In the superb production of the solo play Every Brilliant Thing opening tonight on Broadway, the unstoppable Daniel Radcliffe plays the troubled but tenacious son of a woman whose long stretches of bedridden depression are broken only by her frequent outbursts of self-harm. In a heartfelt (and heartbreaking) effort to give his mom some sort of hope, Radcliffe’s unnamed narrator character begins a childhood project that will stretch throughout his life: He starts a list of all the things that make life worth living and gives this remarkable work its title.
Few who see this production will begrudge the play and its star a spot on that list.
Written with intelligence and great heart by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe (who starred in the original 2014 Off Broadway production that was filmed for a 2016 HBO special) and impeccably directed by Jeremy Herrin & Macmillan, this West End
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