Dan Radcliffe to star in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying? (UPDATED)
 

It has been announced that Daniel Radcliffe's first acting venture after the end of the Harry Potter series next year may be a revival of the 1961 musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Broadway, reports Variety.

Dan is the only actor so far to be cast in the musical:

A summary of the musical can be read below:

More on the plot can be read here.

We will have much more on this, including when Dan will begin rehearsals and when the production itself will start in New York (assuming the read-through is successful and the musical will be produced), so stay tuned.

UPDATE: We have spoken to Dan's publicist, who has stated that Dan is currently looking through a few potential projects, including this musical. However, nothing has been confirmed, in terms of commitments to anything. More news to come soon.

wow! Am i right in thinking that this is the musical that set Barbra Streisand on the road to super stardom?

I'd love it to be a film, as Broadway is not an easy visit for me.

Wow Dan is going to be in a musical!
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If so i'm so going to it. the way my life is going it would be fun.

oh cool...read in one of the interviews that he would loved to do a musical and i guess here he is...doing one right after harry potter...great going dan!

I've never been to Oklahoma but I'd love to go to Broadway!
 

Wait what? Dan in a musical? Can the boy even sing? :gasp:

I mean in a movie version they could always redub your singing like they did with Audrey Hepburn in "My fair lady" but not on Broadway ... *lines up to buy tomatoes* :lol: j/k. I have to admit that boy's got guts when it comes to his career he's always out on a limb first equus now this?

I am shocked and flabbergasted :lol: but honestly, it would be fun to watch. I hope he can sing and that they do go through with it. It would be fun to see Dan on Broadway. Maybe he could do I don't know Oklahoma next or something ...

:music: Oooooooooooooooooooooooooklahoma where the wind comes rushing down the plains ... :music: :lol:

Dan on the other hand is already a super star. But way to go Dan, congratulations!

Oh AWESOME!! I can't wait to see it!! I thought Dan was going to do Journey is the Destination after he finished Potter, but it's nice to see he's stepping outside his box and doing a musical! Of course, he kind of already did that with Equus. It takes balls to appear naked in front of thousands of people (no pun intended).

I wish Dan the best and I can't wait to see it!!! :D

Dan said in an interview recently that he started taking singing and dancing lessons around the time he started Equus on Broadway. There's also video of him singing during a little parody of Equus. His voice is okay, but with voice lessons it's probably even better now. :cheers:

That's very interesting. Has he ever had any singing lessons?

But congrats Dan with this role!!

Dan in a musical? :lol:

I can't take that image seriously! I hope it does well and transfers to London, I never saw him in Equus and would love to see him act live :D

I strongly imagine he wouldnt have been cast unless he could sing......

I think it's going to look very cool and Dan will look awesome (:

He sang for Gypsy of the Year while doing Equus.

stop doing plays please! i can't go there to watch you!

That's great because he said he wanted to do a musical, but does he even have the time to do this?

Congratulations to Da on this new venture. I hope it goes well.
perhaps he is focusing on theatre work instead of looking for a Hollywood blockbuster?

Oooo... a musically inclined Harry Potter star?! Me likey!

I must whole heart-ally agree. Dan would never have been cast in a musical unless he could sing well. Unless of course we're talking about what happens in the plot of the "Producers" :dobdance:





Seriously Dan, if he can sing, will be able to pull it off!!!!!!

This would be after DH. Then he has all the time in the world (barring publicity commitments).

Go Dan!!

Hm... Dan in a musical? I'd like to see that. Just from his voice when he talks, I'm not sure how nice it would be to hear him sing, but I'm sure if he's not good enough, he wouldn't have the part. :) It's great to see that he's got guts, like a real Gryffindor!