Barbara Vitello
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Return of 'August: Osage County' just the latest turn for playwright LettsJan 29, 2010 10:00 pm - A happy coincidence. That's how actor/playwright Tracy Letts describes the convergence of his professional life onstage in Chicago, where his Pulitzer Prize- and Tony A...
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Ward of state guilty of sex assault in SchaumburgJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - After more than eight hours of deliberations over two days, a Cook County jury found 16-year-old Ronald Patterson guilty of the 2008 rape of a mental-health technician. ...
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Dennehy delivers double shot of dramaJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - In a 2008 interview with the Daily Herald, Brian Dennehy described Eugene O'Neill's gaze into the human soul as unblinking. One can say the same thing about Dennehy as ...
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Jury resumes deliberations today in rape caseJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - After more than five hours, the six-man, six-woman jury deciding the fate of 16-year-old ward of the state Ronald Patterson went home late Wednesday and will return to t...
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Trial begins for man accused of Schaumburg rapeJan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Prosecutor Mike Andre minced no words as the rape trial of ward of the state Ronald Patterson began Tuesday in a Rolling Meadows Third Municipal District courtroom. "Ev...
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Gray, McCance reviving 'Jeeves' roles at First FolioJan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Christian Gray and Jim McCance reprise their roles as hapless aristocratic Bertie Wooster and his cool, capable butler Jeeves in "Jeeves in Bloom," First Folio Theatre's...
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Tony Award-winning 'Wicked' to make its return to ChicagoJan 25, 2010 10:00 pm - "Wicked" left Chicago a year ago after 1,500 performances, making it the longest-running Broadway musical in Chicago history. Now, it's coming back. The Tony Award-win...
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No new trial for DegorskiJan 21, 2010 10:00 pm - James Degorski, 37, will have to resign himself to the guilty verdict a Cook County jury delivered on Sept. 29 for his part in the 1993 slayings of seven workers at a Pa...
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Metropolis makes the most of unimaginative farce 'Out of Order'Jan 20, 2010 10:00 pm - From mistaken identities and extramarital affairs to pratfalls and slamming doors - and one particularly hazardous window - "Out of Order" incorporates all the elements ...
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Woman charged with extorting spa worker in courtJan 19, 2010 10:00 pm - A federal detention hearing was held in Chicago for a 23-year-old Des Plaines woman charged with trying to extort thousands of dollars from one of the female employees o...