Barbara Vitello
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Spotlight: Practical Theatre Company toasts 2025 in annual revueDec 15, 2025 10:25 am - Close out 2025 with some laughs courtesy of Practical Theatre Company and Chris O’Connor headlining Chicago Improv in Schaumburg and Steve Rannazzisi playing Zanies in Rosemont.
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Baseball with a twist: New franchise seeks player/performers with unique skillsDec 12, 2025 6:56 pm - Take a knee, Harlem Globetrotters and Savannah Bananas, there's a new pro sportstainment franchise in the making: its name is the Chicago Snowballs, and it’s set to launch next spring at Chicago’s Kerry Wood Cubs Field.
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A classic for a reason: At Northlight Theatre, new ‘Gaslight’ adaptation still thrillsDec 10, 2025 3:42 pm - Tense and briskly paced with a shot of well-placed humor, Northlight Theatre’s revival of “Gaslight” — adapted by Steven Dietz from Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play — is a first-rate take on a classic thriller.
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Spotlight: ‘Annie’ opens at Music Theater Works and Second City comes to the MetropolisDec 09, 2025 9:10 am - Music Theater Works revives “Annie,” Metropolis Performing Arts Centre hosts Second City’s “Jack Frost Roasting on an Open Fire,” and Manual Cinema stages its unique interpretation of “A Christmas Carol” at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater.
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Best bets: Elgin Symphony brings ‘Holiday Spectacular’ to Raue Center, HemmensDec 08, 2025 1:28 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra performs its “Holiday Spectacular” at Crystal Lake’s Raue Center and Elgin’s Hemmens, Naperville comedian Chris Ryan returns for a show at North Central, and the Ruth Page dancers perform their namesake’s “Nutcracker” in the city and suburbs.
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Her legacy ‘continues to shape our village for the better’: Former Buffalo Grove mayor Beverly Sussman has diedDec 06, 2025 5:24 pm - Beverly Sussman, longtime Buffalo Grove village trustee and two-term village president, has died, her son reported Saturday on social media.
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A family affair: Arlington Heights Rotary’s annual 5K Santa Walk/Run attracts 2,000+ multi-generational enthusiastsDec 06, 2025 5:02 pm - Runners and walkers of all ages, most of them sporting Santa suits and hats, converged on downtown Arlington Heights Saturday for the Rotary Club’s annual 5K Santa Walk/Run.
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Male juvenile shot in CarpentersvilleDec 06, 2025 4:37 pm - A male juvenile was shot in the leg Friday evening in Carpentersville and received non-life-threatening injuries. Police say the investigation is ongoing.
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Metropolis artistic director reflects on ‘A Christmas Carol’ and her ‘wonderful new community’Dec 03, 2025 3:26 pm - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre artistic director Johanna McKenzie Miller freshens up the Arlington Heights theater’s annual production of “A Christmas Carol” with a new adaptation taken from a first edition of Charles Dickens’ classic tale.
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Best Bets: ‘Nutcracker’ ballets, ‘Home for the Holidays’ and Winter WonderFestDec 03, 2025 9:44 am - The Joffrey and Salt Creek ballet companies remount “The Nutcracker,” Winter WonderFest returns to Chicago’s Navy Pier, and Ruben Studdard, Peabo Bryson and Sheena Easton headline the “Home for the Holidays” concert at the Genesee Theatre.