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We’ve watched Daniel Radcliffe grow up, from his first days with a lightning bolt on his forehead on the various Harry Potter movies to his stage acting career involving complicated roles in plays like Equus, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (for which he earned a Grammy nomination) and Merrily We Roll Along (for which he won a Tony).
Playbill reports that Radcliffe will now make his Broadway return in Every Brilliant Thing, a play written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe. The title comes from the depressed main character’s idea to cheer up his also-depressed mother by constantly identifying and appreciating “every brilliant thing” in life, from the tiny pleasure of ice cream to the joy involved in “the even-numbered Star Trek films.”
"Every Brilliant Thing tackles some serious subject matter, but the overall experience is one of joy and celebration,” said writer Macmillan in a statement quoted by Playbill. "Every performance is unique and unpredictable and it requires virtuosic skill from its central performer. When Daniel told us how much he loved the play, I couldn’t have been more thrilled.”
The one-person play first appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe (where it sold out for three consecutive summers and then returned in 2024) and then came to the U.S. to off-Broadway’s Barrow Street Theatre in 2014.
It’s currently showing in London’s Soho Place with the fabulous Minnie Driver, Lenny Henry, Ambika Mod, Sue Perkins and Jonny Donahoe playing the role in rotation, a run that began on August 1 and ends next week, on November 8. Soho Place is a relatively new theater in the West End, which opened in October 2022.
Then, lucky us, it will come to Broadway’s oldest theater, the Hudson Theatre, for a limited 13-week run beginning February 21, 2026 and running through May 24. Opening night is March 12.
You’ll want to sign up for pre-sale tickets here to get a one-day jump on the general sale on November 13.
Around the world, the show is playing in 80 different countries, showing that audiences welcome a chance to push through sadness to savor the beautiful things in life.