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“Unprecedented” Numbers Seek ‘Cursed Child’ Tickets–and Other Theater News!

Oct 04, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

19 Years Later, BigNews, Broadway, Fandom, Fans, Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, HP Cast, Interactive, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, News, Round-Up, Spall, Television Programmes, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End, Williams

The biggest theater news for Potter fans right now remains the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child transfer to Broadway–and procuring a few of those coveted, in-demand tickets! Just over a week ago, Leaky reported on a CBS morning interview with renowned playwright Jack Thorne, director John Tiffany and, the master behind the magic, J.K. …read more!

Cursed Child First Broadway Preview Date and New Ticket Sales Information Announced

Sep 26, 2017

Posted by: Kim McChesney

19 Years Later, Broadway, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, News, Pottermore, Theater

The team behind Harry Potter and the Cursed Child made some important announcements today related to the show’s upcoming initial ticket release, ticket prices, and a first preview date for the Broadway production of the play. First Preview Date March 16, 2018 The first preview for the two-part Harry Potter stage play that begins nineteen …read more!

J.K. Rowling and Cursed Child Creatives Talk Broadway with CBS Sunday Morning

Sep 24, 2017

Posted by: Kim McChesney

19 Years Later, Broadway, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, JKR Interviews, John Tiffany, News, Theater

Broadway here they come! The nine-time Olivier award-winning  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is headed to the Great White Way and the play’s creative team appeared on CBS Sunday Morning to discuss nineteen years later and its trip across the pond. J.K. Rowling, acclaimed Cursed Child playwright Jack Thorne, and famed director of the …read more!

Cursed Child’s Noma Dumezweni in Electric Dreams and Other Potter Theater News

Sep 19, 2017

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Anthony Boyle, Cormoran Strike TV Series, Directors, Grainger, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, News, Noma Dumezweni, Round-Up, Sonia Friedman, Television Programmes, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

As Potter fans know, J.K. Rowling’s Potterverse extends far beyond the books and films to include the award-winning stage story that occurs 19 years later, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, its cast and creative, as well as the diversely talented film cast and their various theater projects. This past week, another block of tickets went on …read more!

The Magical 19: Jack Thorne Productions, Theater Outreach, and Musicals!

Sep 05, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

19 Years Later, Branagh, Broadway, Charity, Coltrane, Events, Henderson, HP Cast, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, News, Round-Up, Smith, Smith Interviews, Television Programmes, Theater, Theater Round-Up, Walters, West End

Potter fans the world over have been celebrating Harry’s story “19 Years Later” throughout the last week. From LeakyCon to Cursed Child videos and meet-ups, the epilogue to J.K. Rowling’s magical series, now a veritable classic, has been fondly commemorated. Since the development of the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage production, fans have been …read more!

Theater Round-Up: Sonia Friedman’s ‘Travesties,’ Jack Thorne’s ‘Kiri,’ and More!

Aug 22, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Broadway, Charity, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, HP Cast, Jack Thorne, Music, News, Producers, Round-Up, SetReports, Sonia Friedman, Television Programmes, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

Sonia Friedman Productions is hotter than a cat on a tin roof! Leaky has been closely following the transfer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to Broadway, reporting on cast announcements and ticket information. We’ve also covered the exciting speculation that two of Friedman’s other productions, The Ferryman and Our Lady of Perpetual Succor, …read more!

More Information on “Verified Fan” and Other Potter Theater News

Aug 14, 2017

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Broadway, Directors, Fans, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Interviews, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, Movies, News, Round-Up, Sonia Friedman, Theater, Theater Round-Up, Trailers, West End

This week from the world of theater, we have info on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child tickets on Broadway, a new trailer for Jack Thorne’s screen adaptation of R.J. Palacio’s YA Novel Wonder,  Anthony Boyle’s Stage Debut Award nomination and a recent interview with Cursed Child director John Tiffany. Ticket Information for Harry Potter …read more!

Jack Thorne To Re-write ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’

Aug 03, 2017

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Jack Thorne, News

News recently broke that Jack Thorne – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child playwright – will be helping with re-writes on Star Wars: Episode IX. This process will see Thorne take Epsiode IX’s director Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly’s original script and offer ‘a fresh set of eyes’ before production begins. The Hollywood Reporter – the first to report on …read more!

Theater Revived and Re-imagined: ‘Disco Pigs,’ ‘A Christmas Carol,’ ‘Figures of Speech,’ ‘Playcraft Live,’ and ‘Hamlet!’

Jul 25, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Events, Fans, Films, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, HP Cast, Interviews, Jack Thorne, Katrina Lindsay, Lynch, Lynch Interviews, Movies, News, Noma Dumezweni, Producers, Round-Up, Sonia Friedman, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

This week’s theater round-up follows Harry Potter and Cursed Child cast through their involvement in other productions as they make their mark–and change things up–elsewhere in the performing arts industry. WhatsOnStage shared first-look images of Evanna Lynch and costar Colin Campbell in Disco Pigs to promote the premiere of the 20th-anniversary production at Trafalgar Studios …read more!

Theater Round-Up: Tickets and First Look for Imelda Staunton’s ‘Follies,’ Jack Thorne Adapts ‘The Children’s Monologues’ and More!

Jul 17, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Broadway, Charity, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, HP Cast, Interviews, Jack Thorne, News, Staunton, Staunton Interviews, Steven Hoggett, Television Programmes, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

This week’s theater round-up covers more exciting news for both Imelda Staunton and Jack Thorne, as well as the upcoming preview performance of movement director Steven Hoggett’s latest production! Leaky already reported that the National Theatre plans to broadcast Imelda Staunton’s Follies throughout international theaters Nov. 16. This was wonderful news for disappointed fans unable to …read more!



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