http://newcitystage.com/2009/04/27/the-history-boystimeline-theatre/ Theater, Dance, Comedy and Performance in Chicago Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:35:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://newcitystage.com/2009/04/27/the-history-boystimeline-theatre/comment-page-1/#comment-159 "History Boys" Reviews - TimeLine delivers a triumph! « Chicago Theater Blog Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:30:43 +0000 http://newcitystage.com/?p=2549#comment-159 [...] Dennis Polkow, NewCity I don’t know what kind of techniques director Nick Bowling might have employed to have the eight-ensemble cast seem as if they know each other as well as a group of students who have been together in class together for what always seems like an eternity while it is happening, but the way these young men interact is extraordinary.  No less an accomplishment is that the teachers and the headmaster who are preparing these students for their Oxford and Cambridge entrance exams also interact with the students and each other with the needed familiarity necessary for Alan Bennett’s witty and thought-provoking play to work its special charms.  Recommended                     Entire review here. [...] [...] Dennis Polkow, NewCity I don’t know what kind of techniques director Nick Bowling might have employed to have the eight-ensemble cast seem as if they know each other as well as a group of students who have been together in class together for what always seems like an eternity while it is happening, but the way these young men interact is extraordinary.  No less an accomplishment is that the teachers and the headmaster who are preparing these students for their Oxford and Cambridge entrance exams also interact with the students and each other with the needed familiarity necessary for Alan Bennett’s witty and thought-provoking play to work its special charms.  Recommended                     Entire review here. [...]

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