Barbara Vitello
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Goodman's 'Lady in Denmark' a perceptive portrait on love and lossOct 31, 2018 10:00 am - YouTube We meet Helene, the sole character in Dael Orlandersmith's #8220;Lady in Denmark,#8221; as she tidies up her comfortable, book-filled Chicago bungalow after her ...
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National Ballet Theatre of Odessa's 'Swan Lake' headed to GeneseeOct 29, 2018 1:00 am - Tickets go on sale this week for National Ballet Theatre of Odessa's performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan. The tragic...
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Suburban, Chicago bar associations offer judicial picksOct 29, 2018 1:00 am - The Suburban Bar Coalition of Cook County - made up of the Northwest Suburban Bar Association, North Suburban Bar Association, West Suburban Bar Association, Southwest B...
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Chicago's known for Capone, but gangsters held sway in the suburbs and beyondOct 27, 2018 1:00 am - When it came to organized crime in Illinois, Chicago-based Prohibition-era gangsters loomed large during the 1920s and 1930s. Al Capone, Frank Nitti, Lester “Baby Face N...
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Theater events: Court Theatre offers a sneak peek of “Frankenstein” Oct. 31Oct 26, 2018 8:00 am - The Factory Theater opens its 26th season Friday, Oct. 26, with “The Darkness After Dawn,” co-artistic director Manny Tamayo's noir-style detective tale about a home in...
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Secretary of State candidates disagree over Real ID complianceOct 26, 2018 1:00 am - The Republican candidate for Illinois secretary of state says incumbent Jesse White's failure to comply with 2005's Real ID Act should cost the Chicago Democrat his job....
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Stellar Betty Buckley takes center stage in superb 'Hello, Dolly!' revivalOct 25, 2018 11:00 pm - “Hello, Dolly!” - ★ ★ ★ ½ When a star vehicle like “Hello, Dolly!” motors into town with a bona fide Broadway diva like Betty Buckley behind the wheel, you pull over and...
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Schaumburg woman who neglected Shih Tzu put on probationOct 25, 2018 1:00 am - A Cook County judge prohibited a Schaumburg woman from adopting any more pets and ordered her to undergo a mental health evaluation after she pleaded guilty to animal cr...
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Theater spotlight: Prop Thtr premieres Peter Pan-inspired 'Neverland'Oct 23, 2018 6:00 am - Prop Thtr premiere The latest riff on the Peter Pan tale comes courtesy of Prop Thtr, whose world premiere "Neverland" was adapted from J.M. Barrie's story and directed ...
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Theater events: The Gift presents the Midwest premiere of David Rabe's 'Cosmologies'Oct 19, 2018 6:00 am - • The Gift Theatre concludes its 17th season with the Midwest premiere of "Cosmologies," an absurdist comedy by Tony Award-winning playwright and Gift ensemble member Da...