Photo Coverage: EQUUS Unveils Original 'Horse Head' Prop
By: Walter McBride Nov. 14, 2008
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Actress Elaine Bromka was presented with the refurbished "horse head" worn by her husband Peter Phillips in the Original 1974 Broadway production of Peter Shaffer's EQUUS. The restored headpiece -carefully executed by the current EQUUS Prop Supervisor Mike Smanko - was presented by the actors who portray the horses in the new hit production of the play at the Broadhurst Theatre before the matinee performance on Wednesday,November 12th, 2008
Under the direction of Thea Sharrock, EQUUS began previews September 5 and opened officially on September 25 for a limited 22-week engagement through February 8, 2009 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street).
Daniel Radcliffe has played the title role in all five of the "Harry Potter" films to date, and will star again in the sixth, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," due out July 2009. Other films include "December Boys" and "Tailor of Panama." He recently appeared on television in the PBS-TV Masterpiece's "My Boy Jack," and he made a cameo appearance on stage in the West End in "The Play What I Wrote."
EQUUS is Mr. Shaffer's play about a boy with a secret and the surprising things that happen when a beautiful young girl brings that secret to light. After the mild-mannered stable boy Alan Strang (played by Daniel Radcliffe) has committed a serious crime, the court-appointed psychiatrist Martin Dysart (Richard Griffiths) is charged with revealing the mysteries behind the boy's behavior while confronting his own self-doubt in his marriage, his profession and his life.Photos By Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
The Original production 'Horse Head'
EQUUS Prop Supervisor Mike Smanko
Mike Smanko
Mike Smanko and Collin Baja
Mike Smanko and Collin Baja
Lorenzo Pisoni and Mike Smanko
Lorenzo Pisoni and Mike Smanko
Daniel Radcliffe tries on the original
Elaine Bromka, Daniel Radcliffe, Adesola Osakalumi, Kevin Boseman, Marc Spaulding and Lorenzo Pisoni
Elaine Bromka, Daniel Radcliffe, Adesola Osakalumi, Kevin Boseman, Marc Spaulding and Lorenzo Pisoni
Elaine Bromka and Daniel Radcliffe
Elaine Bromka and Daniel Radcliffe
Elaine Bromka, Daniel Radcliffe, Adesola Osakalumi, Kevin Boseman, Marc Spaulding and Lorenzo Pisoni
Elaine Bromka, Daniel Radcliffe, Adesola Osakalumi, Kevin Boseman, Marc Spaulding and Lorenzo Pisoni
Mike Smanko, Elaine Bromka, Collin Baja, Adesola Osakalumi, Daniel Radcliffe, Lorenzo Pisoni, Kevin Boseman and Marc Spaulding
Mike Smanko, Elaine Bromka, Collin Baja, Adesola Osakalumi, Daniel Radcliffe, Lorenzo Pisoni, Kevin Boseman and Marc Spaulding
Lorenzo Pisoni with The current production 'Horse Head'
Mike Smanko, Elaine Bromka, Collin Baja, Adesola Osakalumi, Daniel Radcliffe, Lorenzo Pisoni, Kevin Boseman and Marc Spaulding
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