Barbara Vitello
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No victory for 'Election Day'Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Like the savvy politician who knows he'll get more mileage serving up platitudes than examining complicated issues, playwright Josh Tobiessen sticks to the superficial i...
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Tension crashes intriguing 'Birthday Party'Aug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Few critics hailed Harold Pinter's unsettling "The Birthday Party" when it premiered in London 50 years ago. An enigmatic, darkly comic and ambiguous drama concerning co...
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A tart take on 'Desdemona'Aug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Just as an artful presentation can enliven a ho-hum entree, director Jaclyn Biskup's cheeky, burlesque-inspired approach spices up "Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchie...
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Accused child molester's record dates back 40 yearsAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - More than 40 years after he was first charged with inapproriate conduct involving children, it seems 67-year-old Arthur Brown still cannot control his urges. Or so prose...
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'Boys from Syracuse' coming to Drury LaneJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Brothers reunited Previews begin next week for Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace's Chicago-area premiere of "The Boys from Syracuse," the 1938 musical by Richard Rodg...
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Driver accused in fatal Wheeling crash guilty on all countsJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Two years and two days after Ralph Lewis drove the speeding U-haul that killed Corey Diamond and changed Elliott Cellini and Brandon Forshall's lives forever, Lewis' act...
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Cops: Driver accused of murder trying to ram squad carJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Ed Diamond stayed put. Throughout the three days of testimony in the murder trial of the man behind the wheel of the U-Haul truck that killed his son Corey two years ag...
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Lewis case goes to juryJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The fate of Ralph Lewis rests with a Cook County jury now that prosecutors and defenses attorneys have concluded their closing statements in Lewis' first-degree murder t...
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Passenger testifies Lewis tried to frame himJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - First, Ralph Lewis nearly got Cordellro Webb killed. Then, Lewis tried to pin on Webb responsibility for the car crash that claimed the life of Corey Diamond, testified ...
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Eclipse's 'Plaza Suite' poignant, unsettlingJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Neil Simon's plays may lack the razor-sharp wit of a wordsmith like David Ives, but the hit-maker responsible for "Barefoot in the Park," "The Odd Couple" and the Pulitz...