Barbara Vitello
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Some suburban theaters soar, but others take a final bowDec 26, 2014 4:30 am - During a year in which Paramount Theatre in Aurora's profile continued to soar in its first Jeff Award eligible season and Writers Theatre in Glencoe broke ground on wha...
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Hoffman Estates teen pleads guilty to damaging mailboxesDec 20, 2014 12:01 am - A Hoffman Estates teen who police say smashed dozens of Schaumburg mailboxes last September pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charges on Thursday, according to court rec...
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Theater events: Light Opera Works updates 'Widow'Dec 19, 2014 6:00 am - LOW's ‘Merry Widow' Stacey Tappan stars as Hanna Glawari in Light Opera Works' production of the Franz Lehar opera “The Merry Widow.” Reprising the role she played ...
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Bold, engaging 'Airline Highway' a show worth seeingDec 19, 2014 5:00 am - If there is an heir apparent to the late Lanford Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who chronicled society's fringe dwellers in such plays as “Balm in Gilead”...
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Probation for Wheeling man who attacked 63-year-oldDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - A 23-year-old Wheeling man who prosecutors say assaulted a 63-year-old woman in September after she returned home with her groceries, pleaded guilty to aggravated batter...
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Mount Prospect man admits driving on revoked licenseDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - A Mount Prospect man with two DUI convictions pleaded guilty to driving on a revoked or suspended license earlier this month, court records show. Dean McKinney, 50, who...
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Former teacher pleads guilty to obscenityDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - A 30-year-old Palatine man has pleaded guilty to an obscenity charge related to contact with a teenager, court records show. Brian Rossetti, who taught physical educati...
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Revised 'Cinderella' still makes musical magicDec 18, 2014 10:00 pm - The show must go on. And at Wednesday's opening of "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," a delicious confection with a scrumptious score, it went on with understudy Audr...
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Brilliant choreography part of 'Newsies' undeniable appealDec 16, 2014 4:30 am - Everything you need to know about the allure of the exuberant "Newsies" was obvious from the excited expressions of the children who arrived by the busload to Chicago's ...
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Elgin man sentenced to 15 years for cocaine deliveryDec 16, 2014 12:01 am - An Elgin man with multiple drug convictions pleaded guilty to selling cocaine to Elgin undercover police officers. Ina Spates, 33, pleaded guilty last week to the manuf...