Richard Griffiths
Casting Completed For Daniel Radcliffe's Equus
Olivier Award winner Richard Griffiths and stage and screen veteran Kate Mulgrew will get to see Daniel Radcliffe naked. A lot. They'll all be rehearsing together for the Broadway revival of Equus. Actually, Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Radcliffe have been pretty intimate before, since they all worked together on the London Equus revival in 2007. The play begins previews at the Broadhurst Theatre on Sept. 5. There will be an official opening on Sept. 25.
Mr. Radcliffe will star as Alan Strang with Mr. Griffiths as Dr. Martin Dysart. Ms. Mulgrew will play Hesther Saloman, the role created on Broadway by Marian Seldes in 1974.
Morning Memo: Mills to Apprentice; Nixon Didn't Have Work Done
Tony Kushner and his partner, writer Mark Harris, are headed to California for a marriage license. [Intelligencer]
Heather Mills has reportedly been invited to do Celebrity Apprentice because Donald Trump likes her. [P6]
New York Ranger-turned-Vogue intern Sean Avery attended R.E.M.'s concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday wearing all black and a newsboy cap. A "spy" said, "he looked like he was straight out of a 1998 J.Lo. video." [P6]
Cynthia Nixon didn't have breast augmentation surgery as was reported by Page Six (and linked by Daily Transom) last week. She was at the hospital for a check-up following the removal of her breast cancer. read more »
Ian McKellen, Kylie Minogue Are 'Honoured' By the Queen
Australian pop gal Kylie Minogue and Sir Ian McKellen, the bankable British thespian who recently starred in a production of King Lear at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, were named to Queen Elizabeth II's New Year Honours list. Mr. McKellen was elevated to Companion of Honour, the order of 65 leading members of the arts, science and industry founded by George V, according to the UK's Independent. read more »















