Sep 04, 2017
Big news today for Anthony Boyle; the original Scorpius Malfoy in Harry Potter and The Cursed Child! He’s not only making the transfer from Cursed Child in London’s West End all the way across the pond to Broadway’s Lyric Theater, as covered here by Leaky, but he’ll be entering an entirely different sort of magical world. Boyle, who took home the Olivier …read more!
Sep 01, 2017
After years of reading and falling in love with J.K. Rowling’s world, we end up here: 19 Years Later, the epilogue. We’ve watched them go through everything imaginable; Deatheaters, Tri-Wizard Tournaments, the Philosophers Stone – just to name a few, and here we stand. September 1st, 2017 on a platform once again…waiting for the train …read more!
Aug 22, 2017
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!
Aug 14, 2017
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!
Aug 02, 2017
Since the first report of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’s transfer across the pond to the Great White Way, fans have anxiously awaited news of the production moving forward–and that news has finally arrived! Cursed Child NYC tweeted a series of huge announcements earlier today regarding the Broadway cast and ticket sales. The first …read more!
Aug 01, 2017
Many of the West End’s most popular running shows banded together last week to support London mayor Sadiq Khan’s #LondonIsOpen campaign. The shows, including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, created videos aimed at encouraging visitors to discover the magic of live theater. According to Broadway World, Khan also issued the following invitation: “Whether you’re looking for fringe …read more!
Jul 28, 2017
September 1, 2017 is the actual date that the epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ends and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child begins. To mark this momentous occasion in the Potterverse the Harry Potter Play will be celebrating by making 400 tickets available at £40 each (£20 per part) next Friday, August 4 …read more!
Jul 25, 2017
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!
Jul 17, 2017
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!
Jul 11, 2017
This week’s theater round-up kicks off the with exciting–but not surprising!–news that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has won yet another award. The production has already racked up honors at The Stage Awards, the Critics’ Circle Awards, the WhatsOnStage Awards, and recording-breaking achievements at the Oliver Awards. And now Cursed Child has been announced …read more!