It's official! Harry Potter, otherwise known as Daniel Radcliffe, is heading to Broadway. Back in September of last year, I posted about the Brit's plans to reprise his starring role in Equus on Broadway, dropping trou for a whole new set of fans. Now Yahoo has confirmed it. The young actor will make his Broadway debut on September 5 of this year, in previews for a limited, 22-week run that will stretch from September 25 to February 8 of 2009. Yes, folks, that means he'll be in New York City as Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince hits theaters. I'm thinking that the chances for a big premiere in the Big Apple are pretty darned good -- and just think -- if you book tickets for the play around November 2, you can have a double Radcliffe whammy!
Thea Sharrock is directing the play, which is based on the true story of a troubled young man who blinds horses with a metal hoof pick. Richard Griffiths (who plays Uncle Vernon in the Potter franchise) will also reprise his role as the psychiatrist who treats Radcliffe's troubled lead. Now the question becomes: Will Daniel's nudity and smoking create an uproar here as well? He is now 18, so that should stop some of the skin qualms, but the Big Apple certainly isn't the most smoke-friendly city these days.
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4-09-2008 @ 12:00PM
LOs said...
Why all the nudity? Why can't he just be happy with the fact that he probably won't have to work another day in his life if he's good with his Harry Potter movie.
This just screams 'look at me'. I wouldn't be surprised if he burns out fast and goes into rehab, or goes gay.
Oh well.
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4-09-2008 @ 12:01PM
LOs said...
Harry Potter money, not movie.
4-09-2008 @ 1:11PM
pete thomson said...
dry humour I love it- what could be more attention seeking than being gay?!!! or getting your willie out on Broadway? Course there was none of this broohaha in the more adjusted west end, we Brits are a bit more cultured are aware of the origins of the play, the religious symbolism implied by the nudity, and the number of great actors that have been involved with both the play and the film who have benefitted from it career wise. Hes doing it because hes obviously got a mammoth knob!!!! Thats all an youre just jealous!
4-09-2008 @ 1:58PM
Ray said...
He's doing it because it's about the furthest thing from Harry Potter there is, and he wants a career after the Potter films are over -
Now if someone would only put him in a remake of "A Clockwork Orange..."
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4-09-2008 @ 3:00PM
LiqwidZero said...
"Now if someone would only put him in a remake of 'A Clockwork Orange'..."
Helllllllllllllllllll NO!
The movie is perfect just the way it is. Daniel Radcliffe would just screw it up.
4-12-2008 @ 2:13AM
Sara said...
The Big Apple isn't a smoke friendly city? LOL. I beg to differ- what else would call that smog they breathe?
But as to the crux of the article, I don't see what the big deal is about. Nudity is nudity, and we were all born that way. If he wants to participate in a play that includes nudity, that's his choice (and I agree with Ray that this is a strategic carreer move... or an artistic choice... but not a cry for attention).
This thing has been so heavily publicized, nobody can even claim that they went in there expecting anything different.
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