Barbara Vitello
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A new classic: Goodman’s ‘Matchbox Magic Flute’ an enchanting re-imagining of Mozart’s beloved operaFeb 23, 2024 10:13 am - For her beguiling reimagining of “The Magic Flute,” adapter/director Mary Zimmerman scaled back Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s beloved 18th-century singspiel. But she did not skimp.
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Experience Writers Theatre’s exceptional ‘Band’s Visit’Feb 22, 2024 6:09 pm - A chamber musical about music’s capacity to unite and soothe, “The Band’s Visit” at Writers Theatre is uncommonly lovely and exquisitely intimate.
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Cellular outages affect local wireless customers, emergency dispatchFeb 22, 2024 11:12 am - The nationwide service outages hitting cellular users also affected the local emergency dispatch service and made for a challenging morning for suburbanites relying on th...
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‘Billy Elliot’ soars: Paramount’s 4-star revival a spectacle in every respectFeb 21, 2024 12:19 pm - Rooted in the notion that art can uplift and inspire, transform an individual and unite a community, Paramount’s “Billy Elliot The Musical” is a grand, Broadway-style show.
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Spotlight: ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ comedy comes to Chicago for a short runFeb 20, 2024 11:43 am - Rob McClure reprises his role as the titular nanny in the national tour of “Mrs. Doubtfire,” while Steel Beam Theatre stages a benefit production of “Love Letters,” this week in Chicago-area theater.
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Best Bets: Michael and Angela Ingersoll bring cabaret show to the MetropolisFeb 20, 2024 11:26 am - Michael and Angela Ingersoll headline the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Hubbard Street Dance Company opens its winter residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Lake County Craft Beer Festival hosts its ninth annual tasting event Sunday.
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Office morale, performance key issues for Democratic Cook Co. state’s attorney candidatesFeb 16, 2024 5:56 pm - Democratic candidates vying to replace Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx cite staffing and morale as key issues facing the next top prosecutor.
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Chicago actress follows dad’s footsteps in more ways than oneFeb 14, 2024 2:17 pm - Actress Isabel Quintero is more like her late father, broadcaster Oscar Quintero, than even she realized. Like him, Quintero — currently appearing in Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s young adults series “a home what howls (or the house what was ravine)” — initially pursued a career in broadcasting.
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Puppy love: How the friendship between a suburban postal carrier and a Chihuahua became a social media sensationFeb 13, 2024 7:00 pm - This is the story of how best pals Frannie, a long-haired chihuahua, and Hoffman Estates postal carrier Dan Larsen sparked a social media sensation that has attracted more than 730,000 followers and whose online videos have garnered hundreds of millions of views.
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Spotlight: American Blues Theater’s ‘Reclamation’ examines history, identityFeb 13, 2024 12:27 pm - American Blues Theater stages the Chicago premiere of “The Reclamation of Madison Hemings,” while Marriott Theatre presents the family-friendly turner “James and the Giant Peach.”