Barbara Vitello
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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...
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On stage: New civil rights-inspired musical revue 'Legends the Musical' opens this weekFeb 28, 2020 5:00 am - • Previews continue for Black Ensemble Theater's season-opening production of "Legends the Musical: A Civil Rights Movement Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" at 4450 N. Cla...
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Maria Dizzia explores 'What the Constitution Means to Me' in national tourFeb 28, 2020 5:00 am - You could say actress Maria Dizzia is a "strict constructionist." The text is "the sure thing" for Dizzia, and everything an actor needs to know is there in black and wh...
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Des Plaines Theater renovation to include speak-easy Bourbon 'N BrassFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Editors note: This article has been updated to reflect renovation costs and the relocation of Evanston's Bourbon 'N Brass to Des Plaines. The historic Des Plaines T...
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Drug charges dropped against man arrested at Inverness 'stash house'Feb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Cook County prosecutors dismissed drug charges against a California man who was arrested at an Inverness home where Illinois State Police officers recovered 108 pounds o...