BroadwayWorld UK announced the winners of their annual theater awards early this morning, and two Harry Potter actresses have come away with big wins! Shirley Henderson won the Best Actress in a New Production of a Play award for her mesmerizing immersion into the role of Elizabeth in the musical Girl From the North Country. …read more!

This week in theater news we get to see a few of the many ways the Harry Potter story continues to impact performing arts around the world. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child shows no sign of diminishing success in London as a new round of tickets will be released in December! The production, moving …read more!

Cursed Child actors and associated talent are popping up all over the world–from London to Broadway to Malawi!–taking the stage, screen, and other events by storm. Tickets for the Cursed Child Broadway production disappeared within hours, while the actors appeared elsewhere. Jamie Parker attended a magical exhibition opening (you know the one), Noma Dumezweni and …read more!

This week in theater news Harry Potter and the Cursed Child NYC makes the cut for Tony Awards consideration while the London production continues to charm. Cursed Child alums Noma Dumezweni and Jamie Glover have both been asked to lend their voices to book readings–one for publishing and one for a charity event. Finally, not …read more!

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!

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!

Today, September 19th,  the brightest witch to (probably) walk the ground of Hogwarts turns 38 this year! As a student at Hogwarts, she learns everything from creating an extremely difficult Polyjuice Potion to punching Draco Malfoy in the face. So let’s review some of my personal favourite Hermione moments and quotes!  (in no particular order because they’re …read more!

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!

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!

Leaky has always had reason to touch on the importance of theater as a performing medium. Many Harry Potter alums are renowned stage veterans. They create magic in theaters from Broadway to the West End! And the theater continues to be relevant not only because of their ongoing work but also because the wizarding world expanded with Jack Thorne’s Harry Potter and …read more!