'Harry Potter' To Get Naked On B'way

Daniel Radcliffe To Reprise His Stage Role In 'Equus' And Shed His Clothes

NEW YORK, Apr. 8, 2008

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The star of "Harry Potter," Daniel Radcliffe, is shedding more than his film persona on Britain's West End. Richard Roth reports on what critics are saying about "Equus" and Radcliffe's nude scene. | Share/Embed

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(AP) Harry Potter is headed to The Great White Way.

Daniel Radcliffe, the star of the "Harry Potter" movies, will make his Broadway debut on Sept. 5, playing the disturbed stable boy in a revival of Peter Shaffer's play, "Equus," it was announced Tuesday.

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Radcliffe, 18, earned rave reviews for his performance in the London production of the Tony Award-winning play. He also received loads of media attention for appearing naked onstage _ a departure from his wholesome image as the bespectacled boy wizard in the big-screen adaptations of J.K. Rowling's best-selling fantasy novels.

"Equus" begins previews Sept. 5 for a limited 22-week run at the Broadhurst Theatre. The play opens Sept. 25-Feb. 8, 2009. Thea Sharrock directs.

Richard Griffiths, who portrays Harry's mean Uncle Vernon in the "Potter" movies, reprises his London role as the psychiatrist who treats the stable boy, who has blinded six horses.

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