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"Every Brilliant Thing evolved from a short monologue called "Sleeve Notes" that Macmillan wrote for a friend, the actor Rosie Thomson. (In the present-day version - a zippy 70 minutes - the act of listening to records while poring over the liner notes is a profound part of the unnamed narrator's love language.) Over the years it expanded, with the eventual collaboration of the comedian and performer Donahoe, plus some Facebook crowdsourcing, into a play that fully fleshed one of the original story's key ideas: That's the list of the title, a tally of "everything brilliant about the world.""

"Macmillan and Donahoe's play runs on consensual audience participation, and in the lead-up to go-time, Radcliffe and a number of crew members were scuttling around the auditorium, shaking hands and recruiting willing members of the public to help him out, when called on, with various bits of the show."

Every Brilliant Thing is a 70-minute solo play by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe that has evolved over 13 years from a short monologue called "Sleeve Notes" into a full theatrical production. The play originated as a piece written for actor Rosie Thomson and expanded through collaboration with comedian Jonny Donahoe and Facebook crowdsourcing. The central concept involves an unnamed narrator creating a list of "everything brilliant about the world." The production is built on consensual audience participation, with cast members recruiting audience members before the show to assist with various scenes. Daniel Radcliffe currently stars in the Broadway production at the Hudson Theatre, where the play is performed on a central platform surrounded by audience members on multiple sides.

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