Behind the ‘Line

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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). But he wrote something that gave me pause for thought (and, now, fodder for the blogosphere). Excerpts below, or the full article is available here. Back home in New York ...
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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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Reflections on Step Into Time

I’ve worked on a lot of benefits. I think nearly 20 of them over the past 15 or so years, that have collectively raised approximately $2.5 million in net proceeds. Some have been small, but most have been big and even a lot glitzy, with ...
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A Happy Birthday

Today – April 9, 2009 – marks the 12th birthday of TimeLine Theatre Company. True, we were not officially incorporated as a not-for-profit organization until December of 1997, and we didn’t produce our first production until April of 1998, however the company really began on ...
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Thoughts on the First Designer Run

A “First Designer Run” is a complete run of the entire play that everyone in attendance accepts in advance is not going to be good. The audience, made up of the full production team, is there to make lists of things that need to get done, but a list that can only be made once you see a play on its feet.  Given that it is the first time the actors have an audience, there ...
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A video about us

At last week’s Step Into Time: Wintergarten Varieté benefit event (Friday, March 27 – stay tuned for photos and much more about a great night), we unveiled a brand-new video about, well, us! It’s an inspiring compilation of TimeLine artists, board members, staff and supporters ...
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Achievements

TV … movies … awards … there’s lots of fun news to share about members of the TimeLine artistic family this week: Mark your calendar and/or set your TiVo — TimeLine Company Member David Parkes (you’ve seen him on our stage most recently in Not ...
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Saying goodbye

TimeLine Company Member Janet Ulrich Brooks, who plays Sophie Treadwell in Not Enough Air, reflects on the play’s final weekend of performances: Company member Janet Ulrich Brooks as Sophie Treadwell in Not Enough Air We are in the last week of Not Enough Air, and ...
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A feeling of family

As The History Boys starts its second week of rehearsals, we are excited to post the first of hopefully many updates and reflections from members of the cast and production team. Our first contributor is Brad Bukauskas: We officially began rehearsals on March 9, and ...
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