Barbara Vitello
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Spotlight: Kelvin Roston Jr. pays tribute to soul great Donny Hathaway at Northlight TheatreJun 30, 2025 1:27 pm - Joseph Jefferson Award-winner Kelvin Roston Jr. channels soul music legend Donny Hathaway in “Twisted Melodies,” a solo show Roston created running July 10 through Aug. 10 at Northlight Theatre.
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Marriott’s ‘Always Something There …’ needs a little something moreJun 27, 2025 12:33 pm - Marriott Theatre’s new “mixtape musical” “Always Something There ...” works best when you let yourself be carried off by nostalgia and string of 1980s dance pop tunes.
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Streamwood man indicted on first-degree murder charges in sisters’ killingsJun 26, 2025 2:01 pm - Prosecutors on Thursday announced the indictment of a 25-year-old man they say fatally stabbed his two younger sisters in the family’s Streamwood townhouse on May 28.
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A decade after Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, are rights ‘under threat’?Jun 25, 2025 6:19 pm - The long fight for marriage equality, which ended 10 years ago when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, changed the lives of many suburban couples. But they say new threats could reverse hard-won victories.
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Sweet relief from summer heat: Leading ladies the reason to see Drury Lane’s ‘Always … Patsy Cline’Jun 25, 2025 10:15 am - Drury Lane Theatre’s revival of the country western jukebox tuner “Always ... Patsy Cline” is a timely treat thanks to fine performances by top-notch singer/actors Aja Alcazar and Bri Sudia.
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Best Bets: ‘Heroes and Villians’ exhibit inaugurates new gallery at Lake County’s Dunn MuseumJun 24, 2025 9:47 am - The Bess Bower Dunn Museum inaugurates its new gallery with “Alex Ross: Heroes and Villains,” actor/comedian Billy Gardell headlines Waukegan’s American Place Casino and illusionist Chris Funk performs at the Metropolis in Arlington Heights.
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Spotlight: Janus Theatre opens ‘outsiders’ season with ‘The Ibsen Project: Hedda’Jun 23, 2025 2:47 pm - Janus Theatre begins its 27th season with a scripts-in-hand production of Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler.”
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Highland Park officer-involved shooting under investigationJun 20, 2025 12:12 pm - Early Friday, Highland Park police officers fatally shot a man after they say approached them with a raised knife which he refused to drop.
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Top of their game: Steppenwolf veterans triumph in Chicago premiere of ‘You Will Get Sick’Jun 19, 2025 10:12 am - Amy Morton returns to Steppenwolf Theatre to star alongside tireless fellow ensemble member Namir Smallwood in the Chicago premiere of “You Will Get Sick,” Noah Diaz’s surreal, poignant meditation on illness and death.
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Season’s first heat wave on the wayJun 17, 2025 3:39 pm - Storms with potentially damaging winds and hail are expected Tuesday night, with a heat wave predicted to follow this weekend.