Some rare movies capture the intimate sense of a live-theater performance, the emotions so raw that the cinematic event horizon between actors and audience vanishes so viewers almost feel the ...

"The History Boys" may please fans of the original legit production and the stragglers who didn't catch it in Gotham or London's West End. However, auds coming cold to this largely faithful adaptation ...

From the London stage and stages around the world, "The History Boys" comes to movie theaters to tell the story of eight boys' efforts to get into the most prestigious schools in Britain. The idea of ...

The original cast of The History Boys will reunite at the National Theatre before the show heads to Broadway. A recast version of the acclaimed play is currently running at the National's Lyttelton ...

In its whirlwind 2006 journey from celebrated London hit to Broadway success, the Alan Bennett play “The History Boys” took a summer detour. In summer 2005, that’s when the esteemed tragicomedy — ...

It’s hard to find another play that’s as thoughtful, funny and well-constructed as “The History Boys.” It’s a gem written by Alan Bennett, whose wit and intelligence have been appreciated by ...

The History Boys is yet another stage-to-screen adaptation that uses a technique evocative of 2005's The Producers and Rent films - the same actors and the same director as in the stage version. Its ...

Teachers may not get the credit they deserve in the real world, but they sure get a lot of respect from the movies. Every year, there's at least one drama celebrating a great teacher in the vein of ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. There is a moment in Nicholas Hytner’s film of Alan Bennett’s 2004 play, The History Boys, where the boys’ eccentric (to put it ...

It's a strange sign of the times that three of cinema's best, most committed teachers can currently be seen smoking crack in a bathroom (Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson), lustily squeezing a teenaged ...

In The History Boys, eight gifted British lads in 1983 face one last term before pitching their strong cases to enter Oxford or Cambridge. They need scant more schooling on this level, so in class ...