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Then: A Grand Gala

Spring 2018
Entertainment icons returned to campus in 1980 to celebrate the completion of the Theatre and Interpretation Center. Now the School of Communication is planning another grand gathering at the 2018 CommFest.

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Bonnie and Clyde, 1967 Former Northwestern student Warren Beatty starred as con man Clyde Barrow in this biographical crime film. The Graduate, 1967 This groundbreaking rom-com featured William Daniels ’50 as the father of protagonist Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman. Planet of the Apes, 1968 Astronaut George Taylor, played by Charlton Heston ’45, encountered a species of intelligent apes when he traveled to a mysterious planet in this sci-fi thriller.

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These rock and jazz acts played Northwestern in the 1980s.

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