Barbara Vitello
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Menace stalks world-premiere ghost story at Glencoe's Writers TheatreDec 21, 2016 10:15 am - PigPen Theatre Company knows not to show its cards. At least not all of them, and definitely not all at once. Their gamble pays off in “The Hunter and the Bear,” an emo...
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Re-imagined 'Phantom' remains a glorious excessDec 18, 2016 10:00 pm - “Moderation is a fatal thing ... nothing succeeds like excess.” Oscar Wilde wrote those lines for his 1893 play “A Woman of No Importance.” But they pertain unquestiona...
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A revelation ruptures an evangelical community in Steppenwolf's 'Christians'Dec 15, 2016 5:45 am - At the beginning of Lucas Hnath's “The Christians,” one of the characters asked congregation members to bow their heads in prayer. At least one audience member attending...
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New Second City revue mines postelection 'Discontent' for laughsDec 14, 2016 5:00 am - “The Winner ... of Our Discontent,” the latest Second City revue, makes explicit in its title everything about its content. Animated by the lingering, postelection mala...
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Theater events: Improv Playhouse remounts 'It's a Wonderful Life'Dec 13, 2016 5:00 am - 'Wonderful Life' Improv Playhouse remounts its radio adaptation of "It's a Wonderful Life," Frank Capra's 1946 holiday classic about everyman George Bailey who glimpses ...
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Elgin man sentenced for weapons violationDec 10, 2016 12:00 am - A 27-year-old Elgin man was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to a weapons charge. Deondrae Clements, who pleaded guilty Thursday, was charged with ...
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Probation for Roselle man who sexually abused teenage girlDec 09, 2016 12:00 am - A Roselle man who admitted sexually abusing a teenage girl was sentenced to 30 months of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender, court records show. Marco ...
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Oswego man sentenced for sexually abusing teenage girl in SchaumburgDec 09, 2016 12:00 am - A 43-year-old Oswego man was sentenced to three years in prison after he admitted having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl. Andrew Payne was also ordered to regi...
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Wheeling man held on gun chargeDec 08, 2016 12:00 am - An argument early Thursday in a Mount Prospect parking lot led to the arrest of a Wheeling man on gun charges, prosecutors say. Erick Hernandez, 23, whom prosecutors de...
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Theater: 'Carol' re-imagined in Highland ParkDec 06, 2016 5:00 am - 'Carol' re-imagined Northwestern University graduate Alexandra Shields stars as Scrooge in the Improv Playhouse and GreenStick Theater Company production of Charles Dick...