Barbara Vitello
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'Constitution' play offers food for thought and an essential parting giftMar 12, 2020 11:00 am - Editor's note: Concerns about the coronavirus have caused some cancellations throughout Chicago and the suburbs this week. Before you go, check online or with the venue ...
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Coronavirus and suburban, Chicago theaters: Paramount halts 'Secret of My Success,' Marriott cancels 'Grease'Mar 12, 2020 1:00 am - Shortly after Gov. J.B. Pritzker urged late Thursday that gatherings of more than 250 people be canceled or postponed to combat the spread of COVID-19 and mandated the c...
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Update: Lewis Black cancels Saturday show at the MACMar 10, 2020 6:00 am - CANCELEDBetter every day? Comedian, author and Grammy Award winner Lewis Black has canceled his “It Gets Better Every Day” show that was supposed to tour to the McAninch...
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Democrats vying for Cook County state's attorney raise more than $16 millionMar 09, 2020 1:00 am - As of early March, the four Democrat candidates running for Cook County state's attorney in the March 17 primary had raised a little more than $16 million combined, acco...
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'Some Like It Hot' musical to premiere in Chicago next yearMar 08, 2020 11:00 pm - Another new tuner with Broadway ambitions will premiere in Chicago next year. The world-premiere musical "Some Like It Hot," adapted from Billy Wilder's classic 1959 co...
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On stage: Lisle native co-stars in Kokandy's staging of the musical 'Hundred Days'Mar 06, 2020 5:00 am - • TheaterWorks USA brings its production of "Dog Man: The Musical," adapted from cartoonist Dav Pilkey's "Dog Man" series about a superhero who is part dog and part man,...
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I-290 crash Thursday afternoon closes two left lanesMar 05, 2020 12:00 am - The driver of a brown GMC vehicle was hospitalized early Thursday afternoon after a two-vehicle crash on westbound Interstate 290. The driver was traveling on I-290 sou...
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Driver going 107 mph in crash that killed teen gets 4-year sentenceMar 04, 2020 12:00 am - Crash killed teen from Mount Prospect
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In the spotlight: 'Steel Magnolias,' 'School Girls' and a teenage Richard III take the stageMar 03, 2020 5:00 am - Friendship bonds BrightSide Theatre revives Robert Harling's "Steel Magnolias," the sentimental drama about a group of Louisiana women who gather at Truvy's beauty salo...
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The next 'Hamilton'? Getting the inside scoop just in caseMar 02, 2020 12:00 am - “I'm not saying it's going to be the next ‘Hamilton,'” I told my editors last year when I pitched a behind-the-scenes story about the making of Paramount Theatre's new t...