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On being a History Girl

I’m about to make a new notch on my own personal timeline — the big 4-0. I love that I’m turning 40 when our theatre is filled with the energy of a bunch of History Boys – in a show set in the 80s, when I was a high school girl. In 1987, I dreamed of Broadway. I loved musicals. I had big hair. I would not have imagined myself a founding member of a ...
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Raves

It’s a good day to be the TimeLine Marketing Director. This morning we received our first-ever national review, an overwhelmingly positive notice in the Wall Street Journal. Terry Teachout wrote things like “it’s as good as any of the first-class revivals now gracing Broadway,” and ...
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Unsung Heroes

The Sunday performance of the first full weekend for The History Boys just ended — and what an amazing week it has been. I am so proud of the work everyone has done to make this production such a huge success. It tends to happen ...
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Meet our Boys

Watch and share this outstanding video preview of TimeLine’s The History Boys by projections designer and TimeLine Associate Artist Mike Tutaj, featuring the eight “Boys” themselves: (in order of appearance) Will Allan (Scripps), Joel Gross (Dakin), Alex Weisman (Posner), Michael Peters (Rudge), Brad Bukauskas (Timms), ...
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Time Will Tell

The History Boys opened on Saturday! It’s been a whirlwind week full of hard and fast work, anticipation, excitement and joy. Cast member Andrew Carter reflects: It’s Monday, and I have the next three days off, but I can’t stop thinking about the show. The ...
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Transformation

It’s been an incredible month at TimeLine since our world premiere of Not Enough Air closed March 22. Two days later, the seats our audience have known for nine years found a new home at Profiles Theatre. Our theater was emptied completely, the stage floor cover removed, and the nearly 100-year-old wood floor sanded and stained to look like new. Then a few days later, brand-new seating platforms and chairs arrived, dramatically improving our ability ...
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Tech

It’s been tech week for The History Boys for the past seven days; actor Brad Bukauskas submits a report from the front lines: Tech week is always hectic, regardless of the show.  This is the big moment where everyone is in the space and working ...
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Bucking the trend?

An article caught my attention this week, appearing in The Independent [UK] on April 13, 2009, written by playwright J.T. Rogers, a Brooklyn-based writer of exceptional talent, insight, humor and craft (and also a great person with whom I’m happy to have built a friendship). ...
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Tech Tweets

Last night I sat in on the tech rehearsal for The History Boys.  The current issue of Newcity came out yesterday with a cover story about the show. We had copies for everyone and had an impromptu photo shoot with the boys and their copies ...
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Cover Boys

Serious buzz around the theater this afternoon — The History Boys is featured on the COVER of Newcity, a Chicago arts and entertainment weekly magazine! We were so excited we had to get this shot of the boys with the paper. We picked up just ...
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