Broadway Friday

-Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe will be baring all in a Broadway production of Equus in 2008. Radcliffe earned high marks for his performance in a London run of Equus earlier this year. No venue or dates have been announced.

-All 21 shows currently playing on Broadway are musicals. Last week's attendance sagged by over 43,000 admissions over the previous week, to 158,183, in an annual slump reflecting the start of school and the football season. Spamalot suffered the most, dropping 35%. Overall, ticket sales for the season are up 9.5% over last year.

-Producer Cameron Mackintosh will be staging Chinese language versions of hit Broadway shows in Hong Kong, working in conjunction with the Chinese Ministry of Culture. On the roster: Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Mary Poppins, Cats, and Mamma Mia. Also, interestingly, My Fair Lady. What does Eliza Doolittle say in Cantonese? In Hebrew: .ברד ירד בדרום ספרד הערב (Cool, Blogger won't let me put a period at the right end of a Hebrew sentence!)

-Tony winner Mary Louise-Parker opens Off Broadway next spring in Dead Man's Cell Phone, starring alongside Kathleen Chalfant. The play concerns a woman who answers a ringing cell phone that belongs to a dead man and then gets involved with his family and friends.

-The revival of Terrence McNally's The Ritz opens today in previews at Studio 54, starring Rosie Perez.

Finally, this Sunday at 11:30am, get thee to Times Square for Broadway On Broadway, the annual free concert attended by over 50,000 theater queens who line up early to hear the casts of hit shows perform. This year's host is Lance Bass, who I'm guessing will be hard-pressed to fill the shoes of last year's host, Martin Short. I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised. Little David and I will attend, as we did last year.