Jun 04, 2018
The Cursed Child production takes center stage in this week’s theater round-up yet again as we congratulate the Drama Desk Award winners and cover interviews with cast and crew, including Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger), Jamie Parker (Harry Potter), Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy), Sam Clemmett (Albus Potter), costume designer Katrina Lindsay and set designer Christine Jones. …read more!
May 28, 2018
Most of this week’s theater news centers on the juggernaut that is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It is a force to be reckoned with–and certainly one that cannot be ignored! Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger-Weasley), Alex Price (Draco Malfoy), Sam Clemmett (Albus Potter) and Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy) all gave interviews discussing the production …read more!
May 21, 2018
Theater news this week is heavy on the personal interviews with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast members but, given the still-recent transfer from London’s West End to Broadway and its 10 Tony nominations, we’re not at all surprised. In fact, the production seems indisputably charmed, and the cast themselves are equally charming. Enjoy …read more!
May 21, 2018
Last night marked the final performance of the Year Two company of Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre in London, and in just two days time the Year Three company will begin their adventure! As previously reported on Leaky, along with the third Jamie in a row to portray Harry Potter on the west end (Jamie Ballard), Susie Trayling …read more!
May 14, 2018
Last week we reported on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child nominations for the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. Cursed Child picked up 10 nominations, while Sonia Friedman’s Mean Girls snagged 15, and voting closes tonight at 11:59 p.m. ET–so don’t forget to VOTE HERE! Jamie Parker, who plays the Chosen One himself in the Broadway …read more!
May 11, 2018
Cursed Child’s Jamie Parker made his first appearance on late night TV when he dropped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon yesterday. Parker, who was recently nominated for a Tony for his role as the grown up Harry Potter, spent a few minutes catching up his host on the amazing transfiguration of the Lyric …read more!
May 09, 2018
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is dominating this season’s award news with nominations rolling in for the Drama Desk Awards, the NY Drama Critics Circle Awards, the Outer Critics Circle Awards and, of course, the Tony Awards–though perhaps the ones that should garner the most attention come not from the critics, but from the …read more!
May 07, 2018
The biggest theater news of the past week was the highly-anticipated announcement of the Tony Awards nominations on Tuesday, May 1–and, as expected, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child made a magical showing, bringing in 10 nominations after leaving audiences and critics alike spell-bound! Though it would be easy to hang on Tony Awards news …read more!
May 01, 2018
Just two weeks after the Boy Who Lived made his debut on the Great White Way, it’s evident that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has cast a spell on Broadway. The acclaimed stage depiction of the eighth installment of the Harry Potter saga has earned ten Tony Award nominations including the coveted Best Play. …read more!
Apr 30, 2018
Last week’s theater news focused on the magical opening of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Now that the proverbial dust has begun to settle, Broadway almost returned to business as usual–if preparing for awards season could be called that. Noma Dumezweni gave a touching interview, which drew the support of fellow Hermione Granger actress, …read more!