Barbara Vitello
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Lookingglass examines racism, reparations in world premiere 'Plantation!'Mar 08, 2018 5:00 am - This review has been corrected to say Hannah Gomez played Diana. "Plantation!" - ½ "Plantation!" - Kevin Douglas' new comedy in its world premiere at Lookinggla...
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'Dear Evan Hansen' part of Broadway in Chicago's upcoming seasonMar 07, 2018 12:00 am - Broadway in Chicago's 2018-19 season announcement was accompanied by good news and bad news. The good news: The Tony Award-winning musical "Dear Evan Hansen," the d...
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Theater events: Satirical 'Women Laughing Along With Salad' opens FridayMar 05, 2018 10:00 pm - From meme to stage A 2011 internet meme showing women laughing and eating salads inspired playwright Sheila Callaghan's "Women Laughing Alone With Salad," a satirical, f...
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Northlight Theatre to showcase female writers, welcome back Mike NussbaumMar 05, 2018 12:00 am - Chicago theater elder statesman Mike Nussbaum returns to Skokie's Northlight Theatre - which he co-founded with director Frank Galati and producing director Greg Kandel ...
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Mount Prospect man sentenced to prison for sexually abusing girlsMar 02, 2018 12:00 am - A Mount Prospect man was sentenced to 6½ years in prison for sexually abusing two teenage girls. Michael Kenny, 57, pleaded guilty this week to aggravated criminal sexu...
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Report: Suburban Cook County has more DUI, fewer drug cases than ChicagoMar 02, 2018 12:00 am - For the second time in as many years, suburban Cook County DUI cases outnumbered Chicago cases. According to a Cook County state's attorney report issued Friday, prosec...
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Writers Theatre's new season includes 'Next to Normal,' world premiereMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - A world premiere, a Pulitzer Prize-winning musical and the 1920s chapter from August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle are on tap for Writers Theatre's 2018-2019 season, which m...
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Bar associations release Cook County judicial candidate recommendationsMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - Illinois' two largest bar associations released their recommendations for Cook County circuit court candidates running in the March 20 primary. For candidates running c...
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Keith Huff's gripping crime drama 'Six Corners' poses difficult questionsFeb 28, 2018 10:00 am - “Six Corners” - ★ ★ ★ In the opening moments of “Six Corners,” by Arlington Heights native Keith Huff, a gruff Chicago detective working the late shift talks by phone wi...
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Theater events: Gift Theatre starts 17th season with 'Hang Man'Feb 28, 2018 5:00 am - Gift Theatre premiere Residents of a small Southern town are forced to confront their complicity in an African-American man's lynching in The Gift Theatre's world premie...