Alan Bennett's The History Boys to Open on Broadway on April 23

The National Theatre production of Alan Bennett's The History Boys has set a Broadway opening date of April 23, 2006. The NT cast will reprise their roles on the Great White Way.

The History Boys looks at an unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university, a maverick English teacher at odds with the young and shrewd supply teacher. There is also a headmaster obsessed with results, and a history teacher who thinks he's a fool. Staff room rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence provoke insistent questions about history and how to teach it.

The show, which ended its run at the National's Lyttelton Theatre on April 26, 2005, garnered the Evening Standard, Critic's Circle and Olivier Awards for Best Play. Director Nicholas Hytner also won the Olivier Award for his work. The last cast included Samuel Anderson, Tom Attwood, Samuel Barnett, Dominic Cooper, James Corden, Sacha Dhawan, Rudi Dharmalingam, Richard Griffiths also an Olivier winner for his work, Andrew Knott, Clive Merrison, Jamie Parker, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Russell Tovey and Frances de la Tour.

The History Boys is expected to have a six-week Australian tour and make two stops in the United Kingdom before hitting America.