Barbara Vitello
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Sieber impresses, Hamilton flounders in 'La Cage Aux Folles'Dec 21, 2011 10:00 pm - The star of a national tour ought to be the performer who puts the wind in the show's sails, not the anchor that weighs it down. Unfortunately that's not the case with ...
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Aurora man pleads not guilty in death of Elgin 5-year-oldDec 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Legal Affairs Writer An Aurora man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he shot and killed a 5-year-old Elgin boy in what authorities say was an attack on the child’s...
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2 charged with financial exploitation of Mt. Prospect womanDec 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect police charged a married couple with financial exploitation of an elderly person after authorities say they wrote themselves checks on the woman’s account...
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Hanover Park teen pleads not guilty to strangling babyDec 20, 2011 11:00 pm - The Hanover Park teen charged with the slaying of her newborn son last month in a Streamwood store was arraigned Wednesday in Rolling Meadows on charges of first-degree ...
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Put heartwarming 'Christmas Story' on holiday to-do listDec 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Late in the second act during Thursday's performance of the altogether charming “A Christmas Story, The Musical!” a slight case of giggles threatened to overtake Clarke ...
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Great acting rescues Steppenwolf's 'Penelope'Dec 16, 2011 5:00 am - Watching Enda Walsh's “Penelope,” in its Chicago area premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre, I felt much like I imagine the titular character, wife of Greek warrior Odysseus, ...
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Bill’s passage benefits Illinois theaterDec 12, 2011 11:00 pm - Sears Holdings Corp. and the CME Group weren’t the only entities benefiting from Tuesday’s passage of Senate Bill 397. The bill also includes a tax credit for live theat...
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Conviction overturned, Rivera still waiting in prisonDec 11, 2011 11:00 pm - An appellate court decision reversing Juan Rivera's conviction for the 1992 rape and murder of 11-year-old Holly Staker doesn't mean Rivera's release from prison is immi...
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Elk Grove man found guilty of his mother’s deathDec 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Jonathan Wood’s testimony Friday during his trial for the murder of his 70-year-old mother left a Cook County prosecutor speechless. Testifying against the advice of his...
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Theater events: Marley's tale times 2Dec 08, 2011 10:00 pm - Marley's tale The Organic Theater Company of Chicago brings its family-friendly production of “Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol” to Naperville for a brief run. Tom Mu...