Arts & Entertainment
In 2025 Northwestern is celebrating milestone anniversaries for three premier music and theater venues on the Evanston campus.
While attending a service at a synagogue, Broadway playwright Michele Lowe ’79 realized she might be able to use her stagecraft skills in an unexpected way — to help rabbis connect with their congregations.
There’s no shortage of imagination at Northwestern. Students pursue music, literature, dance, visual arts and more, creating a robust artistic environment with many avenues for expression.
How would you describe the Mona Lisa or Dalí’s famous melting clocks painting to a toddler? Thanks to MuseKat, an app developed by Bethany Marzewski Crystal ’09, the answers are right at your fingertips.
In Check Please, an award-winning short film by Shane Chung ’24, two co-workers who share Korean heritage fight each other for the right to pay the bill at a restaurant, using Jackie Chan–inspired martial arts.
If you like mystery thrillers, sports, history, magical realism, horror or owls, these alumni have you covered.
Northwestern is frequently mentioned in clues and questions on the iconic prime-time quiz show Jeopardy! At least 30 alumni and students have competed for fame and fortune on the show.
Since 1980, MBA students at the Kellogg School of Management have come together to write, direct and perform in Special K!, a musical comedy show featuring singing, dancing and drama sketches about life at Kellogg.
Following her sold-out off-Broadway performances in New York City, Liz Coin ’19 is bringing her one-woman show, Lizzy Sunshine, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show explores what it’s like to be the little sister of someone struggling with addiction.
During graduation weekend for Northwestern’s Class of 2025, President Michael Schill sat down with Commencement speaker Steve Carell ’25 H, parent of both a recent alum and a current student. Schill’s test sparked a novel rendition of the Northwestern fight song and a discussion of the challenges of improvising Chekhov and featured a spoiler-heavy recap of Carell’s recent TV roles.
