A new, shorter version of hit West End play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is debuting on Broadway next month.
The new version will play at New York’s Lyric Theatre when the new cast starts, from Tuesday 12 November 2024.
This shorter version, which now has a running time of under three hours including an interval, first premiered in September in Chicago.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child originally premiered on Broadway in 2018 in two parts, as per the current London production. When the play reopened in 2021 after Covid shutdowns, it came back as a one-part show.
The show had its world premiere at the West End’s Palace Theatre in London in June 2016, where the two-part play still runs.
Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender said in a statement: “From the very beginning, we and the creative team have challenged ourselves to find new and innovative ways to bring the extraordinary storytelling and stagecraft of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to life. This innovative process has continued since the original production first opened in London in 2016, with the show evolving creatively as it has expanded across the globe. We are thrilled that John Tiffany, Jack Thorne, and the entire original creative team were able to reunite over the last few months to revisit and explore the original material, creating this new version of the show, which now runs under three hours, especially for Broadway. We are incredibly excited to announce that it will soon land at the Lyric Theatre. We were delighted by the ecstatic reception of this new version of our spectacular show when we premiered it in Chicago last month, and we can’t wait to see our extraordinary new cast bring it to life on stage in New York starting in November.”
The new Broadway company includes Matthew James Thomas as Harry Potter, Sarah Killough as Ginny Potter and Alex Serino as Albus Potter, with Daniel Fredrick as Ron Weasley, Rachel Christopher as Hermione Granger and Ayanna Nicole Thomas as Rose Granger-Weasley, and Aaron Bartz as Draco Malfoy and Erik Christopher Peterson as Scorpius Malfoy.
Also, Kristen Martin will play Delphi Diggory, alongside Chadd Alexander, John Alix, Megan Byrne, Maxim Chlumecky, James Cribbins, Ted Deasy, Kira Fath, Gary-Kayi Fletcher, Eleasha Gamble, Logan James Hall, Janae Hammond, Abbi Hawk, Sophie Hearn, Chance Marshaun Hill, Zachary Lindberg, Jay Mack, Bradley Patchett, Alexandra Peter, Kira Player, Dan Plehal, Gabrielle Reid, Isaac Phaman Reynolds, Allie Re, Stephen Spinella, Tom Stephens, Khadija Tariyan, Baylen Thomas, Julius Williams and Riley Thad Young.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is written by Jack Thorne, and directed by John Tiffany.
The London production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child recently welcomed a number of new cast members join the company. The London cast currently stars David Ricardo-Pearce as Harry Potter, with Claire Lams as Ginny Potter and Ellis Rae as their son Albus Potter. Thomas Aldridge as Ron Weasley with Jade Ogugua as Hermione Granger with Eve De Leon Allen as their daughter Rose Granger-Weasley. Steve John Shepherd is Draco Malfoy, with Harry Acklowe as his son Scorpius Malfoy.
The London production is now booking to 29 June 2025.
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