Daniel Radcliffe's 'Every Brilliant Thing' Recoups Broadway Investment
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- The Broadway solo play "Every Brilliant Thing," starring Daniel Radcliffe, has fully recouped its $5.75 million production cost after 10 weeks, making it one of the top-grossing plays of the season.
- The production received two Tony Award nominations: Best Play Revival and Lead Actor in a Play for Radcliffe.
- Written by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, the play features an interactive format where Radcliffe engages the audience, creating a unique theatrical experience centered on a man listing life's "brilliant things" to uplift his suicidal mother.
- "Every Brilliant Thing" began previews in February, officially opened in March at the Hudson Theatre, and will run through June 28, with Mariska Hargitay set to replace Radcliffe on May 24.
- Only two other shows this season, "Waiting for Gadot" and "Art," have also recouped their production costs on Broadway.
