Barbara Vitello
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Larry Yando reflects on a decade playing Scrooge in Goodman's 'Carol'Nov 26, 2017 6:00 am - If someone had suggested to Larry Yando in 2007 that he would play Ebenezer Scrooge, he would have laughed. “Maybe when I'm 80,” said the four-time Joseph Jefferson Awa...
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15 seasonal shows (both naughty and nice) for the holidaysNov 22, 2017 9:00 am - Looking for some holiday entertainment? Here's a partial list of seasonal shows on stage in the city and the suburbs. A classic revived • Larry Yando returns for the 10...
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Theater events: 'This Way Outta Santaland' debuts at Theater WitNov 21, 2017 5:00 am - A visit with C.S. Lewis Writer/director David Payne returns to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre with his one-man, bio-drama of British writer and scholar C.S. Lewis...
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Letts' electrifying 'The Minutes' gets stellar premiere at SteppenwolfNov 20, 2017 10:00 pm - “The Minutes” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Imagine you're an upright, upstanding, stand-up standard-bearer living in a small town in flyover country. Maybe you've got a family you want to...
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Rolling Meadows man pleads guilty to battery, gets 30 days in road rage fightNov 17, 2017 12:00 am - A Rolling Meadows man pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery after he was stabbed in an apparent road rage exchange with another driver this summer. Daniel Amezcua, 25, ...
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Man accused of being drunk while driving 123 mph before Elk Grove Village crashNov 17, 2017 12:00 am - A driver accused of going more than 123 mph and causing a crash in which his car flipped over Wednesday in Elk Grove Village has been charged with aggravated DUI causing...
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Jimmy Buffett's Broadway-bound 'Margaritaville' offers a perfect escapeNov 16, 2017 1:00 pm - “Escape to Margaritaville” - ★ ★ ★ If Jimmy Buffett fans have anything to say about it, his buoyant, Broadway-bound “Escape to Margaritaville” will run for years. The e...
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Schaumburg woman testifies man beat, assaulted her with child in the houseNov 15, 2017 12:00 am - The woman testified she tried to fight back when she says the man she had been in a relationship with beat, strangled and sexually assaulted her in their Schaumburg home...
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Theater events: Paramount brightens holidays with 'Elf, The Music'Nov 13, 2017 10:00 pm - Elfin comedy Paramount Theatre celebrates the holidays with a production of "Elf, The Musical," adapted from the 2003 film. It's about an earnest young man named Buddy, ...
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Palatine man gets 8 years for stabbing two others over cold mealNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - A Palatine man whose anger over a cold meal led him to attack two people was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday. Duronn Adonis Fields, 32, pleaded guilty to two ...