Equus Tickets Information
Stars Daniel Radcliffe (better known as the boy who played “The Boy Who Lived” in all five previous Harry Potter movies and, presumably, the next and final two in the series to follow) and fellow Harry Potter star Richard Griffiths (he played/plays Uncle Vernon Dursley), Tony award-winner for his 2006 role in The History Boys, reprise their acclaimed portrayals in the 2007 London production of the play, which notched five months of sold-out houses at the Gielgud Theatre. Griffiths has also been seen in the movies Gandhi, Chariots of Fire, and The French Lieutenant’s Woman. The 2008 version of Equus also stars Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager, Tea at Five, Our Leading Lady).

In its original incarnation, and after originally appearing at The National Theatre in 1973, Equus brought playwright Peter Shaffer and his producers wide acclaim, as the 1975 Tony award-winning Best Play (as well as the same year’s Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Foreign Play). It’s been over 30 years since that time, and this will mark the first time the play has returned to the Broadway stage.

Equus is a puzzling tale and a troubling tale with deep and multilayered undertones that shock as much as they enlighten. That’s no doubt why the Sunday New York Times described it as “An electrifying evening of theatre.” And that’s an understatement.

Other famous productions of Equus included a 1977 movie that starred Richard Burton as the psychiatrist (Dysart) and Peter Firth as the boy (Alan), as well as two different runs of the play separated by several decades in which Leonard Nimoy and George Takei (both from the original Star Trek series) played Dysart.

For the second time, Thea Shamrock directs this captivating and complex journey into the darker depths of religion and sexuality. John Napier (Les Miserables, Jane Eyre, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Starlight Express, Cats) came on as designer with David Hersey (Les Miserables, Oklahoma!, Miss Saigon, Chess, Starlight Express, Cats, Merrily We Roll Along) doing lights, Gregory Clarke (Pygmalion, Journey’s End) doing sound, and Fin Walker (Me & You, The Truth, Man and Woman, Reflection, Shadow, The Journey) handling movement – an integral aspect of the play. The 2008 Equus revival is produced by The Shubert Organization.

The 2008 Broadway revival of Equus appears at the Broadhurst Theatre starting September 25 (with previous beginning on September 5) and is said to be a limited engagement running just 22 performances before closing curtain on February 8, 2009.