Barbara Vitello
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Powerful performances propel Drury Lane's 'Beaches'Jul 06, 2015 10:45 am - If Drury Lane Theatre's pre-Broadway musical adaptation of “Beaches” leaves you breathless, singer/actress Shoshana Bean is to blame. With her powerhouse voice and ample...
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Theater events: First Folio takes on Shakespeare's 'Winter's Tale'Jul 03, 2015 6:00 am - Shakespeare outdoors First Folio Theatre chills out with William Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" about a king who, in a fit of envy, accuses his pregnant wife of...
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Chicago Musical Theatre Festival introduces new works, suburban artistsJul 03, 2015 6:00 am - Michael Gibson's dream came true this week. On Wednesday, the McHenry native's musical “Nine Lives” premiered as part of the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, Underscore...
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Downers Grove woman held on drug chargesJul 03, 2015 1:00 am - A 31-year-old Downers Grove woman with multiple drug convictions was ordered held on $100,000 bail Wednesday after police arrested her on charges of delivery of a contro...
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Goodman offers pathos, humor in 'Vanya' comedyJul 02, 2015 6:00 am - You don't have to be an Anton Chekhov aficionado to appreciate Goodman Theatre's entertaining Chicago-area premiere of Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha an...
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Aurora man charged with terrorist support skips hearingJul 01, 2015 1:00 am - One of two Aurora cousins who federal authorities say attempted to join Islamic State militants and were plotting an attack on a Joliet military base refused to show up ...
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Streamwood man sent to prison for life as a habitual offenderJun 29, 2015 1:00 am - A Streamwood man who has spent much of his adult life incarcerated and was convicted last month of being an armed habitual criminal was sentenced Monday to life in priso...
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Rolling Meadows company named in home repair fraud lawsuitJun 29, 2015 1:00 am - The owner of a Rolling Meadows company was among those accused by Cook County prosecutors of bilking homeowners out of thousands of dollars for home repairs that were ne...
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Probation for woman who stole from Buffalo Grove women's groupJun 29, 2015 1:00 am - A Wheeling woman who served as treasurer for a Jewish women's organization pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing more than $20,000 from the group. In exchange for pleadi...
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Wheeling woman gets 6 years in prison for selling cocaineJun 29, 2015 1:00 am - A Wheeling woman whose previous drug charges were dismissed in the wake of a Schaumburg police scandal pleaded guilty Monday to selling cocaine and was sentenced to six ...