bbc.co.uk navigation

Daniel Radcliffe stage role goes to Glee's Darren Criss

Daniel Radcliffe and Darren Criss Criss, right, will make his Broadway debut in the show

Related Stories

Glee star Darren Criss is to take over from Daniel Radcliffe in hit Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Criss, who plays Blaine Anderson - leader of all-male singing group The Warblers in the TV show - will play J Pierrepont Finch from 3 to 22 January.

That will follow Radcliffe's final performance on 1 January.

The production of Frank Loesser's 1961 show about an ambitious window cleaner was up for a Tony award this year.

It was beaten to the prize for best revival of a musical by Anything Goes.

Criss, who previously starred in ABC's TV adaptation of John Updike's 1984 novel The Witches of Eastwick, will make his Broadway debut in the show.

Harry Potter star Radcliffe has been in the production since it opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in March.

He previously appeared on Broadway in Peter Shaffer play Equus in 2008 and 2009.

Radcliffe will next be seen on the big screen in Hammer thriller The Woman in Black, due for release in February.

More on This Story

Related Stories

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites

More Entertainment & Arts stories

RSS

Features & Analysis

Elsewhere on BBC News

  • Vancouver skylineAsian future?

    Why Canada's growing Chinese communities offer fresh opportunities for the country

Programmes

  • The conductorThe Culture Show Watch

    One of music's most revered and intriguing figures but what does a maestro actually do?

BBC © 2012 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.