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Moving on from the successful Harry Potter franchise will be difficult to do for all the young actors involved. Often when kids or teens end up in super successful roles like this, they get pegged as that character forever. For Daniel Radcliffe, the danger is he will forever be Harry Potter and only Harry Potter in our minds so it was really brave for him to take the part of Alan Strang in Equus and begin branching out now. He has done a fantastic job to great reviews both in London and now from NYC’s Broadway. He is rewarded for his efforts with the Broadway.com Award for 2008 Star of the Year. He had quite a strong group of contenders to go up against, some very skilled theater actors were nominated alongside him. He was very gracious when told of the accolades and had this to say:

“That’s really, really amazing!” Radcliffe told Broadway.com when he learned of the news. “The Broadway community has been incredibly welcoming and this sort of sums it up, really. In a year when there have been some really big performances on Broadway, to have been nominated and win is really, really cool!”

Congratulations to Radcliffe. For those who can’t get to NYC to see him, Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince is due out in July of 2009