Barbara Vitello
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Theater events: Agency remounts Chicago holiday dramedy “Hellcab”Nov 30, 2018 5:00 am - • The Agency Theater remounts its production of Will Kern's classic Chicago holiday dramedy "Hellcab," about a cabdriver working a long shift on a brutally cold Christma...
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Wheeling man charged with sexually abusing young girlNov 30, 2018 12:00 am - A 32-year-old Wheeling man was ordered held on $1 million cash bail Thursday on charges that he sexually abused an 8-year-old girl. That means Angel Cuevas-Bibiano, who...
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Family of Palatine teen gets $14 million settlement in NIU hazing deathNov 30, 2018 12:00 am - The family of a Palatine teen who died after an alcohol-fueled hazing at a Northern Illinois University fraternity is receiving a $14 million settlement in a wrongful-de...
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Danai Gurira's warmhearted 'Familiar' debuts at SteppenwolfNov 28, 2018 12:00 pm - “Familiar” - ★ ★ ★ At the core of any immigration tale lies a struggle that goes beyond the ordeal of leaving one's home and beginning life anew in a foreign land. It ...
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Theater spotlight: Second City debuts its 107th main stage revueNov 28, 2018 5:00 am - Second City debut Talk alternative holiday fare, The Second City debuts its 107th main stage revue, whose title has yet to be announced, next week. The cast includes mai...
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Storm makes this among snowiest Novembers, leads to rare early snow dayNov 26, 2018 12:00 am - Monday's blizzard, which dumped 3 to 10 inches of snow on Chicago and the suburbs, has contributed to one of the snowiest Novembers on record, according to ABC 7 meteoro...
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Theater events: Flying Elephant revives 'Book of Merman' parodyNov 22, 2018 10:00 pm - • "Christmas Bingo: It's a Ho-Ho-Holy Night," the second installment of Vicki Quade's bingo series, returns Friday, Nov. 23, to the Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted...
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Paramount's 'Wizard of Oz' a stunning, soulful spectacleNov 20, 2018 10:00 pm - “The Wizard of Oz” - ★ ★ ★ ★ In staging L. Frank Baum's “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” the stakes are stratospheric and the competition is fierce. For decades, the belov...
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Theater spotlight: Second City's 'Holidazed and Confused' returns to Aurora's Copley TheatreNov 20, 2018 5:00 am - Laughing all the way Members of the Second City touring company return to Aurora's intimate Copley Theatre with the "Holidazed and Confused Revue," a seasonal satir...
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Theater events: 'Book of Mormon' returns to Chicago for a brief runNov 16, 2018 5:00 am - • Promethean Theatre Ensemble opens its 13th season with "Arcadia," Tom Stoppard's century-spanning play about the pursuit of knowledge, the nature of love and the tensi...