Mariska Hargitay will make her Broadway debut in Every Brilliant Thing.

The Law + Order: SVU actress is set to take over from current lead Daniel Radcliffe in the one-person production, with the play extending its run at the Hudson Theatre in New York until 28 June.

Mariska will make her debut in Every Brilliant Thing on Tuesday 26 May and she hailed the production an "extraordinary gift".

She said in a statement: "I read Every Brilliant Thing and cried, rejoiced, laughed, cried some more, and loved it so much.

"I'm always drawn to themes of healing and renewal, especially when the journey is rendered in all its complexity. It feels like an extraordinary gift to make my Broadway debut, the fulfillment of a lifelong dream, with a play that affirms life so emphatically.

"For me, the triumph of this beautiful piece of work--this luminously brilliant thing--is that through a deeply personal story, we experience the universal endeavour of keeping ourselves pointed towards light, compassion and hope."

Harry Potter star Daniel will take his final bow in the play on 24 May.

Every Brilliant Thing revolves around a child reacting to their mother's suicide attempt and making a list of the things that make life worth living, with the audience encouraged to join in by shouting out the list.

As the child becomes an adult, their list continues to develop but it is now the older ones in need of a reason to be hopeful.

The Broadway version was written by Duncan Macmillan, along with the show's original star Jonny Donahoe.

The play debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014 and has been performed in more than 80 countries, with the likes of Minnie Driver, Sue Perkins, Sir Lenny Henry and Ambika Mod stepping in as the lead when Jonny stopped performing it in 2017.

The structure of the play can be tailored for specific audiences, with 90s Greek popular culture references included when Melina Theo starred in an adaptation in Greece and a specific brand of ice cream mentioned during Oliver Chong's Singapore performances.

Daniel, 36, made his stage debut in Equus in 2007 and has starred in a number of productions in London and New York since then.

His last Broadway appearance before Every Brilliant Thing was in Merrily We Roll Along, for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.