The Front Page May 12, 2011

TimeLine Theatre Company presents 'The Front Page' by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, directed by TimeLine Associate Artistic Director Nick Bowling. In this landmark comedy set inside the crowded pressroom at Chicago's Criminal Courts Building during the 1920s, a group of reporters covers a controversial execution and exposes the rampant corruption, scandal and hi-jinx associated with Windy City politics and journalism. In reviving this quintessential Chicago classic, TimeLine will highlight the wealth of local history embedded in Hecht and MacArthur's semi-autobiographical script and bring to life the toughness and grittiness inherent in its tale of rough-and-tumble reporters and politicians jockeying for control of a story and the city.