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@ 2008-08-01 19:29:00
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I Have No Words
The eagerly awaited revival of Equus — co-starring Daniel Radcliffe and Tony and Olivier Award winner Richard Griffiths — will feature 52 onstage seats at each performance of the Peter Shaffer play at the Broadhurst Theatre.

The Broadhurst box office, located at 235 East 44th Street, will officially open for business Aug. 4 at 10 AM ET. The limited engagement of Equus is scheduled to begin previews Sept. 5 prior to an official opening Sept. 25 and run through Feb. 8, 2009.

As previously reported, Radcliffe and Griffiths — who played to sold-out crowds in the London Equus revival — will reprise their work for Broadway audiences. Radcliffe will star as Alan Strang with Griffiths as Dr. Martin Dysart. Ever-busy stage and screen actress Kate Mulgrew will play Hesther Saloman, the role created on Broadway by veteran actress Marian Seldes in 1974. Additional casting will be announced shortly.

Thea Sharrock, who directed the London run, will direct on Broadway as well. The creative team also features set and costume designer John Napier, lighting designer David Hersey and sound designer Gregory Clarke.

"Harry Potter" star Radcliffe made his West End leading-role debut in Shaffer's 1973 drama at London's Gielgud Theatre on Feb. 27, 2007, following previews that began Feb. 16. Radcliffe drew positive reviews from the London critics and lots of attention from gossip columnists because of the much-written-about nude scene.In Equus, press notes state, "psychiatrist Martin Dysart investigates the blinding of six horses, a savage act committed by an unassuming 17-year-old stable boy, Alan Strang, whose family life is rife with bigotry and religious fervor. As Dysart exposes the truths behind the boy's demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own." Playwright Shaffer based the play on a true story told to him by a friend.

Equus reunited Radcliffe and Griffiths, who appeared together in the "Harry Potter" movies. London Equus producers David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers gave Radcliffe his first role in the West End as a celebrity guest in The Play What I Wrote.

Equus bowed on Broadway in October 1974 at the Plymouth Theatre. The production — directed by John Dexter — won the 1975 Tony for Best Play and ran 1,209 performances. The upcoming production will mark the show's first Broadway revival. Playwright Shaffer is also the author of Amadeus, Lettice and Lovage, The Royal Hunt of the Sun and White Liars & Black Comedy.Equus will be produced on Broadway by The Shubert Organization and Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Roger Berlind, John Gore, Hirschfeld Productions, Bill Kenwright, Emily Fisher Landau, Arielle Tepper Madover, Peter May, Chase Mishkin and Spring Sirkin.

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Also two new promo pictures.

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[info]farther_away
2008-08-02 12:51 am UTC (link)
*drools*

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[info]hogwartshoney
2008-08-02 01:03 am UTC (link)
*thud*

Wonder who a person has to know to get a seat onstage!

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[info]heartofawarrior
2008-08-02 01:57 am UTC (link)
OMGOMG! *drool*

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[info]facecat
2008-08-02 01:59 am UTC (link)
Hot damn! He just keeps getting better looking.

And it pisses me off that they are now offering stage seating after I've already bought tickets.

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[info]witherwings7
2008-08-02 09:32 am UTC (link)
I know! I'm peeved about it...makes me want to see it twice while I'm in NYC...

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[info]tristantrakand
2008-08-02 02:27 am UTC (link)
Oh, if only that first picture was so much bigger! :D

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[info]entrenous88
2008-08-02 02:43 am UTC (link)
Ha, I just saw those and thought, "Wonder if anyone has posted them yet?" :D Great photos.

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[info]mistress_mab
2008-08-02 02:57 am UTC (link)
Sweet Merciful Zeus.

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[info]alexia_drake
2008-08-02 05:42 am UTC (link)
Freaking HOT ! *drools*

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[info]lilyginny27
2008-08-02 10:06 pm UTC (link)
I can't for these to come out in hi res.

Alexia-I adore your icon. Can I steal it if I credit you?

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[info]alexia_drake
2008-08-04 04:00 am UTC (link)
I'm not the one who made this icon, it's my friend [info]wendymalfoy so Credit her :)

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[info]lilyginny27
2008-08-04 12:29 pm UTC (link)
Will do, thanks!

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[info]___goodnight
2008-08-02 07:16 am UTC (link)

Oh...
oh my.


I like these promo pictures a lot better than the first ones. Especially the one on the right. He looks lovely.


:dies:

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[info]witherwings7
2008-08-02 09:31 am UTC (link)
HOLY S&%*(@#$&(^%!!!!!!!
@_@

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[info]danfan74
2008-08-03 12:48 am UTC (link)
God, I love that first shot. So primal....Like he's a tiger and about to pounce.

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[info]etrange_e
2008-08-03 10:36 am UTC (link)
Avez-vous deja achete les tickets? ;)

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[info]mrs_mionepotter
2008-08-04 11:23 am UTC (link)
tht chest hair on the guy just makes my heart race!oh my..and also i find him...soo enticing!much better than the equus run in london..older,more muscles..more hair....*

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[info]star_trekked
2008-08-05 02:50 am UTC (link)
OMGGGGG!!!! He's so gorge!!

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