Barbara Vitello
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On stageOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - 'Midsummer' at NWRT Like she did with last season's "Hamlet Remix'd," director Jean Gottlieb puts a contemporary spin on Shakespeare's romantic romp "A Midsummer Night's...
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First Folio's disjointed 'Dracula' can't decide how to play itOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Passion of Dracula" incorporates a little bit of everything and not enough of one thing, which is a roundabout way of saying that Bob Hall and David Richmond's play...
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Cops seek Elgin teen who avoided prison in fatal DUI crashOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - An arrest warrant has been issued for Brian Poliarny, an Arlington Heights teen who avoided prison time after pleading guilty last year to drunken driving in a crash tha...
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Defendant disputes police in Wheeling standoff caseOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Reports differ as to how Gabriel Guzman was apprehended last June 30. Wheeling police say he was hiding under a bed at the Chicago home he shared with girlfriend Avilen...
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A contemporary 'Midsummer' at NWRTOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Like she did with last season's "Hamlet Remix'd," director Jean Gottlieb puts a contemporary spin on Shakespeare's romantic romp, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at New Worl...
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Wheeling man gets 5 years for gang shootingOct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Firing a .22-caliber handgun at a supposed rival is one thing. Doing so with a toddler in tow is another. Cook County Judge Thomas Fecarotta intimated as much when he s...
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Hypocrites reinvent classic 'Our Town'Oct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - "Once in a thousand times it's interesting." Thornton Wilder's Stage Manager utters those words at the end of the second act of "Our Town" while presiding over the wedd...
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New and notable on stageSep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Scary tale Maintaining the tradition it established several years ago with its seasonally appropriate "The Madness of Edgar Allen Poe," First Folio Theatre opens its 200...
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In short, 'Sleuth' worth seeingSep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Theater lovers pressed for time will be glad to know this review of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's "Sleuth" won't take long to read. Not because the Glen Ellyn company's pro...
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'Caroline' deftly juggles issues of race and changeSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - For Chicago-area critics who haven't already added Court Theatre to their short list of future nominees for the regional Tony Award, I expect Charles Newell's impeccable...