Celebrated and largely sold-out West End play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child could be heading to Broadway. Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender are now in talks to open the show at NYC’s Lyric Theatre in the spring of 2018, according to sources over at Pottermore.
“The moment we opened in the West End, the inevitable question was ‘when are you going to Broadway?’” Friedman told Pottermore. “So we brought the creative team to New York in September this year to look at many of the beautiful theatres in New York city.”
The New York Lyric was chosen because of its size. It remains to be one of the biggest theaters in the city.
“Having a large and spacious atmospheric front of house lobby area was as crucial to us as the space inside,” Friedman continues. “We know the moment people walk through the door, the experience begins.”
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast: L-R Noma Dumezweni (Hermione), Jamie Parker (Harry) and Paul Thornley (Ron) at the Palace Theatre. Photo by Simon Annand
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a new play by Jack Thorne, directed by John Tiffany with movement by Steven Hoggett, set by Christine Jones, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, music & arrangements by Imogen Heap, lighting by Neil Austin, sound by Gareth Fry, illusions & magic by Jamie Harrison, music supervision & arrangements by Martin Lowe and casting by Julia Horan.
The Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. It began previews in June 2016 in London’s West End at the Palace Theatre and is one production presented in two parts. Both parts are intended to be seen in order on the same day (matinee and evening) or on two consecutive evenings.
The Cursed Child is now booking through to February 2018 in the West End.
