Barbara Vitello
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Stacy Keach marks Chicago return in Goodman Theatre's 'Pamplona'Jul 21, 2018 1:00 am - Any student who has stared at a blank computer screen the night before the essay is due, any employee who's struggled with the quarterly report, any critic who has toile...
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Prosecutors: Forest preserve worker who caused fatal crash had THC in his systemJul 19, 2018 1:00 am - A seasonal Cook County Forest Preserve District employee who authorities say caused a fatal, five-car crash last month had the drug THC in his system at the time of the ...
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Schaumburg man charged with child pornographyJul 19, 2018 1:00 am - A Schaumburg man who prosecutors say had a computer containing 190 images and 77 videos depicting children engaged in sexual acts has been charged with possession and di...
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First Folio's new 'Shrew'd!' updates Shakespeare's problematic comedyJul 18, 2018 10:00 am - “Shrew'd!” - ★ ★ ½ In “Shrew'd!” - a breezy new musical adapted from William Shakespeare's “The Taming of the Shrew” - co-writers and lyricists David Rice and Lydia Hil...
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Theater spotlight: Babes With Blades presents 'The Lady Demands Satisfaction'Jul 18, 2018 6:00 am - McGann at Zanies Chicago comedian Pat McGann, a frequent guest on ABC 7's "Windy City Live," the WGN morning news and Fox's "Good Morning Chicago," headlines Zanie...
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Man pleads guilty to sexually abusing Des Plaines-area girlJul 18, 2018 1:00 am - A Tennessee man who authorities say sexually abused a girl beginning when she was 7 years old and living in the Des Plaines area was sentenced to 14 years in prison and ...
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Tony-winning 'Band's Visit' stops in Chicago next yearJul 17, 2018 1:00 am - "The Band's Visit," the acclaimed musical directed by Skokie native David Cromer that earned 10 Tony Awards last month, comes to Chicago for a brief run next year. B...
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Drury Lane's excellent 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” leaves lasting impressionJul 13, 2018 5:00 pm - “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Nearly two years after her revelatory revival of “Smokey Joe's Cafe” at Drury Lane Theatre, director Marcia Milgrom Dodge returns to Oa...
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Theater events: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 'Everybody' premieres at Brown Paper Box Co.Jul 13, 2018 6:00 am - • Brown Paper Box Co. presents the regional premiere of the Pulitzer Prize finalist "Everybody," Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' contemporary riff on the 15th-century morality p...
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Woman charged with vandalizing Wheeling home and vehiclesJul 13, 2018 1:00 am - A Wheeling woman who prosecutors say spray-painted vulgar words on a Wheeling home and on two cars parked outside it and poured a mixture of bleach and syrup into the ga...