Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the eighth Harry Potter story, opened this weekend to rave reviews in London. At the same time, the script from the two-part play was also published as the official eighth Harry Potter book, to somewhat less rave reviews—which makes sense, since plays are meant to be seen. The real question, of course, is whether and when the play will come to New York. And new reports suggest that it will, indeed, do so—eventually.
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Broadway: It Will Happen, But No One Knows When
The New York Times reported that the producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are already considering a Broadway run for the show, whose London run is sold out through late 2017 already. Of course, that run literally just opened, so details are sparse. Here are the two key quotes you need to know: Producer Sonia Freedman said that “it would be disingenuous to think New York and Broadway weren’t part of our thinking.” But when it comes to timing, she also said this: “We don’t have answers yet, but will have some soon. Until then, if you hear anything about where we’re going, when we’re going or how we’re going, it’s not true.”
And that’s really the gist of it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which seems set to do for theater among the younger generation what the Harry Potter novels did for books, is almost sure to come to Broadway. But the discussions about it haven’t even begun. It isn’t going to miraculously happen in 2016 or even 2017—these things take a while. But the discussions and the logistics behind bringing Harry Potter to Broadway will begin soon. From there, the rest is gravy—but slow-moving gravy, to be sure.
Luckily, those of us in America can pick up the script, even though that’s a shadow of the play itself—a necessary drawback of the script form. But it will do in the meantime. Besides, while it would be better to wait to actually see the play… spoilers are already starting to trickle out. Be careful out there, or lock yourself up without Internet until you’re done reading.
