Daniel Radcliffe stars in this immersive, audience-participatory solo play about a boy who starts making a list of every brilliant thing in the world worth living for—to help his mother, who is struggling with depression. Written by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe. Laugh-out-loud funny and quietly devastating. Radcliffe makes the audience part of the show itself.
“Built with the collaboration of audience and performer, it is a truly brilliant thing. I wrote this review with tears in my eyes.”A GUEST · 8,600 RESPONSES
possibly the funniest play you'll ever see while simultaneously crying.
the entire theater becomes the show—audience members read from the list and become characters.
the room gets thick and prickly with shared emotion—it's a collective healing experience.
Daniel Radcliffe is completely disarming and makes everyone feel safe to feel things.
handles depression and suicide with honesty rather than sentimentality—it actually helps.
audience participation is technically optional but hard to avoid—introverts beware.
the intimacy of the format is diluted in larger venues.
not the right show if you're in active crisis around mental health—it's cathartic not therapeutic.
some wish the show sat in the harder emotions longer rather than lightening constantly.
introverts who will spend the show anxious about being called on. people in acute mental health crisis—this show gently discusses suicide themes. those wanting passive entertainment without being emotionally implicated.
Mariska Hargitay is currently holding down the fort after Daniel Radcliffe's departure sent grosses soaring to record-breaking heights; Tracee Ellis Ross takes over in July. The show's viral TikTok moments of Radcliffe charming audience volunteers pre-show have made it the poster child for what Broadway can be when the fourth wall comes down—and therapy, connection, and celebrity collide.
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