Barbara Vitello
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'Christmas Carol' falls flat at Steel BeamNov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - The premiere of "Wild Goat" earlier this year demonstrated that the folks at Steel Beam Theatre know how to stage a musical in a small space. That intimate, appealing ch...
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Area theaters brighten the holidays Area theaters brighten the holidaysNov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - For the 12 days of Christmas, the theater community gave to me - a multitude of holiday treats. The season may be woefully short of partridges in pear trees, but city an...
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Double shot of holiday cheer with 'A Christmas Carol' and Second CityNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Offering contrasting views of the holidays, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre pairs Charles Dickens' family classic "A Christmas Carol" with Second City's irreverent tak...
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'South Pacific' a subtle, sophisticated triumphNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Whatever lengths the Village of Rosemont went through to bring the national tour of Bartlett Sher's "South Pacific" to the Rosemont Theatre paid off in abundance at its ...
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Steel Beam brings back musical take on 'A Christmas Carol'Nov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Steel Beam's "Carol" Steel Beam Theatre reprises a musical version of "A Christmas Carol" by composer Alan Menken ("The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast"). Elizabe...
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Former swim instructor guilty of molesting girlNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - A jury found former swim instructor Kevin Skowron guilty of predatory criminal sexual assault Wednesday in Rolling Meadows. Their four-hour deliberation followed a thre...
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Chief judge of Cook County Circuit Court to be honored todayNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - "Don't resolve your dispute in the street, bring it to court." Judge Timothy C. Evans has spent the better part of his professional career championing that point of view...
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Child, defendant both testify in sex-abuse caseNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Prosecutors claim Kevin Skowron sexually assaulted a 4-year-old child last year at the Palatine YMCA "for the excitement and the possibility of getting caught." Skowron...
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Maine Twp. mom pleads guilty to killing 5-year-old daughterNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - A Maine Twp woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to the March 2007 beating death of her 5-year-old daughter. Mila Petrov's plea came about one month after prosecutors agreed to...
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Maday charged with carjacking while a fugitiveNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Robert Maday, the subject of a 26-hour September manhunt after he overpowered two state's attorney guards, was officially charged Tuesday on counts related to one of the...