Barbara Vitello
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Revivals of classics, regional premiere on tap in 2023 at Lincolnshire's Marriott TheatreSep 22, 2022 11:00 pm - A storyteller, a super fan, a seminal rock 'n' roller, a stage mother and a beloved singer/songwriter are among the characters Marriott Theatre will showcase next year a...
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15 shows for fall: Classic tuners, new commissions, ever-resonant dramas among this season's theater highlightsSep 22, 2022 7:30 am - Musicals showcasing determined women; an operatic take on a beloved Broadway tuner; the stage adaptation of a popular film romance; dramas examining racism and the legac...
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Best bets: Charlie Berens, Kyiv City Ballet, Gordon Lightfoot & Arnez JSep 21, 2022 11:00 pm - An apple a day Tasty apple treats are the draw to Long Grove's 31st annual Apple Fest, but with food and drink specials, kids' activities, a carnival and music all weeke...
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Kudos for 'Cabaret': Metropolis revival boasts solid acting, dynamic chorusSep 20, 2022 11:00 pm - “Cabaret” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Cabaret” has no shortage of memorable tunes. From the Emcee bidding the audience “Willkommen” in the deliciously naughty opening number to the feve...
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Spotlight: 'Frankenstein' opens at Glenview's Oil Lamp, 'Alma' at American Blues TheaterSep 20, 2022 6:00 am - A tale for the season Oil Lamp Theater stages Vincent S. Hannam's adaptation of "Frankenstein," Mary Shelley's gothic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a physician who aspire...
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Rockford woman charged in I-90 crash that killed 6-year-old, injured six other childrenSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - Authorities say a Rockford woman was driving impaired on a suburban expressway in June when she lost control of an SUV carrying her seven children, one of whom - a 6-yea...
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Founding Mother confronts her complicity in Steppenwolf's 'Miz Martha Washington'Sep 19, 2022 6:00 pm - "The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington" - Martha Washington has a lot to answer for, and the Black people she and her husband enslaved ...
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Spotlight: Elgin's Janus Theatre puts a new spin on an epic taleSep 16, 2022 6:00 am - Come to the 'Cabaret' In 1929 Berlin, against the backdrop of the rising tide of Nazism, an American writer falls in love with a British chanteuse in John Kander and Fre...
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Disbarred attorney convicted of murdering his bride in 1973 dies in prisonSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - Donnie Rudd, convicted four years ago of murdering Noreen Kumeta, his 19-year-old bride, along a lonely road in Barrington Hills less than a month after their 1973 weddi...
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Leading lady's star turn more than makes up for Marriott's mechanical glitches in 'Hello, Dolly!'Sep 15, 2022 11:00 pm - “Hello, Dolly!” - ★ ★ ★ ½ The road to opening night isn't always smooth. Take Marriott Theatre's jolly revival of “Hello, Dolly!” whose opening was delayed two weeks aft...