Barbara Vitello
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New sketch comedy shows keep winter laughs comingNov 02, 2021 11:06 am - Don't let the plunge in temperature deep-freeze your funny bone. Try thawing out at one of the new sketch comedy shows opening this month: • Gorilla Tango's R-rated (21 ...
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Theater takes up-close look at raceNov 02, 2021 11:01 am - Lots of white people live in the quiet, middle-class neighborhood of Jefferson Park on Chicago's Northwest Side. A homogeneous community settled primarily by immigrants ...
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Female-bonding play fails to find its footingNov 02, 2021 10:59 am - A trio of sassy twentysomething singletons spend a sunny Sabbath in October sharing their feelings, skirmishing over men and slandering their absent roommate in "Sunday ...
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'Goodbye Girl' drowns in schmaltzNov 02, 2021 10:16 am - Look up "grit" in the dictionary and you just might find a picture of Bernie Yvon, a Chicago-area performer who epitomizes "trouper." A nasty bout of laryngitis left Yvo...
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Yvon soldiers on in Drury Lane's 'Goodbye Girl'Nov 02, 2021 8:56 am - Look up "grit" in the dictionary and you just might find a picture of Bernie Yvon, a Chicago-area performer who epitomizes "trouper." A nasty bout of laryngitis left Yv...
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Winter theater season will sizzle with premieres, classicsNov 02, 2021 8:53 am - Baby, it's cold outside. But Chicago area theaters keep audiences warm with a number of promising premieres, a smattering of classics and a tribute to an American region...
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Inventive storytelling, great acting defined top 2007 showsNov 02, 2021 12:43 am - Great writing (or in the case of musicals great composing), great directing and great acting are givens when determining the best in local theater. Plenty of shows met t...
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'Good' enough for off-BroadwayNov 02, 2021 12:19 am - By all accounts, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's "Good Boys and True" is already a hit. A new production -- not the solid, respectable world premiere that opened Friday at Step...
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Compelling 'Three Hotels' gets powerful revivalNov 02, 2021 12:03 am - It never fails. Sure as snow in January, each December a show sneaks in under the wire to snag a spot on my list of the year's top theater productions. (For the complete...
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'The Mistress Cycle' raises feminist hacklesNov 01, 2021 11:59 pm - Let me get this straight: Getting involved with a married man is a good thing? That's what "The Mistress Cycle" suggests during its final moments when five very talented...