Barbara Vitello
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Palatine man's family may seek $20 million as 'accountability' for one-punch deathMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - The family of Ryan Flannigan got no consolation from the criminal trial in which the man whose punch led to Flannigan's death was found not guilty of first-degree murder...
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Beloved director/choreographer Rachel Rockwell dies of cancerMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - Director/choreographer Rachel Rockwell, one of the greats of Chicago area theater and a fixture at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire for nearly 25 years, died Monday of o...
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Theater events: 'Mies Julie' opens at Victory GardenMay 25, 2018 6:00 am - • Victory Gardens Theater concludes its 43rd season with "Mies Julie." Yael Farber's adaptation of August Strindberg's "Miss Julie" is an examination of class and power ...
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Judge to decide fate of woman accused of trying to kill ex-husbandMay 25, 2018 1:00 am - Defense attorneys say a Schaumburg woman with a long history of mental illness was in the throes of an "acute psychotic episode" when she is accused of trying to run dow...
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Texas man pleads guilty to Streamwood batteryMay 25, 2018 1:00 am - A Texas man was ordered to attend parenting and anger management classes as a condition of his guilty plea to aggravated battery of a child. Henry Cottrell, 39, was sta...
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Psychologist: Woman accused of trying to run down ex legally insaneMay 24, 2018 1:00 am - A Schaumburg woman who authorities say tried to run down her former husband two years ago was legally insane at the time, a clinical psychologist testified Thursday duri...
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New mothers face hard choices in Northlight Theatre's 'Cry It Out'May 23, 2018 10:45 am - “Cry It Out” - ★ ★ ★ “When it comes to kids and careers, there's rarely a perfect choice,” opined a newsroom veteran who well recalls those heady days as a new mom full ...
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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...