Barbara Vitello
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Greasy Joan's modern flair enlivens MoliereMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The mission of Greasy Joan & Co. as expressed in rhyme, involves re-imagining classics for contemporary times. For its first foray into the oeuvre of Moliere, the compa...
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Slow-moving 'Crimes' falters on tight stageMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - On the surface, "Crimes of the Heart" seems like a fairly easy play to pull off. A dark domestic comedy about estranged sisters who return to their rural Mississippi h...
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Acclaimed 'Bountiful' concludes Goodman's salute to Horton FooteMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Trip to Bountiful" makes no grand pronouncements. Yet Horton Foote's bittersweet play, a study in character about an elderly woman returning to her childhood home ...
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'Sweet Charity,' 'Match' opening soonMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Hey, big spender A dance hall gal with a heart of gold and a penchant for picking the wrong guy bumbles through assorted romances in "Sweet Charity." Jim Corti directs D...
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Spunky Circle Theatre stages equally spunky 'Can-Can'Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - You have to admire spunky Circle Theatre. The company's tiny Forest Park storefront doesn't allow artistic director Kevin Bellie to stage musicals on the same scale as s...
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Arabs in AmericaMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Compromise and obligation. The twin challenges budding artists confront prove especially acute for minorities. Should they alter their work to ensure commercial succes...
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Redtwist gives Albee's 'Woolf' an intimate, up-close feelMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The set for redtwist theatre's revival of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" looks nothing like you'd expect. Designer Anders Jacobson does away with the...
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'Heat Wave' suffers meltdown on stageMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - As a critique of a civic disaster, "Heat Wave" sizzles. As theater, it sputters. Not because it lacks a compelling story, but because it fails to tell that story in a c...
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Good year on tap for theatersMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The 2008-2009 season announcements from Chicago's Court, Goodman and Steppenwolf theaters include a couple of coups and the return of some local favs, making for what lo...
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No stopping playwright's 'Rain'Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The cardinal rule of theater is that you should always leave them wanting more. Chicago Dramatists followed that maxim when it closed its popular and critically acclaime...