Barbara Vitello
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'Ad-rap-tation' adds plenty of funk to Bard's 'Much Ado'Jul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Shakespeare Theater plays it straight with its namesake's plays. Under artistic director Barbara Gaines, productions at CST, winner of the 2008 Regional Theatre ...
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Letts' 'Donuts' a solid successor to 'August'Jul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Critics who had sharpened their knives in anticipation of Tracy Letts' "Superior Donuts" will have to sheath their blades. More intimate than its predecessor - the wide...
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'Ain't Misbehavin'' revival happily fills Goodman stageJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Go big or go home. Director Chuck Smith clearly had that adage in mind when he staged Goodman Theatre's revival of "Ain't Misbehavin'," the tribute to iconic jazz compos...
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'Wonka' coming to Navy PierJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Another 'Ado' Nick Sandys and Melissa Carlson play the witty, would-be lovers in First Folio Shakespeare Festival's production of Shakespeare's delicious comedy "Much Ad...
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Cirque's new show still dazzlesJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The more grounded (in every sense of the word), yet still enthralling "KOOZA" marked Cirque du Soleil's return to Chicago after a two-year absence. Gone are the dazzlin...
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Judge: jury to hear of driver's fateful dayJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Ralph Lewis didn't let a little thing like a crime spree interfere with his dating, prosecutors suggest. They contend that in the middle of a 2006 mini-spree at Gurnee ...
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Jailed R. Kelly fan released after apologyJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Debra Triplett's devotion to R. Kelly earned her 34 days behind bars. An apology secured her freedom. Judge Vincent Gaughan, who presided over the Kelly child pornograp...
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Degorski to appeal confession rulingJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Defense attorneys for James Degorski, charged with capital murder in the 1993 slayings of seven people at a Brown's Chicken restaurant in Palatine, will appeal to the Il...
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Fresh off Tony win, Chicago playwright serves up 'Donuts'Jun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Tracy Letts has earned some time off. For more than a year, "August: Osage County," his blistering dysfunctional family drama that took first Chicago and then New York ...
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Aurora teens' death prompts concerns about heart testingJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Playing basketball shouldn't be a deadly endeavor. Neither should drill team practice, or kickball. But it was for Zamarri Doby, the Waubonsie Valley High School student...