Mar 17, 2018
Last night the first Broadway preview of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child staged at the Lyric Theatre, accompanied by a few exciting announcements! Part Two will be staged at 8pm tonight (March 17th), so let us know if you’ll be there! Here’s your first look inside the newly renovated Lyric Theatre, the home of #CursedChildNYC! pic.twitter.com/xI5Pu2RIQb …read more!
Mar 07, 2018
This has been a busy and exciting week in theater, seeing the release of the Olivier Awards nominations, which tapped more than one charmed and talented Harry Potter alum for the honor. Big news for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child also continued to dominate social media sites for theater on both sides of the …read more!
Feb 26, 2018
This week in theater news, prominent Harry Potter and the Cursed Child collaborators, including J.K. Rowling, the show’s stars and more, discussed the big move to Broadway in new interviews from the New York Times and Broadway.com. An ocean away, the London production revealed news of its own upcoming changes, which will result in adapted …read more!
Feb 12, 2018
This week’s theater news centers on new and transferring productions. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child continues to charm fans in London and those anxiously waiting for their first viewing in the United States and Australia. Cursed Child associate director Des Kennedy is set to lead Good Vibrations to the stage, while Sonia Friedman Productions …read more!
Jan 12, 2018
The cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is returning to Hogwarts! It’s now located on New York’s Great White Way, and we can feel the reverberations across America. Like gifted Legilimens, we sense the magic reviving as announcements reveal that rehearsals for the Broadway production have officially begun–“and it feels brilliant to be …read more!
Nov 14, 2017
In this week’s theater news, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child picked up yet another award, Anthony Boyle announced plans to appear in Belfast for a Christmas benefit concert, Jack Thorne’s King Kong musical set a premiere date, Jim Broadbent is named as the star of a new play from Martin McDonagh, and Sonia Friedman, …read more!
Sep 19, 2017
As Potter fans know, J.K. Rowling’s Potterverse extends far beyond the books and films to include the award-winning stage story that occurs 19 years later, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, its cast and creative, as well as the diversely talented film cast and their various theater projects. This past week, another block of tickets went on …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 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!