Barbara Vitello
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Steel Beam delivers fresh, heartfelt 'Ordinary Days'Apr 15, 2015 6:00 am - “Ordinary Days,” the disarming 2009 chamber musical by composer/lyricist Adam Gwon, perfectly suits Steel Beam Theatre both in terms of style and scale. With a cast of ...
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$300,000 bail for man accused of leaving child in forest preserveApr 15, 2015 1:00 am - A Round Lake man who authorities say abandoned his 3-year-old daughter in a Prospect Heights-area forest preserve was ordered held on $300,000 bail Wednesday. Faiz Ikram...
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Wheeling man takes cab to gas station, robs itApr 15, 2015 1:00 am - A Wheeling man who took a cab to the Palatine gas station he intended to rob, and afterward practically walked into the arms of a waiting police officer, pleaded guilty ...
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Theater events: Darkly comic 'Constant State of Panic' premieres at ClockwiseApr 14, 2015 11:00 pm - Modern anxiety Playwright Patrick Gabridge takes a darkly comic look at maintaining a modern-day marriage in "Constant State of Panic." Clockwise Theatre presents t...
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Lyric Opera revives flawed gem 'Carousel' in stellar fashionApr 14, 2015 11:00 pm - With its magnificent revival of "Carousel," Lyric Opera of Chicago has accomplished what few other theaters ever will, which is to showcase the grand and glorious score ...
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$1.5 million bail for man charged with stalking relativeApr 14, 2015 1:00 am - Mental health and fitness issues may factor into the case of a Colorado man ordered held on a total bail of $1.5 million Tuesday after authorities say he sent numerous t...
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Palatine man faces federal tax evasion chargesApr 13, 2015 1:00 am - A Palatine man is among 11 Chicago and suburban residents charged with separate federal income tax crimes. William Daddano, 58, the owner of a real estate appraisal busi...
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Suburban dancers get chance to soar as Drury Lane's 'Billy Elliot'Apr 12, 2015 6:30 am - To suggest that much of the success of Drury Lane Theatre's “Billy Elliot” rests on the shoulders of a couple of suburban teenagers is no overstatement. Not when those t...
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Bail set at $750,000 for Hoffman Estates man charged in sexual assaultApr 10, 2015 1:00 am - Bail was set at $750,000 Friday afternoon for a Hoffman Estates man accused of breaking into a Hoffman Estates woman's locked bedroom and sexually assaulting her. Ronal...
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Mishaps, misunderstandings propel Fox Valley Rep's 'Unnecessary Farce'Apr 09, 2015 9:00 am - “People running in and out of rooms taking off their clothes hardly passes for plot,” observes a character in “Unnecessary Farce,” summing up in its entirety the frothy,...