Barbara Vitello
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Metropolis announces 25th anniversary seasonMay 13, 2024 4:18 pm - The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre announced its 25th anniversary season commences Sept. 26 with a revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s beloved “Cinderella.”
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Unearthly dramedy premiering at BTE needs some tweakingMay 09, 2024 3:37 pm - “Into the Earth With You,” Brian Watkins’ supernatural-tinged family dramedy premiering at Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, needs a few revisions.
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Shrewd satire: Earnest performances, canny direction animate Steppenwolf’s ‘Thanksgiving Play’May 08, 2024 9:30 am - Playwright Larissa FastHorse packs a lot of satire into the 90-minute “The Thanksgiving Play,” which skewers Indigenous stereotypes, liberal guilt, sanitized history, theater and wokeness. Steppenwolf Theatre’s Chicago premiere runs through June 2.
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Best Bets: Chicago Cabaret Week and Bad Momz at ZaniesMay 07, 2024 6:55 pm - Chicago Cabaret Week starts Friday, a new photo exhibit opens at the Morton Arboretum and, in honor of Mother’s Day, Bad Momz comedians take the stage at Zanies in Rosemont and Chicago.
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On stage: Goodman examines language, identity in Chicago premiere of ‘English’May 06, 2024 12:18 pm - Goodman Theatre stages the Chicago premiere of “English,” 2023’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Sanaz Toossi, while Lifeline Theatre revives Nambi E. Kelley’s adaptation of the seminal novel “Native Son.”
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble announces 2024-2025 seasonMay 02, 2024 8:30 pm - A political satire, a holiday romance, and a contemporary drama about privilege and the American dream make up Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s upcoming season at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn.
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Redemption tale: Jason Alexander stars in Chicago Shakes’ premiere of ‘Judgment Day’May 02, 2024 11:25 am - Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s “Judgment Day” has a not-so-secret weapon, and his name is Jason Alexander.
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On stage: TimeLine premieres dust bowl drama, Metropolis revives ‘9 to 5’May 01, 2024 8:34 am - TimeLine Theatre premieres climate-change inspired drama set in 1935 Texas on the day of one of the worst dust storms in the nation’s history.
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Streamwood man convicted of murder in fatal 2022 shooting of friendApr 30, 2024 8:08 pm - Salvatore Scardino, of Streamwood, was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder in the April 2022 shooting death of Kwemi Hardwick, the man he described as his best friend.
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‘Friendship set to music’: Arlington Heights square dance club turns 75Apr 30, 2024 5:32 pm - Seventy-five years and counting. The Arlington Squares Square Dancing Club welcomes enthusiasts from kids to seniors, and from newcomers to veteran dancers.