Barbara Vitello
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'Billy Elliot' makes the leap from Broadway to ChicagoMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - When "Billy Elliot" made le grande jeté from cinema to stage five years ago, it landed exactly where it belongs. So says director Stephen Daldry, who insists the story ...
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Mt. Prospect man receives 5 years for pellet gun assault, retail theftMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - At his sentencing Tuesday in a Rolling Meadows courtroom, John Guy apologized for shooting a teenage golfer in the leg with a pellet gun last August, saying he never int...
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Schaumburg party ends in rape chargeMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - A Cook County judge set bond at $35,000 Tuesday for a Carol Stream man charged with a rape authorities say took place at a Schaumburg house party last August. Police ch...
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Wheeling man gets probation in sex abuse caseMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - A Wheeling man with no criminal background was sentenced to 30 months probation Monday in exchange for his guilty plea to aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Benigno Gayta...
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'Alegria' does what Cirque du Soleil does bestMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Classic Cirque. That's how one longtime Cirque du Soleil employee described "Alegria," the baroque-inspired spectacle that opened Wednesday for a brief run at Hoffman E...
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Raising the 'Roof': Marriott, 'Fiddler' a perfect matchMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - If there was a checklist describing the classic musical, "Fiddler on the Roof" would satisfy every criterion. There's the compelling story - centered on the eternal conf...
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Rise of rock n' roll colors 'Side Man' at the MetropolisMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - A life in music The eclipse of jazz by rock 'n' roll serves as the backdrop for Warren Leight's "Side Man," in which a young man relates the story of his relation...
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Behind the scenes as Cirque du Soleil brings 'Alegria' to lifeMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - It's a few hours before the opening of Cirque du Soleil's "Alegria," and a quiet calm envelopes the dimly lit Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates. Throughout the day, ...
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Teens sentenced in Arlington Hts. gas station holdupMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Two Arlington Heights teens charged with an October 2009 holdup at a local gas station pleaded guilty Tuesday after prosecutors reduced the charges against them. Sean Jo...
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Mount Prospect man sentenced in car burglariesMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - A 26-year-old Mount Prospect man was sentenced last week to two years probation and 30 days in Cook County Jail for a series of car burglaries authorities say he committ...