The brilliance of Every Brilliant Thing begins the moment you set foot in the theater.
There is no set to take in, aside from rows of seating along three edges of the stage. Instead, the focus is on the play’s star: Daniel Radcliffe, a Tony winner and the face of one of the biggest film franchises of all time, now mingling with the audience.
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Radcliffe will bound up to audience members and introduce himself with a chipper, “Hello, I’m Dan.” He’ll ask how they feel about audience participation, hand out cards to read, or cast them in a specific role in the show. Each enthusiastic greeting, paired with a handshake, proves a disarming collapse of the wall between spectator and megawatt star. In one beat, he goes from Daniel Radcliffe, Pop Culture Icon, to Daniel Radcliffe, fellow performer for the next 90 minutes.
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