The History Boys The History Boys The History Boys is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where 185 performances were staged before it closed on 1 October 2006. The play won multiple awards, including the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play. The play opens in Cutlers' Grammar School, Sheffield, a fictional boys' grammar school in the north of England. Set in the early 1980s, the play
The Boys in the Band (play) the gay men in the original production (as well as director Robert Moore and producer Richard Barr) died in the ensuing AIDS epidemic. The play was revived Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 1996, running from August 6 to October 20. "The Boys in the Band" was presented by the Transport Group Theater Company, New York City, from February 2010 to March 14, 2010, directed by Jack Cummings III. In 2002, Crowley wrote "The Men from the Boys", a sequel to the play, which takes place 30 years after the original. "The Men from the Boys" premiered in San