Sydney was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. She’s determined to kick this cancer, her courage shining in her daily posts on CaringBridge.org, a nonprofit organization that provides free websites to help family and friends share information and support.

Last night was a moment she’ll probably remember four-ever. After a full day of tests and meetings with doctors, she headed to the theater to see Daniel Radcliffe in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” Sydney – and her mom – are huge fans of Radcliffe, the British actor of Harry Potter fame. “The play was AMAZING,” Sydney writes. With permission from Sydney, we’re sharing in her own words the fantastic adventure that happened after the show.

Then second, thanks to Andie from MTV's nextmovie.com for sending over the news about 12 animated stars which also included Daniel Radcliffe.

Porkchop Productions visited Daniel backstage after seeing How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and shared the following photo.

[photo shared in 2017]


Wonderful weekend in NYC for the Porkchop Girls. Saw "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and got some one-on-one time with Daniel Radcliffe in his dressing room. Great guy, fantastic show!

What's the Gypsy Robe Ceremony? It brings with it luck, tradition, and a sense of community. In 1959, Bill Bradley, a dancer in the musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, borrowed a tacky dressing robe from a chorus girl or “gypsy” — as the singers and/or dancers in Broadway choruses call themselves. On opening night, he paraded through backstage bestowing blessings on the production. The musical was a major hit. A few nights later, Bradley sent the robe to his friend, another chorus gypsy.

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Thanks to the official YouTube account of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Company Way:


Brotherhood of Men:

Update: Photo coverage broadwayworld.com,
Photocoverage after party broadwayworld.com
Update: MTV videos.
Broadway.com opening night video and playbill.com below
Entertainment Tonight (ET Online) video

The auction formed part of The Winnicott Foundation ball, an independent charity which raises money for premature and sick baby units at St Mary's and Queen Charlotte's hospitals in Paddington and Hammersmith, West London - part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

EVENT TIMING: (source)
6:00 - 7:30 PM Pre-reception, Silent Auction and Hosted Bar
7:30 - 8:00 PM Dinner Service
8:00 - 10:00 PM Trevor Live Show
10:00 - 11:00 PM VIP After Party

"The Trevor Hero Award, announced Monday, recognizes a person who serves as an inspiration to sexual minority youths and increases visibility and understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning, or LGBTQ, community."

Daniel's reaction:

"It's fantastic," Radcliffe told. "The fact that they think of what I've done by promoting awareness of the Trevor Project itself and the issues that it works to promote and help is a great honor."

"The people that are doing the heroic things are the people answering phones 24 hours a day in the Trevor call centers," he said. "I think that out of everything that I've done so far in my career, I think this is absolutely one of the most important, if not the most important, thing that I'm associated with."

Radcliffe, currently appearing in the Broadway revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," says audience members often acknowledge his work with the organization.

"I meet people at the stage door every night that thank me for what I'm doing with the Trevor project," he said proudly.

Katie Couric and daughters Caroline Couric Monahan and Elinor Tully "Ellie" Monahan, Trevor Project CEO Charles Robbins, and opera soprano Renée Fleming and her daughter Amelia Ross attended a production of Daniel Radcliffe's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying this saturday evening. See the photos at playbill.com.

Update: 22nd March 2011. AP video via The Trevor Project.

If you missed it you can view the 44:57 minutes below.



Update: Another 8:51 minutes video from Katie Couric (their website), in which he also sings a bit!

"A first look at Daniel/Finch being charmingly conniving with his boss (John Larroquette), his boss’ mistress (Tammy Blanchard), and the sweet secretary who falls for him (Rose Hemingway, in the pink dress)".

source: ew.com

Update:  20th February 2016. Videos added below while they first could only be viewed on their website.






source: cineplex.com

And you can join! How? Their project has two parts:

1) Showing appreciation for Jo by sending in stories, letters, etc. 
2) Make a donation to Comic Relief!

