Barbara Vitello
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Spotlight: Lifeline Theatre adapts children’s fave ‘Skunk and Badger’Feb 29, 2024 6:24 am - The unlikely friendship between a skunk and a badger inspired Lifeline Theatre’s family-friendly premiere “Skunk and Badger,” beginning performances this week along with Goodman Theatre’s Chicago premiere of Margaret Atwood’s “The Penelopiad.”
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Students, colleagues bid farewell to beloved music teacherFeb 28, 2024 9:28 pm - Described as the embodiment of kindness, respect and care, Matthew David Bishop was a musician’s musician and an educator’s educator. Beloved and respected by students an...
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Adventure of a lifetime: ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ tour brings 8-year-old Naperville actress homeFeb 28, 2024 3:14 pm - “An adventure,” that’s how 8-year-old Naperville actress Emerson Mae Chan describes being on the national tour of the musical “Mrs. Doubtfire.” The only downside? She can’t take along her Squishmallow collection.
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Best Bets: Elmhurst History Museum opens new World War II exhibitFeb 27, 2024 1:43 pm - The Elmhurst History Museum examines Americans on the homefront during World War II, a new dance theater show set to the music of Sting dances into the Cadillac Palace Theatre, and Robbie Fulks headlines Aurora’s Venue this week.
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Defendant charged in 19-year-old Elk Grove Village murder case ordered held at Cook County jailFeb 23, 2024 1:21 pm - A former Elk Grove Village man charged with the 2005 shooting death of a man he suspected was having an affair with his wife was ordered held at Cook County jail Friday f...
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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.