Barbara Vitello
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Theater spotlight: Drury Lane revives ‘Guys and Dolls,’ Marriott stages ‘Music Man’Apr 02, 2024 5:48 pm - Drury Lane revives the tuner “Guys and Dolls,” Marriott revisits “The Music Man” with Broadway veterans KJ Hippensteel and Alexandra Silber, and Northlight premieres John Patrick Shanley’s new dramedy “Brooklyn Laundry.”
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Best Bets: CSO celebrates Shostakovich, Matthew Sweet returns to ChicagoApr 02, 2024 1:44 pm - Newly announced Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Klaus Mäkelä conducts the orchestra this weekend, alt rocker Matthew Sweet plays Chicago’s Metro, and Brit Floyd channels Pink Floyd in Waukegan.
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‘More smiles … than miles’: $124,998 Barbie van in Volo offers fun, fashion and plenty of pinkApr 01, 2024 8:49 am - The Volo Auto Museum’s $124,998 Barbie van won’t win any races, but it will turn heads and raise eyebrows.
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against Elgin officer who fatally shot Decynthia ClementsMar 29, 2024 2:46 pm - A federal court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against the Elgin police officer who shot and killed 34-year-old motorist Decynthia Clements early on March 12, 2018, foll...
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Hail not farewell for longtime Buffalo Theatre Ensemble artistic directorMar 28, 2024 4:15 pm - Longtime Buffalo Theatre Ensemble artistic director Connie Canaday Howard will step down from her leadership position in June but will not step away from the theater.
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Steppenwolf at its best: ‘Purpose’ premiere delivers hard truths, hearty laughsMar 27, 2024 10:06 am - “Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ outstanding domestic drama premiering at Steppenwolf Theatre, rings familiar. Not only for the insight and wit characteristic of Jacobs-Jenkins’ writing, but for its central characters: members of a prominent Black Chicago family with roots in religion, politics and the civil rights movement.
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Still no winner in Cook County state’s attorney Democratic primaryMar 26, 2024 7:08 pm - The approximately 800 suburban mail-in ballots tallied Tuesday by the Cook County Clerk’s Office shrank former appellate court Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke’s lead over for...
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Spotlight: David Payne channels ‘Churchill’ at Broadway PlayhouseMar 26, 2024 11:13 am - While British actor David Payne channels Sir Winston Churchill in “Churchill,” Curious Theatre Branch co-founder Jenny Magnus examines the nature of goodness, this week in Chicago-area theater.
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Best Bets: Waukegan blues woman Ivy Ford at Aurora’s Venue, Herbie Hancock in ChicagoMar 26, 2024 11:11 am - Chicago musicians come home: blues singer/guitarist Ivy Ford headlines Aurora’s The Venue, jazz great Herbie Hancock returns to Symphony Center and award winner Jonathan McReynolds joins fellow gospel artists at the Auditorium Theatre.
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Cook County state’s attorney race tightens as vote count continuesMar 25, 2024 10:26 am - Nearly a week after election day, a little more than 2,000 votes separate Eileen O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III, Democratic contenders for Cook County state’s attorney