Barbara Vitello
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'The Rat Pack' brings Vegas to HemmensNov 01, 2021 9:15 pm - Former Batavia resident Nicholas Brooks plays Sammy Davis Jr. in "Direct From Vegas: The Rat Pack," today at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. The 27-...
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Whimsical 'Umbrella' worth catchingNov 01, 2021 8:19 pm - "> An astonishing piece of conceptual theater opened this week at Chicago Shakespeare Theater as part of its world stage program. A pan-cultural specta...
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Signal's take on search for passion comes up solidNov 01, 2021 8:11 pm - "Old Wicked Songs" makes for a pleasant, if predictable duet. Jon Marans' two-character play about a hotshot American piano prodigy who's lost his passion and the aging...
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Fast-paced sex farce raises director's profileNov 01, 2021 8:10 pm - Let's all do director Sean Graney a favor and dispense once and for all with the "wunderkind," "auteur" and "up-and-comer" tags. For years writers described h...
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Musical choreography makes the most of 'Seven Brides'Nov 01, 2021 7:25 pm - Choreographer Michael Kidd had an MGM soundstage on which to work his magic in the 1954 movie musical "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." Director/choreographer Kevin Be...
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Rosen hits target with look at Chicago theaterNov 01, 2021 7:14 pm - When it comes to Chicago theater, writer/director Eric Rosen knows his subject. The About Face Theatre co-founder and artistic director, who leaves Chicago next year to...
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'Defiance' leaves no doubt as to its worthNov 01, 2021 7:07 pm - The transgression that underscores John Patrick Shanley's "Defiance" is not that of a soldier refusing to obey an order, it's that of a man refusing to champion ...
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Castro's Cuba setting for Pulitzer winner's early playNov 01, 2021 5:02 pm - Nilo Cruz knows the question is coming. Even over the phone, one senses him waiting for the question he has fielded countless times since receiving the Pulitzer Prize fo...
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High seas to HollywoodNov 01, 2021 5:00 pm - If actor-comedian Jamie Kaler had 20-20 vision, he'd be in the air and not on TV. But less-than-perfect eyesight kept the former Navy officer on the deck of ...
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Steppenwolf dominates a balanced Jeff AwardsNov 01, 2021 4:33 pm - The Jeff Awards Committee seemed intent on spreading the wealth at Monday's 39th annual Joseph Jefferson Equity Awards Ceremony honoring excellence in Chicago-ar...