Broadway’s Every Brilliant Thing gets a new star at the Hudson Theatre beginning May 26, as longtime Law & Order: SVU stalwart Mariska Hargitay takes over, making her Broadway debut. Hargitay succeeds original star Daniel Radcliffe, currently a 2026 Tony nominee for his work in the Duncan Macmillan-Jonny Donahoe solo play. Radcliffe’s final bow was May 24.

Hargitay will play a limited engagement through July 5, with Black-ish and Girlfriends star Tracee Ellis Ross set to succeed her beginning July 7. Performances are currently scheduled through August 9.

In Every Brilliant Thing, Hargitay’s nameless protagonist faces a distant father, a suicidal mother, and her own inexplicable deep sadness. And in a spark of childhood genius, she counteracts these obstacles by chronicling every brilliant thing in the world—first to cheer up her depressed mother, and later for friends, lovers, and herself. And the uniquely constructed play offers audience members a chance to join Hargitay in the action, with various strangers called on each night to read some of her favorite brilliant things and stand in for characters in her story.

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The solo play debuted at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it played three sold-out consecutive summers before coming to Off-Broadway’s Barrow Street Theatre in 2014. The latter run was filmed live and aired on HBO with Donahoe starring. The work returned to Edinburgh Fringe in 2024, where it was a Playbill Pick. The work also recently made its West End debut at @sohoplace, and featured a rotating roster of stars.

The full creative team from that West End bow is reprising their work on the Main Stem, including co-directors Jeremy Herrin and Macmillan, scenic and costume designer Vicki Mortimer, lighting designer Jack Knowles, and sound designer Tom Gibbons. Casting is by Jessica Ronane, TT Partners is general managing, and Jhanaë K-C Bonnick serves as production stage manager.

Second Half Productions, Seaview, and Gavin Kalin Productions are producing.