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All My Sons

It’s been a bit of a journey getting here, but today TimeLine is thrilled to be able to announce that Arthur Miller’s classic drama All My Sons — often named along with Death of Salesman and The Crucible as one of his masterpieces — will launch our 2009-10 season, TimeLine’s 13th season. All My Sons received the 1947 Tony Awards for Best Play and Best Direction of a Play, for Elia Kazan. TimeLine’s production will ...
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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 ...
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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 past seven weeks have been so thrilling, so utterly engaging, that my mind refuses to rest.  Just two weeks ago, I was sweating it out with the rest of 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 ...
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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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