Zealous fans eager to get a peek at Daniel Radcliffe’s pecker from their front-row seats when Equus hits Broadway later this month will be sorely disappointed; Broadhurst Theater designer John Napier engineered a solution to protect Harry Potter’s, um, wand from view.
In the infamous Equus, Daniel Radcliffe strips nude for a full frontal. After concern that stage-level seats would pose a distraction for Radcliffe--he is Harry Potter, after all--theater bosses raised the stage-level seats by two meters, thereby creating a makeshift natural barrier.
The gallery features some of the promo shots from Equus. No full frontal here, although Daniel Radcliffe is shirtless.
Onstage Censorship
Daniel Radcliffe's Wand Remains Unseen in Equus
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