{"id":345359,"date":"2011-03-28T17:37:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T17:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter-star-wows-new-york-in-broadway-musical-debut\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T17:37:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T17:37:38","slug":"daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter-star-wows-new-york-in-broadway-musical-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter-star-wows-new-york-in-broadway-musical-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Radcliffe: Harry Potter star wows New York in Broadway musical debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy
\nGeorgina Littlejohn<\/a>
Last updated at 6:37 PM on 28th March 2011<\/p>\n

For the past ten years, Daniel Radcliffe has been known as the Boy Who Lived as he portrayed the world-famous and beloved character of Harry Potter.
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But boy wizards have to grow up sometime and with the final film instalment due to hit our screens this summer, the young actor has finally left Hogwarts far behind him.
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On the other side of the Atlantic, to be precise, as last night he shook off his Harry Potter tag once and for all as he wowed Broadway and received rave reviews as he made his eagerly-anticipated musical debut.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scroll down to see video…<\/span>
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\n\"Standing<\/p>\n

Standing ovation: Daniel Radcliffe revels in the applause from the Broadway audience and his cast mates after the opening night of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Radcliffe, 21, is currently starring as the lead in the 50th anniversary revival of the 1961 musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.<\/span><\/p>\n

And last night, after a month of previews, the play officially open to the public, who flocked inside the <\/span>Al Hirschfeld Theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n

Radcliffe plays <\/span>J. Pierrepont Finch, who relies on the rules of a\u00a0 guidebook called How to Succeed In Business Without Really
\nTrying, to climb the corporate ladder and go from window washer to chairman of the board.<\/span><\/p>\n

Radcliffe is no stranger to treading
\nthe boards, having starred in Equus in 2007 in the West End and on
\nBroadway the following year, as Alan Strang, a stable boy who has an
\nobsession with horses.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also appeared as guest in The Play
\nWhat I Wrote, a celebration of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise, which was
\ndirected by Kenneth Branagh, who starred in the second Harry Potter
\nfilm.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"Take<\/p>\n

Take a bow: Radcliffe grabs his cast mates hands as they soak up the cheers during the curtain call<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Speaking to the Evening Standard, Radcliffe said he liked taking risks in theatre and added: ‘I am so much more comfortable out of my comfort zone.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘To me there\u2019s no point in doing it if it\u2019s not a challenge, particularly at this stage in my career. I\u2019ve got plenty of years later if I want to sit back and take it easy if I can. Now is not the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘On stage, weirdly, I think I\u2019m a lot less self-conscious than when I\u2019m filming. When you\u2019re on film you\u2019ve got more time to doubt yourself in between takes and more time to analyse. But when you\u2019re on stage you just have to get out there and do it.’
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But this was
\nRadcliffe’s musical debut and while critics had mixed thoughts on his
\nsinging ability, they all were in agreement that he did a good job.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Won’t take all the glory: Radcliffe came out in the stage alone for his own applause but made sure his cast mates were recognised too<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Elysa Gardner from USA Today said he was
\na ‘serviceable tenor’ and had ‘sufficient rhythmic savvy to handle
\nLoesser’s jaunty, jazz-tinged score’.<\/span><\/p>\n

She added: ‘If Radcliffe doesn’t provide
\na study in loosey-goosey virtuosity, he certainly captures and savors
\nthe joy. In fact, Radcliffe ultimately succeeds not by overshadowing his
\nfellow cast members, but by working in conscientious harmony with them –
\nand having a blast in the process.’<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID<\/span>
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\n

