Archive for the ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Category

Australian ‘Cursed Child’ Cast Portraits Revealed As Previews Begin

Jan 18, 2019

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, News

Preview performances for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, have now started, and the character portraits of the Potter, Weasley and Malfoy families are finally here! Breaking the chain of actors named Jamie portraying The Boy Who Lived, Gareth Reeve stars as Harry Potter, alongside Lucy Goleby (Ginny), and Sean …read more!

‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Cast Panel Charms at BroadwayCon!

Jan 14, 2019

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Broadway, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Jack Thorne, News, Noma Dumezweni, Sam Clemmett, Theater

BroadwayCon kicked off over the weekend with a day full of Cursed Child celebrations – very fitting for a Broadway show that’s been breaking records left, right and centre stage! Leaky’s Editors, Kim McChesney and Amanda Kirk, were on the ground at the convention, and provided full coverage of the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast Q&A panel! Our …read more!

Theater Round-Up: Sonia Friedman Named ‘Show Person of the Year,’ ‘Cursed Child’ News and Interviews–and More!

Jan 04, 2019

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Broadway, Fandom, Fans, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Media, News, Noma Dumezweni, Producers, Radcliffe, Round-Up, Sonia Friedman, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

This week’s theater news continues to revolve around the magical juggernaut that is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Producer Sonia Friedman received an award from Broadway Briefing while Cursed Child on Broadway broke another industry record and prepares for a new slate of cast members and performances. Alex Price also joined London Calling for …read more!

Year In Review: Wizarding World Takes On Stage & Screen, Park & Page, Tech & Tour

Dec 30, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Anthony Boyle, Audio Books, Book Awards, Burke, Celebration of Harry Potter, Charity, Companion Books, Cormoran Strike series/Robert Galbraith, Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf, Events, Fandom, Fantastic Beasts, Felton, Films, Fogler, Grainger, Grint, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Harry Potter Book Night, Harry, A History, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Jodorowsky, Kravitz, Law, LeakyCon, Lethal White, Lewis, Lumos, Miller, MinaLima, Movies, Murray, Music, News, Noma Dumezweni, Oldman, Phelps, PotterCast, Products, Quidditch Through the Ages, Radcliffe, Rankin, Redmayne, Sales, Scholastic, SetReports, Sudol, Tales of Beedle the Bard, Tech, Television Programmes, Tena, Theater, Theme Park, Toys, Video Games, Warner Bros., Waterston, Watson, WIzarding World of Harry Potter Orlando, Wright

With a decade anniversary, a Broadway opening, a game release, a new novel, and a movie premiere, years don’t get too much more magical than 2018 for fans of J.K. Rowling and her Wizarding World. When we took a look back at the past twelve months of news, we honestly wondered how Leaky covered each …read more!

‘Harry Potter and The Cursed Child’ Announce New Broadway Cast

Dec 20, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Broadway, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, News, Theater

Today, producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender announced the new Broadway cast for the second run of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in New York’s Lyric Theatre. The cast are currently in rehearsals, and due to begin performances on March 20th 2019, following the final performance of the current cast (featuring many of the original core …read more!

Arnaud Brisebois on Visual Effects Magic in ‘Crimes of Grindelwald’ Paris

Dec 17, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Crew Interviews, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, News, Stuart Craig, Warner Bros.

Visual Effects have long been employed to bring the magic of the wizarding world to life on the silver screen and, as the years pass, the depth and breadth of what studios are able to accomplish becomes all the more impressive. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them garnered two Oscar nominations for efforts in …read more!

Theater Round-Up: ‘Cursed Child’ Stars Announced for BroadwayCon 2019 While Melbourne Readies for Previews

Dec 14, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Broadbent, Broadway, Charity, Events, Fandom, Fans, Fun, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, Music, News, Noma Dumezweni, Potter News, Radcliffe, Round-Up, Staunton, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child features prominently in this week’s theater news, as has often been the case since the production first opened in London. The attending cast is now confirmed for BroadwayCon 2019, and the newest production, located in Melbourne, Australia, is readying for January previews. Cursed Child stars and contributors remain busy …read more!

Theater Round-Up: Friday Forty News, Noma Dumezweni and Ralph Fiennes Recieve Industry Honors, ‘Cursed Child’ Stars Perform in BC/EFA’s ‘Red Bucket Follies’–and More!

Dec 03, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Audio Books, Broadway, Charity, Dale, Events, Fandom, Fans, Fiennes, Films, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, JKR Interviews, John Tiffany, Movies, News, Noma Dumezweni, Potter News, Round-Up, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

Since Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald released in theaters, fan-sites have been saturated with news about the box office numbers, the huge questions raised (including the twist ending regarding the identity of Credence Barebone!) and even comparisons to the Harry Potter series. But the stage bows to no film, and Harry Potter and the …read more!

‘Cursed Child’ Sets Broadway Record For Weekly Ticket Sales

Nov 26, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, News

  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child set another Broadway record, reporting gross sales of $2,338,315 last week! The new record for weekly gross ticket sales passes the mark set by the play for the week ending June 17, 2018 ($2,277,446). Cursed Child is now the most awarded new play in theatre history, and has one 25 …read more!

Theater Round-Up: Cursed Child New York and Melbourne to Release November Batch of Tickets–and Much More!

Nov 16, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, BigNews, Broadway, Casting, Directors, Enoch, Events, Fandom, Fans, Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Holidays, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, John Tiffany, News, Phelps, Potter News, Radcliffe, Round-Up, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End, Williams, Williams Interviews

With all the coverage leading up to the worldwide released of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald today, it would be easy to forget that the theater world also continues to make magic on a daily basis. But look no further than the following recap for confirmation that it does, indeed, march on with a …read more!



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