Richard Griffiths Appears on 'Charlie Rose,' Aug. 29

Richard Griffiths, Tony-winning star of The History Boys, will be featured on "Charlie Rose" on Tuesday, August 29th.  "Charlie Rose" airs at 11:30pm EST on WNET (Channel 13 locally).

Alan Bennett's critically acclaimed The History Boys, the winner of six 2006 Tony Awards, including Best Play, will play through Sunday, October 1 only at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street).

The History Boys won six Tony Awards®  including Best Play (Alan Bennett), Best Director of a Play (Nicholas Hytner), Best Leading Actor in a Play (Richard Griffiths), Best Featured Actress in a Play (Frances de la Tour), Best Scenic Design of a Play (Bob Crowley) and Best Lighting Design of a Play (Mark Henderson).   The production won the most Tony Awards of any show this season, and tied the record for most Tony Award wins for a play, set by the original production of Death of a Salesman in 1949.

Griffiths, who will next be appearing in the upcoming London revival of Equus, can also be seen as Hector in the upcoming film version of The History Boys, featuring much of the original cast.

The play also won all of the major New York and London Awards, including the New York Drama Critics' Circle, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Olivier, Evening Standard and London Critics' Circle Awards for Best Play.

The production, directed by Nicholas Hytner, originally premiered at The National Theatre of Great Britain on May 18, 2004, where it quickly became a sell-out smash hit.  The History Boys is Bennett's first Broadway play in 30 years, since Habeas Corpus in 1975.

The show "is the thrilling comedy of eight bright, funny students trying to get into colleges and the year that influenced the rest of their lives.  Guiding them are a maverick English teacher, a headmaster obsessed with results and a strong-willed history teacher resistant to change.  A very funny and deeply moving play, The History Boys is about staff-room rivalry, adolescent anarchy and the role of education in our lives," according to press notes.

The producers are Boyett Ostar Productions, Roger Berlind, Debra Black, Eric Falkenstein, Roy Furman, JAM Theatricals, Stephanie P. McClelland, Judith Resnick, Scott Rudin, Jon Avnet/Ralph Guild, Dede Harris/Mort Swinksy, and The National Theatre of Great Britain.

The actors in The History Boys are appearing with the permission of Actors' Equity Association

Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street.  Tickets are available through Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200, and at the Broadhurst Theatre box office (235 West 44th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue).  

Visit www.historyboysonbroadway.com for more information.