Mark Kennedy, AP: ‘<\/span>His voice is nice, but thin and he strains to fill the
\ntheater. <\/span>Somehow it doesn’t matter. He works so hard that we’re on his side even if he, like his character, doesn’t have the creds.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben Brantley, New York Times: ‘<\/span>This 21-year-old British actor conscientiously hits his
\nchoreographic marks, speaks
\nhis lines quickly and distinctly (with a convincing American accent) and
\noften sings on key.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Joe Dziemianowicz, New York Daily News: ‘His <\/span>current transformation into a song-and-dance man isn’t quite so convincing.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Elysa Gardner, USA Today: ‘<\/span>Radcliffe ultimately succeeds not by overshadowing his fellow cast members, but by working in conscientious harmony with them.’<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Associated Press’s Mark Kennedy said he was ‘so darn adorable’ that ‘pockets of smitten teenage girls in the audience will be rooting for his unlikely rise from window washer to chairman of the board’.<\/span><\/p>\n

He commented on his singing ability
\nand said: ‘To be blunt, Radcliffe is not a Broadway singer. His voice is nice, but thin and he strains to fill the theatre – American Idol judge Randy Jackson would call it “pitchy”. Somehow it doesn’t matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘He works so hard that we’re on his side even if he, like his character, doesn’t have the creds.
<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Radcliffe has somehow telegraphed enough personal guts, tenacity and good humor that the audience doesn’t hold it against his smarmy character.
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Ben
\nBrantley from the New York Times wrote: ‘Mr. Radcliffe is clearly not
\nto the musical manner born, I would give him, oh, a 6 out of 10.’<\/span><\/p>\n

But
\nhe added that he was also the ‘only reason to see the show and added:
\n‘There\u2019s little doubt that audiences will feel like rooting for Mr.
\nRadcliffe. This 21-year-old British actor conscientiously hits his
\nchoreographic marks, speaks
\nhis lines quickly and distinctly (with a convincing American accent) and
\noften sings on key.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Philly.com, Philadelphia’s 24-hour
\nnews website said: ‘Those dancing lessons Radcliffe took, as he emerged
\nfrom a film-acting life as Harry Potter, paid off; he executes the
\nshow’s sometimes complex, quick choreography easily with one of
\nBroadway’s best current ensembles.
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‘The singing instruction is not quite as successful, but Radcliffe is more than passable.’<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"Gracious:<\/p>\n

Gracious: Radcliffe humbly opens in his arms in thanks to thunderous applause from the sold-out audience<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"What<\/p>\n

What would Harry say?! Radcliffe’s Finch is seduced by Tammy Blanchard’s character, the flamboyant and seductive mistress of boss J.B Biggley, Hedy LaRue<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But Joe Dziemianowicz from the New York Daily News wasn’t so complimentary and wrote: ‘His current transformation into a song-and-dance man isn’t quite so convincing.
<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Making his first foray into musical comedy, Radcliffe is a likeable but very boyish presence. He shows off a pleasant singing voice as corporate climber J. Pierrepont Finch, but he’s waxen and not animated enough to make Finch soar.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Radcliffe said the show was his most physically exhausting work ever and said: ‘It\u2019s all very well to do one physical scene on Potter and then it\u2019s done. But here I\u2019m doing this eight times a week for the rest of the year so it\u2019s a long, long time. That\u2019s the challenge \u2014 keeping the stamina up.’<\/span><\/p>\n

And in regard to his singing ability, he admitted that he has been taking singing lessons for the past three years.<\/span><\/p>\n

He told the paper: ‘I didn\u2019t want to be one of those actors who starts a band to feed their own vanity. I\u2019ve had singing lessons for three years and it\u2019s a pleasure to be out there doing it.\u201d
<\/span><\/p>\n

He also said, despite his new role, that he has ‘no business acumen’ and would be ‘God awful’ in the boardroom.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking to the Evening Standard, he said: ‘I\u2019d be terrible. I have little or no business acumen. It would be a God awful idea and I\u2019d be quite bored.’
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This summer, Radcliffe will team up with his Harry Potter co-stars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint to promote the second part of The Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last instalment of the Harry Potter films.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\"A<\/p>\n

A job well done: Radcliffe attends the after-party with co-star Rose Hemingway, who plays secretary Rosemary Pilkington<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"On<\/p>\n

On his way to the top: Radcliffe and John Larroquette – who plays the company boss J.B Biggley<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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