Barbara Vitello
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Writers Theatre delivers superb revival of unsettling 'Buried Child'May 23, 2018 6:30 am - “Buried Child” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If “Sweeney Todd,” Stephen Sondheim's gruesome musical about a vengeful barber turned serial murderer, is a “season killer” as a colleague once ...
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Theater spotlight: Lifeline brings back award-winning adaptation of 'Neverwhere'May 22, 2018 6:00 am - Lifeline's 'Neverwhere' Lifeline Theatre revives its Joseph Jefferson Award-winning adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel about businessman Richard, who gets trapped in an a...
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Parolee sentenced for break-in at Mount Prospect home where teen was aloneMay 21, 2018 1:00 am - A parolee captured on video kicking open the front door of a Mount Prospect residence last July was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Scott A. Weissert, of the 1200 block...
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Wheeling man gets five years for shooting teenage ccyclistMay 21, 2018 1:00 am - A Wheeling man who authorities say fired at a teenage bicycle rider last year pleaded guilty to aggravated battery causing bodily harm on Monday. Jorge Magana, 24, plead...
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Chicago woman gets probation for 2017 Schaumburg, Des Plaines robberiesMay 18, 2018 1:00 am - The last of three Chicago residents charged with robbing gas stations in Schaumburg and Des Plaines and a doughnut shop in Glenview pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated r...
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Theater events: Ireland's Druid Theatre revives 'Waiting for Godot'May 18, 2018 1:00 am - Rob Lowe brings his solo show, “Stories I Only Tell My Friends: Live,” to the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago, for one performance. Inspired by Lo...
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Suburban theater hosts #MeToo play festivalMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - 2nd Act Players, an Evanston theater company whose productions examine how people deal with life issues, hosts its first #MeToo Play Festival beginning this weekend. Th...
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Former Mount Prospect man gets nearly 6 years for $6.5 million swindleMay 16, 2018 1:00 am - A former Mount Prospect man who swindled friends and family, including his own parents, out of more than $6.5 million was sentenced Wednesday to five years and nine mont...
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Theater events: Pioneering women at heart of 'Bull in a China Shop' at About FaceMay 15, 2018 6:00 am - True tale About Face Theatre presents the Midwest premiere of Bryna Turner's "Bull in a China Shop," based on the true story of 19th-century academics, activists and wom...
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Hanover Park man charged with entering Wheeling home, brandishing knife at womenMay 15, 2018 1:00 am - A Hanover Park man who prosecutors say entered a Wheeling home and brandished a knife at the female residents was ordered held on $750,000 bail Tuesday. Gregorio Salgad...