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Theatrely

Daniel Radcliffe Crowd-Sources Community in EVERY BRILLIANT THING — Review

https://www.theatrely.com/post/daniel-radcliffe-crowd-sources-community-in-every-brilliant-thing-review

"The actor is a revelation, though I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise that someone who could have retired a multimillionaire at 22 but keeps pushing himself into new challenges really does love what he gets to do for a living. Beside Radcliffe’s magnetic charisma, it’s his palpable joy in the project that shines brightest. There are a few reactions carefully calibrated for maximum fawning, sure, but his demeanor throughout suggests that he, too, is working through the meaning of performance; of engaging strangers through the one-way mirror through which they’ve grown accustomed to seeing him."

 

AMNY

Review | Daniel Radcliffe shares the spotlight with the audience in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’

https://www.amny.com/entertainment/review-daniel-radcliffe-every-brilliant-thing/

"Radcliffe proves an ideal guide for the evening. His approachable persona — earnest, slightly self-effacing, and quick with a joke — suits the show’s participatory format well. He approaches the role with enthusiastic sincerity while maintaining a light comic touch, ensuring that the play’s sentimental premise never becomes overly precious."

A- from EW

Daniel Radcliffe casts a spell on Broadway in Every Brilliant Thing

The "Harry Potter" star works his magic on stage in a show about the simple things that make life worth living.

https://ew.com/every-brilliant-thing-review-daniel-radcliffe-casts-spell-on-broadway-11921829

The Wrap

The ever contrarian Hofler is negative

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Broadway Review: A Deluge of Audience Participation Buries Daniel Radcliffe

Theatergoers upstage the star in this well-traveled play

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/theater/every-brilliant-thing-broadway-review-daniel-radcliffe/

"Imagine a PSA on suicide prevention if it were staged in Vegas with lots of audience participation.

That accurately describes the international stage phenomenon titled “Every Brilliant Thing,” written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, which opened in 2013 and now has hundreds of productions around the world to its credit. “Every Brilliant Thing” finally came to Broadway, where it opened Thursday at the Hudson Theatre with Daniel Radcliffe being the only credited actor.

Unfortunately, there are lots of uncredited non-professional actors in “Every Brilliant Thing.”"

Chicago Tribune

Review: Daniel Radcliffe is the best thing yet for ‘Every Brilliant Thing’

This simple, warm and generous play by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe gets a lift on Broadway from some remarkable celebrity casting.

"When you think of all the questionable celebrity casting to be found on Broadway, the choice of Radcliffe for this piece really stands apart. That’s not just reflective of his ticket-moving celebrity and engagingly vulnerable stage presence, although both of those things are true.

It’s also much to do with how an audience remembers him, which would mostly be as Harry Potter, a comparison that is very shrewdly in play. Yet more fundamentally, that shared memory likely is from when both they and he were children."

Slant

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Review: Daniel Radcliffe Performs an Audience-Participatory Magic Trick

The mightily famous can, it turns out, use their powers for good.

https://www.slantmagazine.com/theater/every-brilliant-thing-review-daniel-radcliffe/

WSJ

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Review: Daniel Radcliffe’s Spirited Solo Show

The actor stars in an oddly but infectiously upbeat production on Broadway, full of inventive audience participation, about a man shadowed by his mother’s depression.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/every-brilliant-thing-review-daniel-radcliffes-spirited-solo-show-107f4d40

Variety

Critic's Pick

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Broadway Review: Daniel Radcliffe is Warm, Funny and Deeply Moving in a Thrilling One-Man Show

https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/daniel-radcliffe-every-brilliant-thing-broadway-review-1236685975/

"In turn, the play requires a certain type of performer to carry the story through its 70-minute run time. Radcliffe lends himself beautifully to the material, while simultaneously allowing the crowd to curate the experience for themselves. He is energetic, earnest and sincere from the moment the production begins right up until his final line. As an actor, he delivers a beautiful comedic sensitivity that might not land as eloquently in different hands. It’s clear the “Merrily We Roll Along” and “Harry Potter” actor cares deeply about the play and its themes, so the tone never feels too light, nor does he drag the audience into a dark hovel of despair."

Three stars from The Guardian

Every Brilliant Thing review – Daniel Radcliffe sells tricky Broadway transfer

Hudson Theatre, New York

The hit one-man show about depression suffers from plain and often corny writing yet is saved by an exuberant turn from the Tony-winning Harry Potter star

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/mar/12/every-brilliant-thing-daniel-radcliffe-broadway

NY Stage Review 2

Every Brilliant Thing: A Lustrous Evening with Daniel Radcliffe

By Steven Suskin

★★★★★ Duncan Macmillan’s play is an unexpected Broadway treat

 

Critic's Pick from Helen Shaw in NYT

Theater

Daniel Radcliffe Makes ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Shine

The actor’s fondness for the audience radiates outward in this delightful interactive play about naming and noticing the good in the world.

"And something more is happening here, too. Radcliffe makes himself extraordinarily available to us — his fondness for the audience radiates outward from wherever he is onstage. When participants make tiny errors (say, Mrs. Patterson’s joke is a dud), he laughs with unguarded delight. He thanks those yelling out their brilliant things with a courtly nod. Radcliffe doesn’t just do away with the fourth wall, he manages to expand his magical aren’t-people-wonderful optimism to include the whole orchestra, mezzanine and balcony."
 

 

NY Stage Review

Every Brilliant Thing: Daniel Radcliffe Performs Magic of an Emotional Kind

By Frank Scheck

★★★★★ The "Harry Potter" star headlines this Broadway revival of Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe's poignant one-man play about a man who makes a list of reasons to live for his suicidally depressed mother.

Three stars from TimeOut

Broadway review: Daniel Radcliffe brings his shine to Every Brilliant Thing

The audience takes many parts in an interactive play about gratitude and grief.

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/broadway-review-daniel-radcliffe-brings-his-shine-to-every-brilliant-thing-031326

 

TotallyEffed said: "I was surprised to see they are doing a Broadway album. I only saw the show last week so I don't now a lot about the show's history. Were there a lot of changes since London?"

Yes, several of the songs were rewritten and sound very different. I only saw the Broadway version, went looking for some of the songs afterward, and was surprised by how different they were.

For instance:

What'll It Be UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_un8CgzVUY

vs

What'll It Be US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wANvTyE-1SA

Also the UK "This Year" is slower and a bit more more melancholy than the US version, where the lyric and tempo changes make it sound much more forceful and...triumphant?

ER765 said: "Instagram…? Why not YouTube?Who wants to watch this on their phone?"

Why would anyone have to watch it on their phone? Instagram can be viewed on any computer with Internet access in a browser of one's choice.

https://www.instagram.com/mincemeatbway

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/Amy-Poehler-s--Good-HangPodcast-w-guest-Jonathan-Groff

Yes, thank you for the explanation. I was wondering too, since it seemed like a slap in the face the two who weren't promoted (and seeing that new cast photo still kind of makes me sad). But I see from the Mincemeat wiki (assuming it's accurate) that the same thing happened on the West End with the second cast (two were promoted, two remained understudies, one later moved up too) so I guess it's how it's done and does make a certain amount of sense.

blaxx said: "TotallyEffed said: "malcs98 said: "Honestly what I’m curious about is if anybody from Rocky Horror or Jellicle Ball could be considered in this category."

No."

Why not? The character already has won this award. Definitely possible."

Which character? Betty Buckley won Featured Actress for Grizabella, not Lead.