Barbara Vitello
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Austen's 'Pride' gets an enjoyable revival at Elgin's Janus TheatreJul 06, 2012 6:00 am - “Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance,” observes Charlotte Lucas in “Pride and Prejudice,” Jane Austen's satire on courtship and class, running at Elgin'...
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Suburban actors make Steppenwolf debut in 'Three Sisters'Jul 05, 2012 4:00 pm - Actors Jennifer Dymit and Garrett Lutz have no lines in Steppenwolf Theatre's production of "Three Sisters." But they don't mind. Because working with director Anna D. S...
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Theater events: Janus turns to 'Pride & Prejudice'Jun 29, 2012 6:00 am - Austen in Elgin Janus Theater Company pairs a couple of romantic comedies for its second summer repertory series. Jon Jory's adaptation of Jane Austen's “Pride & Pr...
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Mount Prospect woman gets probation for harming sonJun 28, 2012 4:03 pm - A Mount Prospect woman with no criminal background pleaded guilty to harming her then-six-month-old son last November after she could not get him to stop crying. Cook C...
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Probation, drug treatment for duo charged with stealing from carsJun 27, 2012 1:47 pm - “Your days of smoking dope are over.” Cook County Judge Ellen Mandeltort made that clear to 21-year-old Kevan McHale and 18-year-old Yanni Stasinakos, who stood before ...
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Arlington Heights grandmother gets probation in baby’s deathJun 26, 2012 4:37 pm - Reymond Trejo never saw his first birthday. Left unattended on the morning of Jan. 4, 2011, 5-month-old Reymond suffocated after he fell off a queen-size bed into a pil...
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Hanover Park man guilty of stealing cremation urn, other itemsJun 26, 2012 3:00 pm - A 47-year-old Hanover Park man who stole several items from a Hanover Park family, including an urn containing the ashes of a deceased relative, pleaded guilty Tuesday i...
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Police: Streamwood man shot his dogJun 25, 2012 5:00 pm - A Cook County judge set bail at $50,000 Monday for a 48-year-old Streamwood man who police say wound up shooting his own dog early Saturday morning following a verbal al...
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Lookingglass' 'Eastland' exceptional theater, superb memorialJun 22, 2012 6:00 am - Entering Lookingglass Theatre for the world premiere of "Eastland: A New Musical" is like stepping into an old-fashioned tent revival. Beneath billowing fabric stand r...
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From Eastland to Gacy, local history inspires new playsJun 22, 2012 6:00 am - Much has changed about Chicago and its sprawling suburbs over the years. But one thing hasn't: the power to inspire. Writers from Carl Sandburg and Nelson Algren to Lor...