Revealing Radcliffe Carries Equus

Daniel Radcliffe will star in 'How to Succeed in Business'

(NEWSER) - Harry Potter's alter ego is returning to the Broadway stage, and not only will he keep his clothes on this time around, but he'll also sing and dance. Daniel Radcliffe, 20, who stripped down when he starred in Equus in 2008, has landed the lead in a revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, reports Playbill . The production is scheduled for 2011, the same year the final Harry Potter movie hits theaters. More»

'Harry Potter' star ready for new role

(NEWSER) - The idea of Harry Potter getting naked brought a lot of attention to Broadway’s Equus—but star Daniel Radcliffe is getting tired of stripping down with a fake horse every night, reports the New York Post. What’s next for the actor? Possibly a musical, he told his producer. But for now, producers are hoping half-naked promo posters of the young star will boost the play’s sluggish ticket sales. More»

Equus starts 22-week run in New York in September

(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 adolescent accused of blinding horses. The part calls for a 10-minute nude scene. The play is scheduled to start a 22-week Broadway on September 5, Variety reports. More»

Radcliffe: 'Broadway is a big, big thing'

(NEWSER) - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will hit the Great White Way when Equus opens in New York next year. Radcliffe appeared in the 8-week London run of Peter Schaffer's play this year, garnering attention for showing his wand and quaffles in a nude scene. "I'm obviously nervous but I'm very very excited," said Radcliffe. More»

Critics love 'exuberant' revival

(NEWSER) - Bursting with energy, the Broadway revival of Hair, recently moved indoors from Central Park, has wowed critics—though there are a few gripes. What they had to say:

• “Hair, for all its references to hippies, Vietnam, free love and the revolution, feels utterly of the moment in its exuberance, its power to involve and, in Diane Paulus’s entrancing production, to move us,” writes Jeremy Gerard for Bloomberg.