Barbara Vitello
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Spotlight: 'Frankenstein' opens at Glenview's Oil Lamp, 'Alma' at American Blues TheaterSep 20, 2022 6:00 am - A tale for the season Oil Lamp Theater stages Vincent S. Hannam's adaptation of "Frankenstein," Mary Shelley's gothic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a physician who aspire...
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Rockford woman charged in I-90 crash that killed 6-year-old, injured six other childrenSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - Authorities say a Rockford woman was driving impaired on a suburban expressway in June when she lost control of an SUV carrying her seven children, one of whom - a 6-yea...
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Founding Mother confronts her complicity in Steppenwolf's 'Miz Martha Washington'Sep 19, 2022 6:00 pm - "The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington" - Martha Washington has a lot to answer for, and the Black people she and her husband enslaved ...
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Spotlight: Elgin's Janus Theatre puts a new spin on an epic taleSep 16, 2022 6:00 am - Come to the 'Cabaret' In 1929 Berlin, against the backdrop of the rising tide of Nazism, an American writer falls in love with a British chanteuse in John Kander and Fre...
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Disbarred attorney convicted of murdering his bride in 1973 dies in prisonSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - Donnie Rudd, convicted four years ago of murdering Noreen Kumeta, his 19-year-old bride, along a lonely road in Barrington Hills less than a month after their 1973 weddi...
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Leading lady's star turn more than makes up for Marriott's mechanical glitches in 'Hello, Dolly!'Sep 15, 2022 11:00 pm - “Hello, Dolly!” - ★ ★ ★ ½ The road to opening night isn't always smooth. Take Marriott Theatre's jolly revival of “Hello, Dolly!” whose opening was delayed two weeks aft...
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Leaving car idling in fire lane leads to drug, weapons charges for Palatine manSep 15, 2022 1:00 am - A Palatine man was ordered held on $30,000 cash bail Thursday on drugs and weapons charges stemming from a July 29 report of a BMW idling in a fire lane. Police recover...
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Dynamic debuts make Paramount's 'Dreamgirls' a rousing successSep 14, 2022 4:00 pm - “Dreamgirls” - ★ ★ ★ ½ When it comes to “Dreamgirls,” the way to measure a production's success - in addition to the close harmonies and glittering costumes - is the fir...
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Best bets: The BoDeans, Monster Jam, The Killers, free days at the FieldSep 13, 2022 11:00 pm - Monster jam The Monster Jam rolls into Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont, this weekend in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Drivers will tear up the di...
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Need a reason to check out Buffalo Theatre Ensemble? First-rate, 4-star 'Clybourne Park' revival is itSep 13, 2022 6:00 pm - “Clybourne Park” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Theater lovers who don't have Buffalo Theatre Ensemble on their radar should recalibrate. Founded in 1986, the longtime resident company at G...