Barbara Vitello
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Spotlight: Court Theatre revives 'Gospel at Colonus'May 12, 2023 6:00 am - Kane Rep returns Kane Repertory Theatre returns with "On An Average Day," John Kolvenbach's two-hander about estranged brothers who reunite to examine their shared, trag...
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Star power: Metropolis' stellar 'Ragtime' cast makes an impressionMay 11, 2023 10:15 am - “Ragtime” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Chicago-area theatergoers may not be familiar with the singer/actors performing in Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's first-rate revival of “Ragtime...
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Authorities: Burglary ring struck Streamwood, Wheeling homesMay 11, 2023 1:00 am - Four men were ordered held on cash bails ranging from $25,000 to $60,000 Thursday after authorities said they burglarized homes in Streamwood and Wheeling this week in w...
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Inverness ballerina on the verge of making her dream a realityMay 09, 2023 11:00 pm - Alyssa Casey has been dancing almost from the time she could walk. "Dance came naturally to me," said the Barrington High School junior, who was about 18-months-old whe...
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Best bets: Ruben and Clay, Lizzo, Bad Momz of Comedy, Van Gogh at the Art InstituteMay 09, 2023 6:00 am - Maifest in Long Grove Can't wait until Oktoberfest? Don your lederhosen and toast the spring weather during Buffalo Creek Brewing's inaugural Maifest, featuring oompah b...
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Spotlight: Screenwriter vows to tell the truth in Theater Wit comedy 'The Whistleblower'May 05, 2023 6:00 am - The whole truth Offered his own TV show, screenwriter Eli decides to share hard truths with his co-workers, friends and family in "The Whistleblower," the latest comedy ...
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Libertyville's Beth Lacke examines Constitutional conundrum in 'What the Constitution Means to Me'May 03, 2023 11:00 pm - Beth Lacke got her first laugh as a kindergartner playing a lamp in the class Nativity play, during which she forgot her line. Someone whispered in her ear and Lacke blu...
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Best Bets: Luke Combs, 'Immersive Van Gogh' meets 'Mozart Immersive,' Mexico Fest & moreMay 03, 2023 6:00 am - Immersive double bill “Immersive Van Gogh,” the blockbuster digital exhibition consisting of Vincent Van Gogh's masterworks returns to the Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago, 1...
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Northlight's folk-infused 'Porch on Windy Hill' benefits from crackerjack trioMay 02, 2023 11:00 pm - “The Porch on Windy Hill: a new play with old music” - ★ ★ ★ “Music has charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak.” Those words by 17th-c...
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Spotlight: 'Abbott Elementary' star Lisa Ann Walter headlines Batavia's Comedy VaultApr 28, 2023 6:00 am - Sitcom star Actress/comedian Lisa Ann Walter, co-creator and star of several sitcoms and unscripted series, who currently plays Melissa Schemmenti on ABC's "Abbott Elem...