Barbara Vitello
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BTE founder, COD theater instructor Craig Berger has diedAug 30, 2017 1:00 am - Craig Berger, a retired College of DuPage educator and director of theater who founded the Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, has died. He was 74. "He was a visionary," said BTE...
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Drury Lane Theatre announces its 2018-2019 seasonAug 30, 2017 1:00 am - Drury Lane Theatre's announcement Wednesday of its 2018-2019 season contained a bit of a departure in the form of Tennessee Williams' classic drama "Cat on a Hot Tin Roo...
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Theater events: House Theatre revives Jeff Award-winning 'United Flight 232'Aug 28, 2017 11:00 pm - 'United Flight 232' The House Theatre of Chicago remounts its Joseph Jefferson Award-winning production of "United Flight 232" from 2016. Adapted and directed by Vanessa...
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Unbeatable TimeLine cast makes 'The Audience' a winnerAug 25, 2017 11:30 am - In poker, a royal flush beats all. For the theatrical equivalent, look to the cast of TimeLine Theatre's impeccably executed production of “The Audience,” Peter Morgan'...
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Attorney general's lawsuit: Retail electric supplier duped customersAug 25, 2017 1:00 am - Energy customers who paid higher rates after signing up with an alternative retail electric supplier that promised them lower bills could get relief if a lawsuit filed b...
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Co-defendant held in Mount Prospect storage facility burglaryAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - A man who prosecutors say took items, including firearms, from a Mount Prospect storage facility was ordered held on $100,000 bail Thursday. Brett Masterson, 42, is cha...
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Theater events: Kokandy stages Chicago-area premiere of 'Bonnie & Clyde'Aug 23, 2017 1:10 pm - 'Bonnie & Clyde' A couple of small-town bank robbers become folk heroes during the Great Depression in the 2009 musical "Bonnie & Clyde" by composer Frank Wildhorn and l...
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Drury Lane, Paramount and Writers theaters lead 2017 equity Jeff nomsAug 23, 2017 10:00 am - Fueled in part by stellar revivals of “Smokey Joe's Cafe” and “Chicago the Musical,” Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace received 19 equity Joseph Jefferson Award nom...
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Woman charged with burglary of Mount Prospect storage facilityAug 23, 2017 1:00 am - A 31-year-old woman has been accused of stealing items including firearms from a Mount Prospect storage facility. Heather L. Sechrist was ordered held on $75,000 bail W...
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New block of 'Hamilton' tickets go on sale Tuesday, Aug. 29Aug 22, 2017 11:00 pm - Haven't seen “Hamilton” yet? You've got time. At least 16 weeks, now that producers are planning to release a new block of tickets that will keep Lin-Manuel Miranda's bl...