Barbara Vitello
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Soon appearing on stageSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - • Mia McCullough and Sean Graney are among the Chicago writers featured as part of Goodman Theatre's 2008 New Stages Series, its sixth annual showcase of new plays perfo...
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What's new in theaterSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - 'Forbidden' hits An all-suburban cast of musical theater pros stars in Steel Beam Theatre's season opener "Forbidden Broadway (Greatest Hits)," a version of the popular ...
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Judge rules defendant understood rightsSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Timothy Mendoza began life with every disadvantage. His 15-year-old mother was a runaway who abused drugs and alcohol from the time she was 13. That continued during he...
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Driver gets 45 years in crash which killed Buffalo Grove High studentSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Too little. Too late. Too false. The remorse convicted murderer Ralph Lewis professed at his sentencing Wednesday for the 2006 car crash that killed 16-year-old Corey D...
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'Heroes and Villians' not quite a super taleSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - At first glance, Daniel Janoff's play "Heroes and Villains" recalls TV's "Northern Exposure," that whimsical ode to tolerance centered on the culture clash that results ...
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Mother says overdose victim was no friend of homicide defendantSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Fran Denofrio wants one thing perfectly clear: her son Brian, she says, was never friends with Brad Jurek, the 26-year-old Bartlett man arraigned Tuesday on a charge of ...
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'Threepenny' matches tenor of the times, but needs a little more pitchSep 06, 2008 11:00 pm - The Hypocrites couldn't have made a more appropriate choice for their first musical than "The Threepenny Opera." Inspired by John Gay's 18th-century satire, "The Beggar'...
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Murder victim's family mourns deathSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - It's not easy growing up without a parent. Nineteen-year-old Joseph Ziegler, who lost his mother Cynthia seven years ago, knew that as well as anyone. "He loved his m...
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Writers' Theatre masterfully imagines night before Nixon's resignationSep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Writers' Theatre may well have ruined "Nixon's Nixon" for any other Chicago area company, in the sense that another ensemble might have a tough time rising to the standa...
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Noble Fool's 'Enchanted Evening' to feature musical classicsSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - The music of Richard Rodgers and lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein comprise the score to "Some Enchanted Evening," a showcase of the duo's more memorable songs including "Shal...