Archive for October, 2017

“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!

Happy Birthday, Minerva McGonagall!

Oct 04, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Books, Character Birthdays, Fandom, Fans, Films, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling, News

Today we celebrate the birthday of Hogwarts’ current esteemed headmistress, Minerva McGonagall. During Harry’s tenure at the greatest school of witchcraft and wizardry, she served as Transfiguration professor and Gryffindor’s head of house. In her lengthy career she has seen many gifted witches and wizards pass through her classes and stroll the Hogwarts’ halls, and …read more!

Happy Birthday to Sam Clemmett

Oct 01, 2017

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Birthdays, Actor Interviews, Anthony Boyle, Birthdays, Broadway, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, News, Noma Dumezweni, Pottermore, Sam Clemmett, Theater, West End

Sam Clemmett, best known as the original actor to take the stage as Albus Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, celebrates his 24th birthday today. Clemmett had only been acting a few years when he won the role of a lifetime as the youngest son of the Boy Who Lived and received rave …read more!

Happy (posthumous) Birthday Richard Harris!

Oct 01, 2017

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Actor Birthdays, Birthdays, Harris

We lost Dumbledore at the end of Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts.  A slow poison weakened him.  That has certain parallels with the death of the actor Richard St John Harris who played Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films.  Harris was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma, a blood cancer, in 2002 and died …read more!



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