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by Blair Ingenthron - August 12, 2023

Music Theater Works 150th production, THE PRODUCERS A Mel Brooks Musical is now playing a limited engagement through August 20 in the Center Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts In Skokie. Check out the photos here!...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 11, 2023

The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts at Northwestern University has revealed its 2023-24 season of musicals, dramas and theatre for young audiences by celebrated theater makers. ...

by Stephi Wild - June 09, 2023

Music Theater Works, currently presenting its second production in the 2023 season, Pippin, through June 25, has announced the cast and creative team for its third production in the 2023 season, THE PRODUCERS A Mel Brooks Musical in the Center Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Art...

by Stephi Wild - February 14, 2023

February, 14, 2023 - The Dolphin Show at Northwestern University is proud to announce the five-performance engagement of Roald Dahl's MATILDA The Musical broke the gross ticket sales record, grossing over $61,000. MATILDA also sold out the 1000-seat Cahn Auditorium for its closing performance....

by Blair Ingenthron - November 12, 2022

This year, the Northwestern Dolphin Show will be presenting Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, a musical about a young child gifted with telekinesis, a love of reading, and the strength to overcome obstacles thrown at her and her peers. Produced by Arella Flur, Daniel Maton, and Rachel Schmaier, dire...

by A.A. Cristi - December 15, 2021

Northwestern University's The Dolphin Show returns to Cahn Auditorium for the first in-person production since 2019 due to organizational restructuring and the pandemic, The 79th Annual Show Presents: Merrily We Roll Along. ...

by A.A. Cristi - November 17, 2021

After two years of producing the Waa-Mu Show virtually, the co-chairs of Northwestern University's 91st Annual Waa-Mu Show have announced the show will move back to Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., on the Evanston campus....

by Student Blogger: Emily Brooks - June 24, 2021

The Waa-Mu Show has been called 'the greatest college show in America' by the Associated Press. It's one of the largest Northwestern Theatre projects of the year, during which over a hundred students work to create and produce a brand new musical from the ground up under the mentorship of profession...

by A.A. Cristi - May 19, 2021

Northwestern University has a long tradition of Pulitzer, Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award winning alumni lighting up stage and screen. One likely reason is the Waa Mu Show, Northwestern's oldest theatrical tradition. ...

by Student Blogger: Emily Brooks - May 19, 2021

Soon after planning for this year’s Dolphin Show began in late winter 2020, the team faced a question: how on earth were they to produce a show that holds the record for being “the biggest student-produced musical in the country” in the midst of a global pandemic?...