Barbara Vitello
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Theater events: Chicago Children's Theatre remounts 'Selfish Giant'Jan 23, 2015 5:00 am - • Chicago Children's Theatre remounts its 2008 production of “The Selfish Giant” by Blair Thomas & Company. This retelling of the Oscar Wilde story about a grumpy giant ...
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'Rose Tattoo' an early valentine to Chicago theatergoersJan 23, 2015 4:15 am - Shattered Globe Theatre delivers to theatergoers an early valentine in the form of its heartfelt, exquisitely acted revival of “The Rose Tattoo,” Tennessee Williams' lov...
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Elgin body shop owner charged with rapeJan 23, 2015 12:01 am - A 40-year-old Belvidere man was ordered held on $225,000 bail Friday after authorities say he sexually assaulted a teenage acquaintance to whom he had offered ride home ...
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Metropolis' 'Private Lives' a look at deliciously dysfunctional romanceJan 22, 2015 5:00 am - The relationship between Amanda and Elyot, the endlessly sparring ex-spouses in Noel Coward's “Private Lives,” stands as a textbook example of marital dysfunction. Or m...
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Hanover Park man pleads guilty to sexually abusing girlJan 22, 2015 12:01 am - A 26-year-old Hanover Park man was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl last August. In addition to ...
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Hanover Park woman sentenced to 15 years in death of newbornJan 22, 2015 12:00 am - A judge's imposition of a 15-year sentence on a Hanover Park woman concludes a heartbreaking saga that began more than three years ago when employees discovered the life...
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Streamwood man pleads guilty to 2014 batteryJan 21, 2015 12:00 am - The second of two men charged in the July 2014 beating of a Hanover Park teen pleaded guilty Wednesday, court records show. Justin Risher, 20, of Streamwood, was senten...
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Theater events: 'Handicap This!' comes to Stage 773Jan 16, 2015 5:00 am - • Step Up Productions presents “Handicap This!” an examination of the friendship between a man with a disability and his aide, written and performed by Mike Berkson, who...
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Man gets 8 years for sex trafficking teen girlJan 16, 2015 12:01 am - A Loves Park man charged with acting as a pimp and trafficking a teenage girl in the Northwest suburbs was sentenced to eight years in prison. The trial of Kevin Chavers...
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Elk Grove Village woman pleads guilty to Rotaryfest theftJan 15, 2015 12:01 am - An Elk Grove Village woman pleaded guilty to pocketing $1,690 while volunteering selling beer tickets at Rotaryfest last summer, court records show. Cynthia Conoboy, 51...