Barbara Vitello
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Terrific young performers make 'Trevor' stage transfer singAug 19, 2017 1:00 am - "The program is set and there's just no place in it for you." That statement, directed at a precocious teen desperate to perform in his middle school's talent show, come...
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Attorney: Suspect in fatal Schaumburg parking lot shooting was defending himselfAug 18, 2017 1:00 am - A man shot Monday in a Walgreens parking lot in Schaumburg accused his attacker before he died, prosecutors said during a bond hearing Friday for the Glendale Heights ma...
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Oak Brook theater defends same-sex couple, interracial casting in Shakespeare playAug 18, 2017 1:00 am - First Folio Theatre executive director David Rice did something this week he hasn't had to do in 35 years as a theater professional: He defended his company's casting an...
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Streamwood man charged with aggravated battery in case of mistaken identityAug 17, 2017 1:00 am - A case of mistaken identity led to the beating earlier this week of a 63-year-old Streamwood man, according to prosecutors. Michael Rose, 42, also of Streamwood. was or...
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Chicago man sentenced for Prospect Heights home invasionAug 17, 2017 1:00 am - A Chicago man was sentenced to six years in prison in exchange for pleading guilty to a home invasion Feb. 11 in Prospect Heights. Emmanuel Sanchez, 26, pleaded guilty ...
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Ghastly tales make up deliciously macabre musical 'Shockheaded Peter'Aug 16, 2017 6:00 am - The problem with Black Button Eyes' splendid revival of the irresistibly grim “Shockheaded Peter” at Chicago's Athenaeum Theatre is the length of the run. It's too shor...
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Schaumburg man pleads guilty to aggravated batteryAug 15, 2017 1:00 am - A Schaumburg man has pleaded guilty to aggravated battery in a case involving an 11-year-old girl. Joseph Jasser was sentenced to two years probation in exchange for his...
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Theater events: Marriott snags Broadway team for 'Honeymoon in Vegas'Aug 14, 2017 11:00 pm - Marriott's 'Honeymoon' Marriott Theatre scored a coup for its regional premiere of "Honeymoon in Vegas," snagging the original Broadway team of director Gary Griffin, ch...
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'Cold, calculating sexual predator' gets 20 years for abusing teen with special needsAug 14, 2017 1:00 am - A Rolling Meadows man convicted in June of sexually abusing a teenage girl with special needs was sentenced Monday to a total of 20 years in prison and lifetime registra...
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Suburbanites figure prominently in revival of macabre 'Shockheaded Peter' musicalAug 11, 2017 6:00 am - In 2001, Northwestern University undergraduate Ed Rutherford experienced a most unusual musical. Now he wants to introduce it to you. The show is “Shockheaded Peter,” a...