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'Potter' Star to Bare All on Broadway

Equus starts 22-week run in New York in September

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 9, 2008 11:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will strip down for American audiences on Broadway in a challenging dramatic role that has already wowed Brits. In a major departure from his famous boy wizard role, the 18-year-old stars in the dark psychosexual drama Equus as a troubled... Read full story »

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