Many of today's most famous and esteemed composers, lyricists, critics, producers, directors and stars once graced the stage of Cahn Auditorium, in the Waa-Mu Show. Here are a few of them! (Click on the thumbnails to see larger images.)

 

Ann-Margret was a featured dancer in the 1960 Waa-Mu Show, "Among Friends."

Warren Beatty appears here singing a song from Waa-Mu's Silver Jubilee Anniversary of 1956. Click here to hear him singing "Wiga Wamming in a Wig-Wam."

Charlotte Rae and Paul Lynde formed one of Waa-Mu's all-time greatest comedic teams. Charlotte Lubotsky, as she was then known, appeared in four Waa-Mu Shows during the 1940s, in one of which she appeared with . . .

. . . Cloris Leachman, who would later go one to replace Rae in the sitcom "The Facts of Life." Leachman was a key player in several Waa-Mu Shows herself, and she shined in the hit number "She Stoops to Conga."

He doesn't appear in the photo, but famous film and television producer Garry Marshall, then a journalism student at NU, wrote this spoof about a spring break Mexican vacation.

Shelley Long was featured as a comedienne in the 1968 Waa-Mu Show, which is considered to be one of the best shows.

Oscar® nominee Karen Black shares the stage with Tony Roberts in the 1961 Waa-Mu Show, "Don't Make a Scene."

Famous Western and dramatic actor Claude Akins actually appears here in a comedic performance!

The late, great drama critic Walter Kerr actually began as an actor and writer in early Waa-Mu Shows. He is seen here as Romeo in a spoof of "Romeo & Juliet."

Tony Randall is seen here hiding behind a moustache, in an early Waa-Mu Show.

Now the director of Broadway's current hit "Ragtime," Frank Galati both wrote and performed for several Waa-Mu Shows in the 1960s. He is pictured here singing "It's Grand To Be in College," a song he co-wrote with Larry Grossman.

Dozens of other celebrities have graced the Waa-Mu stage with their world-class performances and/or writing, including Charlton Heston, Paula Prentiss, Patricia Neal, Lloyd B. Norlin, Sheldon Harnick, Brad Hall, Richard Benjamin, Robert Reed and Jerry Orbach. Dozens more are not yet listed on these pages, but keep checking for regular updates.

And don't forget, a whole new generation of Waa-Mu peformers is taking the world by storm.
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