jenn Babin confronts marriage in her play, which runs this weekend.

Sunday, September 30, 2007
"One Book, One Northwestern"

Harlem writer’s spirit summoned to NU theater

A one-man play kicked off NU’s “One Book, One Northwestern” program on Thursday.

Thursday, May 3, 2007
Theater

Is The Club better than partying? Not quite.

Don’t want to go out this weekend? You can still check out Waa-Mu’s 76th annual show, The Club.

Sunday, April 29, 2007
Theater

My Super-Sweet Thirteen: Even the goyim enjoyed this theater production

My Super-Sweet Thirteen is funny even if you haven’t had a bar mitzvah.

Monday, April 23, 2007
Theater

This Color Purple dumbs down the book’s spirit

The Broadway musical adaptation bleeds the life out of Alice Walker’s acclaimed novel.

Friday, April 13, 2007
Theater

Arts Alliance’s Company takes memory, and the musical, seriously

Yeah, there’s singing, but the Arts Alliance’s production has serious artistic merit.

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