NEW YORK (AP) — Given the economic climate of the past couple of years, is this really the right time to cheer a scheming, backbiting and unfit rascal businessman as he manipulates his way to the top of a bloated corporation?
It is, if it's Daniel Radcliffe who is playing the lovable go-getter J. Pierrepont Finch in a lush revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" that opened Sunday at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
Radcliffe is doubly brave here. He's tackling his first musical and a tricky role in 2011: A con man with little business acumen who uses insinuation and flattery to get ahead, ultimately destroying his company in the process.
But Radcliffe is …
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