Barbara Vitello
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Pandemic-delayed 'Devil Wears Prada' opens in Chicago, and its creatives couldn't be happierAug 04, 2022 6:00 am - It was the first table read for “The Devil Wears Prada,” the Broadway-bound musical premiering at Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre, and co-star Taylor Iman Jones w...
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Spotlight: 'Kitties in Space' soars into Otherworld TheatreAug 04, 2022 6:00 am - Felines in space In a future where humans are extinct and pets have enhanced intelligence, cat buddies Socks and Mittens "go where no cat has gone before" in Otherw...
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50 years later: How the De Mau Mau murders changed Barrington HillsAug 04, 2022 5:00 am - Fritz Gohl remembers growing up in Barrington Hills during the 1950s and 1960s when nobody locked their doors. That changed on Aug. 5, 1972, after residents of the afflu...
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Lead performer makes a joyful noise in Metropolis' revival of 'Sister Act'Jul 28, 2022 6:00 am - “Sister Act” - ★ ★ ½ “Sister Act,” the musical adapted from the film starring Whoopi Goldberg as an unwitting witness to a mob hit forced to hide out at a convent, requi...
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Spotlight: Paramount's BOLD series stages coming-of-age tuner 'Fun Home'Jul 27, 2022 9:00 am - Welcome 'Home' Paramount Theatre's BOLD series continues with a revival of the Tony Award-winning chamber musical "Fun Home," a coming-of-age/coming-out story based on A...
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Making history: Goodman Theatre names first female artistic director in 97 yearsJul 26, 2022 1:00 am - Change is coming to 170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago on Oct. 3, when Susan V. Booth takes over as Goodman Theatre's new artistic director, the first female in the theater's ...
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Spotlight: In Glenview, a fable unfolds, while in St. Charles, it's Shakespeare under the starsJul 22, 2022 6:00 am - Siblings in love Oil Lamp Theater presents “Failure: A Love Story,” Philip Dawkins' play-with-music about three sisters living above their family's clock repair sho...
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Illinois drivers have until Dec. 1 to renew driver's licenses, ID cardsJul 22, 2022 1:00 am - Drivers whose licenses are about to expire caught a break Friday when Secretary of State Jesse White announced his office will extend expiration dates for driver's licen...
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Love story: Northlight's 'Dear Jack, Dear Louise' a testament to a lifelong romanceJul 21, 2022 6:00 am - “Dear Jack, Dear Louise” - ★ ★ ★ “Dear Jack, Dear Louise,” Ken Ludwig's sweet, epistolary tale currently running at Northlight Theatre, hits all the rom-com notes: boy ...
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Michael Jackson, Alanis Morissette musicals help round out Broadway in Chicago's 2023 seasonJul 20, 2022 1:00 am - Broadway in Chicago announced its 2023 season Wednesday, filling out a lineup that includes the previously announced "MJ The Musical," the Tony Award-winning, pandem...