High Spirits as Rupert Becomes the Ghostly Toast of Broadway

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Byline: TOM TEODORCZUK In New York

CROWNING one of the most unpredictable careers in showbusiness, Rupert Everett woke up this morning a Broadway star.

Making his debut on the Great White Way, the 49-year-old actor, best known for his film roles in My Best Friend's Wedding and Another Country, received rave reviews for his performance as urbane novelist Charles Condomine in a revival of Noel Coward's 1941 ghostly comedy Blithe Spirit.

The audience attending last night's opening at Manhattan's Shubert Theatre included Allegra Versace, Diane Lane and Sir Peter Shaffer. Everett appears alongside 83-year-old Angela

Lansbury, who plays psychic Madame …