Barbara Vitello
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble delivers powerful drama 'Time Stands Still'Feb 07, 2018 5:00 am - “Time Stands Still” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Watching Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's bracing revival of “Time Stands Still,” a couple of things struck me. The first was that I wouldn't min...
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Buffalo Grove man charged with sexually abusing teenFeb 07, 2018 12:00 am - A Buffalo Grove man, charged with sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl who was staying with him after a fight with her parents, was ordered held on $50,000 bail Wednesday...
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Former Roselle lawyer guilty of stealing from relativesFeb 07, 2018 12:00 am - A disbarred lawyer formerly of Roselle was convicted of stealing thousands of dollars from his relatives. Lino J. Menconi, 52, was found guilty this week of two counts ...
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Prosecutors: Streamwood man tried to kill estranged wife with hammerFeb 07, 2018 12:00 am - A Streamwood man accused of attacking his estranged wife with a hammer was ordered held without bail Wednesday. Ebeid Alsharifi was charged with attempted first-degree m...
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Theater events: Williams Street Rep's 'Love Letters' for Valentine's DayFeb 06, 2018 5:00 am - 'Love Letters' Williams Street Repertory commemorates Valentine's Day with a revival of A.R. Gurney's "Love Letters." Through letters, the two-hander chronicles the life...
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Paramount Theatre to stage world premiere 'August Rush' musicalFeb 05, 2018 8:30 am - After earning Joseph Jefferson Awards three years running for best large musical, Paramount Theatre is flexing its muscles with an eye toward expanding, maybe as far as ...
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'Frasier' star, Chicago theater staple Mahoney dies at 77Feb 05, 2018 12:00 am - "Frasier" star and Chicago theater veteran John Mahoney, the British-born actor who called Oak Park home, has died. He was 77. Mahoney, a member of the Steppenwolf The...
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'The Humans' perfectly reflects an imperfect middle-American familyFeb 03, 2018 6:00 am - “The Humans” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Stephen Karam's evocative, superbly written “The Humans” chronicles an imperfect family in all its flawed glory. Struggling to survive in storm-...
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First Folio scares up laughs in flawed 'Women in Jeopardy!'Feb 01, 2018 5:00 am - “Women in Jeopardy” - ★ ★ ½ There's an ancient saying about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. That's not entirely true of Wendy MacLeod's farcical “Wome...
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Judge: Trial possibly months away in Facebook livestreamed attack caseFeb 01, 2018 5:00 am - A woman accused in the attack a year ago on a Crystal Lake teen that was streamed live on Facebook came to court on Thursday prepared to enter a guilty plea, but the jud...