Tony Award reward for naked Radcliffe?
While there may be fierce competition for this year's best actor Tony among previous winners Brian Dennehy & Christopher Plummer (co-stars in the upcoming revival of "Inherit the Wind"), Kevin Spacey ("Moon for the Misbegotten"), and Nathan Lane ("Butley"), next year's winner may already have been decided — filmdom's Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe has so wowed West End critics with his daring performance in "Equus" that the show is almost certain to transfer to Broadway.
After all that talk about Harry Potter dropping his invisibility cloak, Radcliffe picked up the kinds of raves an actor can only dream about for playing a troubled teen who blinds six horses. The Daily Telegraph called him a "brilliant actor of unexpected range and depth" while The Independent said he "cut a compelling figure." The Daily Mail found him to be "equal to the stretching role" and The Guardian decided he was "no flash in the magic pan."
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Photo: "Brilliant Radcliffe throws off Harry Potter's cloak," cheers London's Daily Telegraph. "He is a thrilling stage actor of unexpected range and depth." (Gielgud Theater)
With the 16-week run virtually sold out long before opening night (those publicity shots of Radcliffe in the all together certainly helped push the advance over two million pounds), there was already chatter about a Broadway production next season. With these reviews, the only thing left to decide is the timing with Radcliffe set to promote the fifth installment of the franchise, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," in the fall and begin filming the sixth entry in the spring.
He got a pan from Variety. American critics will be harsh harsh harsh. Michael Riedel is already saying he has no chemistry with the girl and is boyish. Looks like Radcliffe will end up lame in NY and not the horses.
Posted by: Ben3jen3jen | March 01, 2007 at 11:01 AM
he is gay
Posted by: butt | February 28, 2007 at 05:30 PM
I want to see more...............
Posted by: TorontoTom | February 28, 2007 at 05:14 PM