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After fighting monsters in the Upside Down, the Stranger Things star returned to the lights of the rialto for the first time in a decade in John Proctor Is the Villain, playing Shelby — a high school junior caught in a classroom reckoning over power, gender and truth.
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Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
When Devon Avenue was the rialto of the Orthodox Jewish community, a flatbed truck loaded with poultry cages would appear just before the Day of Atonement.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
Meanwhile, away from the rialto, a new generation of ferociously talented playwrights is not so quietly laying claim to theater’s future.
—Adam Green, Vogue, 13 May 2019
And Adam Jacobs, his gleaming white teeth, his charming costar Isabelle McCalla as Princess Jasmine and the rest have all acquired a little more attention to veracity and Broadway chops since this show's first turn on the rialto.
—Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 11 Aug. 2017
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Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
When Devon Avenue was the rialto of the Orthodox Jewish community, a flatbed truck loaded with poultry cages would appear just before the Day of Atonement.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
Meanwhile, away from the rialto, a new generation of ferociously talented playwrights is not so quietly laying claim to theater’s future.
—Adam Green, Vogue, 13 May 2019
And Adam Jacobs, his gleaming white teeth, his charming costar Isabelle McCalla as Princess Jasmine and the rest have all acquired a little more attention to veracity and Broadway chops since this show's first turn on the rialto.
—Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 11 Aug. 2017
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“Rialto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rialto. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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Rialto
geographical name
Ri·al·to
rē-ˈal-(ˌ)tō 
1
city west of San Bernardino in southern California population 99,171
2
island and district of Venice, Italy
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