Archive for May, 2018

Teacher Appreciation Week: Ravenclaw House

May 09, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Events, Interactive, News

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week (and Teacher Appreciation Day!), so we’re marking the occasion by celebrating the careers of Hogwarts professors, focusing on each Head of House! Today’s spotlight shines on Head of Ravenclaw,  Filius Flitwick, who also served as Charms professor at Hogwarts during Harry and his parents’ time at the school, and is a truly remarkable and caring …read more!

‘Cursed Child’ News: Vote for Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards and Tune In to Jamie Parker on The Tonight Show!

May 09, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Anthony Boyle, Broadway, Events, Fandom, Fans, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, News, Noma Dumezweni, Potter News, Round-Up, Sam Clemmett, Sonia Friedman, Television Programmes, Theater, Theater Round-Up

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!

Upcoming Additions to Hogwarts Mystery and a Few Helpful Hints

May 08, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Fans, Fun, Games, Interactive, Interviews, Misc, News

As most Potter fans know, the mobile roleplay game Hogwarts Mystery was released late last month and reviews, as well as reader feedback, has been mixed. Many are as enthusiastic with the gameplay as they were going in, choosing their avatar, taking classes, completing tasks and working their way through their first spellbinding year at …read more!

Theater Round-Up: ‘Cursed Child’ Leads Outer Critics Circle Award Wins, Tony Nominees Appear at Press Junket, Interviews and More!

May 07, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Anthony Boyle, Broadway, Christine Jones, Dale, Davis, Events, Fandom, Fans, Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, Neil Austin, News, Noma Dumezweni, Producers, Round-Up, Shaw, Sonia Friedman, Steven Hoggett, Television Programmes, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

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!

Teacher Appreciation Week: Slytherin House

May 07, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Books, Fandom, Fans, Films, Fun, J.K. Rowling, Movies, News

When thinking of Teacher Appreciation week, Slytherin House may not be what comes to mind when searching for examples of exemplary professors, either as instructors in the classroom or as mentors outside of it–especially since the most notable Slytherin teacher of recent memory is Head of House (well, pre-1997!) Severus Snape. Snape was unsentimental, unapproachable …read more!

Weekly Round-up: Evanna Lynch Supports Save the Asian Elephants, Warwick Davis Celebrates #Maythe4th, Miriam Margolyes Joins Call the Midwife and More!

May 05, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Bonham Carter, Bonham Carter Interviews, Branagh, Davis, Lynch, Margoyles, News, Oldman, Phelps, Tena, Williams, Williams Interviews

Some momentous events were celebrated and memorialized in the Wizarding World during the past week. After a week of glowing reviews, the New York production of the award-winning stage phenomenon Harry Potter and the Cursed Child received ten Tony Award nominations including Best Actor for Jamie Parker as Harry Potter, Best Featured Actor for Anthony …read more!

Remembering the Battle of Hogwarts 20 Years Later

May 02, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Books, Events, Fandom, FAQs, Films, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling, Movies, News

The Battle of Hogwarts was a definable turning point in wizarding history as defenders of freedom and justice–ordinary students, teachers, parents, ministry employees–brought about the downfall of one of the greatest dark wizards of all time, toppling his despotic pureblood reign. It was a brief moment in the grander scheme of time which memorialized in …read more!

Alfred Enoch to Star in ‘RED’ on London’s West End

May 01, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Enoch, Enoch Interviews, HP Cast, News

As previously reported by Leaky, Alfred Enoch (Harry Potter‘s Dean Thomas) will star in a new revival production of RED at Wyndham’s Theatre on London’s West End, with preview performances beginning this week! The show tells the story of Mark Rothko (played by Alfred Molina, who is returning to the role for this revival performance), an artist commissioned to …read more!

Ten is the Magic Number! Cursed Child Brings Tony Nominations Home to Hogwarts

May 01, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Anthony Boyle, BigNews, Broadway, Christine Jones, Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, Katrina Lindsay, Neil Austin, News, Noma Dumezweni, Sonia Friedman, Steven Hoggett, Theater

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!

The Great Escape

May 01, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Books, Events, Fandom, Fans, Films, Fun, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Movies, News

Harry stares at Griphook keenly, dead serious. He’s already sorted through a handful of plans in his head, and he knows they’re all rubbish. He needs Griphook’s expertise, desperately. And Griphook knows it. But he’s taken aback by Harry’s sheer nerve, that he would propose the doomed endeavor at all, so he sits there silently. …read more!



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