Barbara Vitello
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Time well-spentNov 01, 2021 10:51 am - When does 3#189; hours not feel like 3#189; hours? When one spends them immersed in Goodman Theatre's remarkable production of Sarah Ruhl's "Passio...
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'Woman in Black' comes to Glen EllynNov 01, 2021 10:05 am - "The Woman in Black" 3 stars (out of four) A knowing smile flickered across the face of a fellow critic when I told her I was seeing "The...
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Score soarsNov 01, 2021 9:59 am - With all due respect to Porchlight Music Theatre, its fine cast, resourceful design team and able directors, the real star of the company's revival of "Phantom" is the t...
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Worth the TripNov 01, 2021 9:58 am - Ghost story Buffalo Theatre Ensemble begins its 21st season today with the seasonally appropriate "The Woman in Black," about a lawyer who gets more than he bargained fo...
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Chicago game show comes to the 'burbsOct 31, 2021 10:01 pm - "Don't Spit the Water," the offbeat game show that has been playing late nights at Chicago's Playground Theater for a couple of years, begins a two-month run at the Metr...
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Two plays give unique look at black theaterOct 31, 2021 10:05 pm - Days after Congo Square Theatre's Midwest premiere of Afro-British playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah's "Elmina's Kitchen," Pegasus Players opened its revival of August Wilson'...
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Noble Fool's 'Mid-Life' hits right notesOct 31, 2021 9:33 pm - One thing about Noble Fool's "Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical," it's inclusive. Where baby boomer-centered revues like "Menopause the Musical" and "Hats!" focus...
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Chicago Shakespeare emphasizes comedy in Bard romanceOct 31, 2021 9:03 pm - With a nudge and a wink and tongue planted firmly in cheek, Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Barbara Gaines solves the problematic "Cymbeline." She does it by em...
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Redmoon examines beauty, rejection in fairy-tale settingOct 31, 2021 9:04 pm - Any woman watching Redmoon Theater's "The Princess Club" will recognize instantly the situations and personalities comprising this quirky, visually arresting sho...
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Brooks would be proud of Marriott's 'Producers'Oct 31, 2021 9:01 pm - Staging the post-Broadway, regional premiere of "The Producers" means shouldering quite a burden. Fortunately, Marriott Theatre has actors Ross Lehman and Gu...