Barbara Vitello
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Stage homage to Chaplin sparkles -- most of the timeDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The less Silent Theatre Company says, the better. Take "A Charlie Chaplin Christmas," the ensemble's homage to film's consummate clown. Comprised of Chaplinesque bits m...
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Feeling frazzled? Take time out for holiday humorDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Janus Theatre spreads holiday humor with "And Now for Something Completely Janus," its seasonal show opening today at the Elgin Art Showcase, 164 Division St., Elgin. Th...
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Magical 'Hunchback' echoes with pathos, whimsyDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Magic unfolds in Redmoon Theatre's West Town warehouse. Rooted in the ordinary, and often in the grotesque, Redmoon's magic is not the jewel-tone gossamer enc...
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Blindfaith's 'Butterscotch' not so sweetDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - "Lord Butterscotch and the Curse of the Darkwater Phantom" is rather less than the sum of its parts. The British-style comedy (in its world premiere at Blindfaith Theat...
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Northlight's 'Ella' captures iconic songstess perfectlyDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - If E. Faye Butler wins the 2008 Jeff Award for lead actress in a musical, she has Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn to thank. Butler plays Ella Fitzgerald in...
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Holidays herald music, comedy and a couple of new nightspotsDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Good for the Jews, a rock 'n' comedy duo made up of David Fagin and Rob Tannenbaum, bring their holiday show, "Putting the Ha! In Hanukkah," to Chicago's Double Door, 15...
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Engaging cast energizes 'Philadelphia Story' revivalNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart loom large over "The Philadelphia Story," George Cukor's 1940 big-screen version of Philip Barry's 1939 comedy-of...
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'Is she or isn't she?' That is the questionNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Sigmund Freud would have had a field day with Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw." The psychosexual undertones of James' 1898 novella about a governess who believes dem...
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Well-loved film gets modest stage revival at Steel BeamNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - "A Christmas Story" didn't exactly rake in a sleigh full of cash when it opened just before Thanksgiving in 1983. Despite critics' praise, the film based on Jean Shepher...
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'The Rat Pack' brings Vegas to HemmensNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Former Batavia resident Nicholas Brooks plays Sammy Davis Jr. in "Direct From Vegas: The Rat Pack," today at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. The 27-...