Playwright Jack Thorne, who just this week took home the Best Play Award from What’s On Stage for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, has a new production opening February 24 at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre in Bristol. Junkyard, Thorne’s first musical, was inspired by his own childhood experience, as reported recently by Leaky. …read more!

Imelda Staunton is best known to Harry Potter fans as Dolores Umbridge, the one antagonist we hate almost more than Voldemort, but she has long been a beloved staple in British television and film. In the last few years, however, she’s also become something of a stage darling, with award-winning turns in the West End …read more!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child takes a significant step towards its 2018 Broadway premiere next week. As reported earlier this month by Leaky, tryouts for the Harry Potter play, which has run with much acclaim in London’s West End, are scheduled in New York February 20-22. According to a recent listing on Backstage.com,  now …read more!

It is undeniable that J.K. Rowling and Lin Manuel Miranda are largely responsible for the productions behind today’s most sought-after live theater tickets. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London’s West End was sold out through February 2018 as reported by Leaky. Last month, 75,000 tickets for February through April sold out in just …read more!

Sonia Friedman, award-winning producer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has another seemingly successful production on its way to the London stage. In addition to her numerous  accolades reported recently by Leaky here, and her involvement in an upcoming musical here and the stage adaption of 1984 here, Sonia Friedman Productions is bringing The …read more!

Daniel Radcliffe appeared today on Good Morning Britain with co-star Joshua McGuire to discuss their roles in the upcoming 50th Anniversary production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Old Vic in London. When Radcliffe was asked about returning as the Boy Who Lived, in a possible film version of Harry Potter and …read more!

The Potterverse is abuzz on the Cursed Child front lately. According to Playbill.com and Broadwayworld.com, an Equity casting notice was posted this week indicating that auditions for the Broadway run of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are scheduled for later this month. The notice states that rehearsals for the play, which is scheduled to …read more!

Sonia Friedman, the award-winning producer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is bringing the stage adaptation of the George Orwell novel, 1984 to Broadway this summer.   The play, which was a hit in the U.K. in 2014, is directed by Robert Icke and co-produced by Scott Rudin who has been behind recent films …read more!

Though he’s been working in theater for over 20 years, it took an ambitious play about magic to lift John Tiffany’s name outside the insular walls of the theater community–and the fans and theater are better for it. In an interview with Whats On Stage, Tiffany talks about the impact of Harry Potter and the Cursed …read more!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child won three major awards at the U.K. Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards, which were presented at the Prince of Wales Theatre on January 31. Congratulations to our #CursedChild #CriticsCircleAwards winners; @antoboyle, @johntiffany and Christine Jones! pic.twitter.com/YCuXgbNoze — Harry Potter Play (@HPPlayLDN) January 31, 2017   Among the other talented recipients, …read more!