Barbara Vitello
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Cher musical debuting in Chicago in JuneSep 27, 2017 11:00 pm - Cher - the pop star, Oscar winner and TV veteran whose career spans more than 50 years - will be the subject of a Broadway-bound bio-musical premiering next year in Chic...
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Northlight's 'Georgia McBride' chronicles the making of a drag queenSep 27, 2017 6:00 am - “Drag ain't a hobby, baby ... Drag is a protest. Drag is a raised fist in a sequined glove.” Tart-tongued Rexy delivers that declaration to neophyte Casey late in “The L...
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Chicago announces new nighttime Halloween paradeSep 27, 2017 1:00 am - Chicago will host a new nighttime Halloween parade and celebration showcasing city artists and arts institutions next month. The Art Institute of Chicago, After School ...
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Theater events: Werewolf tale 'Man-Beast' opens at First FolioSep 26, 2017 11:00 pm - Flap over flop? Citadel Theatre opens its season with a revival of Moss Hart's backstage comedy "Light Up the Sky." Set in 1948, the action takes place on the opening ni...
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Rosemont man charged with sexually abusing 9-year-oldSep 26, 2017 1:00 am - A 30-year-old Rosemont man was ordered held on $250,000 bail Tuesday on charges he sexually abused a 9-year-old girl earlier this month. Miguel Martinez was charged wit...
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'Pretty Woman' musical set to premiere in Chicago in MarchSep 25, 2017 11:00 pm - "Pretty Woman: The Musical," adapted from the hit 1990 romantic comedy by writer/director Garry Marshall, will premiere at Chicago's Oriental Theatre next March in advan...
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Man claims self defense, asks for bond in Schaumburg parking lot shootingSep 22, 2017 1:00 am - A man accused of a fatal shooting in a Schaumburg Walgreens parking lot is asking that bond be set, saying he acted in self-defense. Oliver L. Rhone is charged with the ...
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Inspired, visceral 'View From the Bridge' opens Goodman Theatre's seasonSep 21, 2017 11:30 am - The final moments of Belgian director Ivo van Hove's meticulously minimalist revival of “A View From the Bridge” depict despair so starkly, so viscerally it almost takes...
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Paramount's 'Million Dollar Quartet' captures golden moment in music historySep 20, 2017 7:00 am - I went to the Paramount Theatre in Aurora Saturday to see a musical, and a concert broke out. Or maybe it was the other way around. But no matter how you characterize it...
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Theater events: 'Choir Boy' makes Chicago-area premiere at Raven TheatreSep 19, 2017 6:00 am - Chicago premiere A gay teenager at an all African-American prep school takes his rightful place as the leader of the school's renowned choir and punishes the boy who bul...