Barbara Vitello
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Drury Lane's fine 'Saigon' revival overcomes troubled plottingJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Welcome news for suburban theatergoers. Drury Lane Oak Brook's well-sung, wisely staged revival of "Miss Saigon" suggests that the renaissance that began at the theater ...
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Teen sentenced to eight years for abusing 6-year-oldJan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - A child traumatized. A teenager in prison. A family devastated. The case of the 15-year-old Elgin resident charged with the aggravated criminal sexual assault of a 6-...
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Arlington Heights break-in report ends in drug arrestJan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Police arrived at an Arlington Heights residence in the 600 block of Happfield Drive Friday preparing to investigate a home invasion. They left with 350 grams of suspec...
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Bid to lighten DUI sentence draws lecture insteadJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Mateo Ortiz seriously miscalculated when he requested a reduction in the five-year sentence he received Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of aggravated drivi...
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What's new on stageJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - "Doubt" on stage Steel Beam Theatre opens 2009 with the stage version of "Doubt," John Patrick Shanley's meditation on power, tradition and faith. Founder and artistic d...
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Goodman Theatre to celebrate Eugene O'NeillJan 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Goodman Theatre ushers in 2009 with "A Global Exploration: Eugene O'Neill in the 21st Century," a salute to the iconic American playwright who depicted family dysfunctio...
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On stageDec 24, 2008 10:00 pm - NYE improv Usher out 2008 with improv comedy at Laugh Out Loud Theater, located in Schaumburg's Streets of Woodfield. Besides the show, the LOL New Year's Eve party...
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Dark comedy one of brightest works of 2008Dec 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Francis Guinan does his job with little fanfare. A Steppenwolf Theatre member for nearly 30 years who has worked steadily in television, doing one-shots on series like "...
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'Bowery Boys' serves up comfort food for the holidaysDec 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Outside Marriott Theatre, winter rages. Inside, spring dawns in the form of writer/director David H. Bell's sunny, exuberantly performed production of "The Bowery Boys,"...
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What's new at the theaterDec 24, 2008 10:00 pm - • Bailiwick Repertory bids adieu to 2008 and to its longtime Belmont Avenue home with "Farewell 1229," featuring excerpts from musicals the company has produced there ov...