You can submit your own made story/letter/card to them, ofcourse Harry Potter/JK Rowling related. Another goal they want to reach is raise $1.000 for Comic Relief. They have 5 months for that. The project will continue until July, then they will send the whole scrapbook with pictures to Jo.  More info at jkrowlingbirthday.com.

🠖 Red Nose Day donation account.

Comic Relief is a major charity based in the UK which strives to create a just world free from poverty - and they work 365 days a year to help that vision become a reality. Jo has supported Comic Relief in the past by donating the proceeds from her books Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages to the fund.

He mentioned in passing that there has been talk between him and producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron about doing a big-screen version of How To Succeed. But if that were to happen the book (by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert) would have to be overhauled. It works fine on stage, but for the screen someone would have to give it more zing.

And about the dancing:

‘Sometimes I was dancing for nine hours a day when I wasn’t filming,’ Daniel told me.
‘The thing was to keep practising and practising until you could do it without thinking about it. The aim was to be effortless — or to appear to seem effortless.’
‘I didn’t want the last Harry Potter film to come out and people to say: “So, what does he do now? How does he follow that?” I’m already doing it! I’ve made another film and I’m on Broadway for the second time,’ he told me, in a reference to his five-month run in Equus — a repeat of the part he’d played in the West End.
‘I’m doing this for nine months, and I did Equus for five months here and that felt like a long time. I was exhausted after that, so I have to learn to keep my energy levels up with diet and exercise.
‘The rest of the cast work tremendously hard, but I have just two big numbers — Grand Old Ivy and Brotherhood Of Man — and there’s a lot of dancing and singing. They’re exhilarating to do and I love that this is so different from everything else I’ve done. I’m not repeating myself,’ Daniel added.

From the press release:

Warner Bros. today unveils plans for the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter. This unique walking tour will give visitors the chance to go behind the scenes of the most successful film series of all time and witness the intricate detail that goes into a working set to see first hand what the camera doesn’t show. The announcement was made by Dan Dark, SVP & Managing Director, Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden.

“I want to prove that a child actor can go on to have a career with longevity.”

source: nytimes.com

How has it been working with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette?
Sadly I am not in very many scenes with John so we have not had much chance to work with each other, we have one scene with a few lines and that is all. But he is lovely. And Dan, Dan is incredible He is a wonderful person, and he has such great energy and he comes to work every day ready to get things done and to work and to learn, he's got this infectious energy around him and that is a lot of fun. We're buddies, so we have a good time.

Blu-ray extras (the ones featuring Daniel):

• ”Dan, Rupert and Emma’s Running Competition”: Director David Yates provides commentary for the “hilarious rivalry” that the three leads engaged in while filming the escape scene from the Snatchers in Swinley Forest. (This sounds even better than “Taylor Time” on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse DVD, which was what they dubbed the moments in the making-of documentary when Taylor Lautner was shown catching grapes in his mouth thrown from people like Kristen Stewart and director David Slade’s assistant from great distances.)
• “The Seven Harrys”: A look at Daniel Radcliffe’s method for recreating the personalities of the different characters for the Privet Drive scene, as well as the visual effects. (Read: Shirtless Radcliffe.)
• A plug for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter that includes footage of Radcliffe, Grint, Watson, and other cast members enjoying their first visits for the grand opening.

In the final installment of the Harry Potter series, the young hero finally outgrows the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So it is fitting that the movie franchise has become so popular that its film premieres have finally outgrown Leicester Square.
Warner Bros today announced that the premiere of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 will take place in Trafalgar Square as well as its regular home in Leicester Square. It will be the first red carpet movie event held in Trafalgar Square and one of the biggest film premieres seen in the capital.

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson will head the cast members at the premiere on July 7

And will Daniel be there? well tickets for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying are not on sale for 7th, 8th July and 9th July, so yes it seems he will be flying to London! (see the tweet from How to Succeed here) There's no info yet about the US premiere(s).