Barbara Vitello
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Spotlight: Goodman revives August Wilson’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’Mar 24, 2026 2:54 pm - Goodman Theatre stages a revival of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and TheatreWorksUSA brings the family-friendly “The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System” to the McAninch Arts Center.
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Best Bets: Riverdance at Paramount, Shen Yun at Rosemont TheatreMar 23, 2026 4:16 pm - Riverdance brings its world tour “Riverdance 30 — The New Generation” to Aurora’s Paramount Theatre this weekend, while Shen Yun performs at the Rosemont Theatre. Plus, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago presents “Civic Plays Copland 3” during a free concert in Naperville.
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Broadway in Chicago announces 2026-27 seasonMar 23, 2026 3:44 pm - Touring productions of the hit Broadway shows “Maybe Happy Ending” and “Oh, Mary!” as well as a remount of Kokandy Productions’ acclaimed revival of “Jekyll & Hyde” are among the shows making up Broadway in Chicago’s upcoming season.
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Fire leaves Wheaton apartment building uninhabitableMar 21, 2026 11:04 am - No one was injured in a balcony fire late Friday that left a Wheaton apartment building uninhabitable.
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Lookingglass’ next act: Pioneering Chicago theater reemerges with renewed purposeMar 20, 2026 9:13 am - Lookingglass Theatre co-founder David Schwimmer and artistic director Kasey Foster discuss the next chapter of the pioneering Chicago company.
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Second teen charged in connection with deadly Ingleside shootingMar 19, 2026 2:08 pm - Authorities have charged a second man in connection with an October drive-by shooting that killed a 19-year-old man in Ingleside.
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Writers Theatre announces 35th anniversary seasonMar 18, 2026 5:15 pm - Writers Theatre artistic director Braden Abraham and Jessica Thebus are among the directors set to helm productions during the Glencoe theater’s recently announced 35th anniversary season.
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Cedric the Entertainer, David Arquette to headline Aurora’s Paramount TheatreMar 18, 2026 3:20 pm - Cedric the Entertainer, the Second City and actor David Arquette are scheduled to perform at Aurora’s Paramount Theatre in the coming months. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, March 20.
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Mind-bending: Elmhurst native stages David Byrne’s ‘Theater of the Mind’Mar 18, 2026 2:29 pm - Elmhurst native and York High School graduate Andrew Scoville comes home to direct “Theater of the Mind,” an immersive production by Talking Heads founder David Byrne, and his wife, writer Mala Gaonkar.
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Harris beats Adamczyk in GOP primary race for secretary of stateMar 17, 2026 7:54 pm - Unofficial returns in the Republican secretary of state primary show Diane Harris beating opponent Walter Adamczyk.