Nicholas Hytner News

Could Alan Bennett's splendid comedy/drama attract Broadway audiences if the student/teacher relationship depicted involved girls? And if not, what does that say about us?

Victoria Clark and Norbert Leo Butz will be among the presenters at the Outer Critics Awards ceremony at Sardi's on May 25th

Richard Griffiths, currently on Broadway in The History Boys, as well as The Drowsy Chaperone's Bob Martin, will be interviews on 'Theater Talk' on May 26th

The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The annual awards honor excellence in theater for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the season.

Announced this morning and reported on live at BroadwayWorld.com, we've got all the nominees for the 2006 Tony Awards, which will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, June 11th.

Jersey Boys took home Best Musical, and The History Boys and The Drowsy Chaperone lead the pack with 4 wins each.

The History Boys, by Alan Bennett, today won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play of the 2005-2006 season. The Best Musical award was given to The Drowsy Chaperone (book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison).

Alan Bennett, the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed THE HISTORY BOYS, will appear on 'Breakfast with the Arts' on Sunday, May 14, at 8:00 AM on the A&E Network.

Author Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner will be interviewed tonight, Tuesday May 9, about their collaboration on The History Boys on 'The Charlie Rose Show,' which airs locally on WNET Channel 13 from 11:00 PM - midnight

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

THE HISTORY BOYS was recently featured on National Public Radio. NPR's Weekend Edition ran a story about the road to Broadway for THE HISTORY BOYS, interviewing author Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner.

BroadwayWorld was there for the starry opening night of Alan Bennett's The History Boys, which opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on April 23rd

'The Pajama Game' Heads the List with 8 Nominations followed by 'Grey Gardens' with 7 Nominations and 'The Drowsy Chaperone' and 'Jersey Boys' with 6 Nominations

Enjoy production photos of 'The History Boys,' now on Broadway for a limited 20 week run at The Broadhurst Theatre.

The recent National Theatre hit Coram Boy is set to cross the pond to Broadway after Boyett Ostar extended its producing deal with the famed British theatre company through the end of 2007, according to Variety

Alan Bennett's THE HISTORY BOYS, winner of the Olivier, Evening Standard and London Critics Circle Awards for Best Play, will begin previews on Broadway this Friday. April 14 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street).

The 2006 Brits Off Broadway festival will welcome the NY premiere of the critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Sebastian Haffner's memoir Defying Hitler, which will begin previews at 59E59 Theaters on Tuesday, May 2nd through a limited engagement through Sunday, May 21st; the show will open on May 7th at 6 PM

On Monday, April 24th at the New York Library for Performing Arts, a starry array of actors will take part in readings of scenes from Alan Bennett plays

Student tickets will be available for the Broadway production of THE HISTORY BOYS, a new play by Alan Bennett.

Alan Bennett's The History Boys will begin previews on Friday, April 14th; the show will open on Sunday, April 23th at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) for a 20-week limited engagement