Barbara Vitello
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Provocative, laugh-out-loud funny ‘Eureka Day’ gets a superb regional premiereJan 23, 2026 12:30 pm - TimeLine Theatre and Broadway in Chicago deliver a compassionate, uproariously funny regional premiere of Jonathan Spector’s Tony Award-winning satire “Eureka Day.”
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Don’t call it a comeback: ‘Holiday’ helmer, Chicago mainstay Robert Falls never leftJan 21, 2026 1:56 pm - “I want to work with people I love. I want to work with theaters I respect,” says former Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls, who returns to his artistic home to direct a contemporary adaptation of Philip Barry’s 1928 romantic comedy “Holiday.”
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Spotlight: Buffalo Theatre Ensemble and Oil Lamp Theater enter 2026 laughingJan 20, 2026 12:20 pm - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble and Oil Lamp Theater begin 2026 with comedies by Paul Slade Smith, Steppenwolf welcomes co-founder Jeff Perry and ensemble member Kathryn Erbe for “The Dance of Death,” and Teatro ZinZanni bids Chicago farewell.
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Best Bets: Elmhurst museums debut art, history exhibitions and Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show returns to RosemontJan 20, 2026 9:01 am - The Elmhurst art and history museums debut new exhibitions focused on photography and health care, Kohl Museum opens the interactive exhibition “Argentina’s Niños,” and the Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show sails into the Donald E. Stephens Convention and Conference Center in Rosemont.
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Happy 15th: Aurora’s Paramount Theatre announces 2026-2027 seasonJan 19, 2026 9:00 am - Aurora’s Paramount Theatre announced its 2026-2027 Broadway series Monday. The lineup includes “Mean Girls,” “A Christmas Carol,” “Sunday in the Park With George” and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
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Zion man charged with domestic battery, attempted murderJan 17, 2026 11:44 am - A Zion man is in custody after Lake County sheriff’s deputies say he strangled a woman and wrapped a belt around her neck following an argument. The woman is in critical condition, according to authorities.
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‘Enjoying the ride’: ‘Stranger Things’ marks the TV debut of Arlington Heights teenJan 17, 2026 11:15 am - Jake Connelly, a 13-year-old actor from Arlington Heights, recently made his TV debut on the final season of Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things.”
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Get ’em while they’re hot: Chicago Theatre Week tickets selling fastJan 14, 2026 5:01 pm - With less than a month until Chicago Theatre Week, discount tickets to suburban and Chicago productions are selling fast.
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Best bets: Disney on Ice returns, Griffin, Cleve Carney museums debut new exhibitionsJan 14, 2026 7:38 am - This week Disney on Ice returns to Allstate Arena and the United Center, The Cleve Carney Museum of Art and the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry debut new exhibitions, and suburban venues celebrate Elvis Presley and doo-wop.
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Marni Yang’s experts say she could not have killed romantic rival, unborn child in 2007Jan 12, 2026 8:55 pm - Defense experts told a Lake County judge Monday that convicted murderer Marni Yang could not have killed a 42-year-old pregnant woman she saw as a rival for the affections of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle.