Barbara Vitello
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New era for the arts in Elgin: Theater scene gets boost from new arts centerMar 27, 2026 10:28 am - After a $2 million transformation, the former Elgin Elks’ lodge emerged as the new Elgin Art Showcase which Janus Theatre inaugurated earlier this month with a rollicking revival of Ben Jonson’s 17th century satire “The Alchemist.”
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State panel unanimously denies parole for convicted killer Patricia ColumboMar 26, 2026 3:24 pm - The Illinois Prisoner Review Board unanimously denied parole for Patricia Columbo, 69, who - along with her lover Frank DeLuca - killed her father, mother and younger brother in their Elk Grove Village home on May 4, 1976. Columbo is serving a prison term of 200 to 300 years. DeLuca died in prison in January, 2023.
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Broadway star in concert: Evanston’s Jessie Mueller shares songs, stories at Schaumburg’s Prairie CenterMar 24, 2026 4:53 pm - Tony Award winner and Evanston native Jessie Mueller returns to the Northwest suburbs to perform Saturday, April 18, at the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg.
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Spotlight: Goodman revives August Wilson’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’Mar 24, 2026 2:54 pm - Goodman Theatre stages a revival of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and TheatreWorksUSA brings the family-friendly “The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System” to the McAninch Arts Center.
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Best Bets: Riverdance at Paramount, Shen Yun at Rosemont TheatreMar 23, 2026 4:16 pm - Riverdance brings its world tour “Riverdance 30 — The New Generation” to Aurora’s Paramount Theatre this weekend, while Shen Yun performs at the Rosemont Theatre. Plus, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago presents “Civic Plays Copland 3” during a free concert in Naperville.
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Broadway in Chicago announces 2026-27 seasonMar 23, 2026 3:44 pm - Touring productions of the hit Broadway shows “Maybe Happy Ending” and “Oh, Mary!” as well as a remount of Kokandy Productions’ acclaimed revival of “Jekyll & Hyde” are among the shows making up Broadway in Chicago’s upcoming season.
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Fire leaves Wheaton apartment building uninhabitableMar 21, 2026 11:04 am - No one was injured in a balcony fire late Friday that left a Wheaton apartment building uninhabitable.
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Lookingglass’ next act: Pioneering Chicago theater reemerges with renewed purposeMar 20, 2026 9:13 am - Lookingglass Theatre co-founder David Schwimmer and artistic director Kasey Foster discuss the next chapter of the pioneering Chicago company.
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Second teen charged in connection with deadly Ingleside shootingMar 19, 2026 2:08 pm - Authorities have charged a second man in connection with an October drive-by shooting that killed a 19-year-old man in Ingleside.
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Writers Theatre announces 35th anniversary seasonMar 18, 2026 5:15 pm - Writers Theatre artistic director Braden Abraham and Jessica Thebus are among the directors set to helm productions during the Glencoe theater’s recently announced 35th anniversary season.