Cursed Child - Year 6 Cast and Edits

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 11:05am

The show just announced the year 6 cast, and Matthew James Thomas will be succeeding Steve Haggard in the title role. It is also expected the year 6 cast will implement the script changes recently made for the national tour to the Broadway production.

[quizking101]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 11:08am

Rachel Christopher is a truly undersung talent, especially after her work in FOR COLORED GIRLS and JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING. Good for her!!! 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 1:01pm

I loved Matthew James Thomas in Pippin and he should be a great Harry.

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 2:18pm

Looks like Edward James Hyland is finally leaving- but Stephen Spinella is still getting that Potter paycheck

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 2:22pm

Fordham2015 said: "Stephen Spinella is still getting that Potter paycheck"

I respect it, despite the play being a total waste of his talent.

Where else could an actor get 3 solid years of employment in a non-musical play?

[Jarethan]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 2:30pm

Beginning its sixth year means that it has run about 4 1/2 years of actual performances.  Thinking in terms of 8 performances a week for about 235 or so weeks, it would be closing in on 1,900 performances, which has not been achieved by a play since the mid-to-late 1940s, when Life With Father closed (unless I am forgetting something).  (I am ignoring the 1 vs 2 performance requirement to actually see the play...the curtain has risen almost 1,900 times).

Say what you will about JK Rowling, but her track record is mind-boggling.  The actual play would not exist had she not written the books.  Personally, I was bored pretty much non-stop and got most of my fun watching a constant run of parents with little children leaving the first 10 rows of the orchestra for potty breaks throughout the show.  I wonder how many of the kids who saw the show actually liked it as much as their parents wanted them to, given how much they paid fr the tickets.

One other memory from the performance I attended a couple of years ago was that Stephen Spinella played Lord Voldemort; I remember thinking how sad it was that such a fine actor had to take that job (it wasn't much of a role), but then thinking that he probably would have a steady income for as long as he wanted it, since I have never seen him in many movies or TV shows to supplement his stage income.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 4:54pm

"Say what you will about JK Rowling…"

Don’t tempt me!

[darquegk]

Posted: 10/3/24 at 5:43pm

Between Cursed Child and Stranger Things, with their elements of stage play, gothic melodrama, special effects spectacular and music/dance drama, we've come very close to the proto-musical-theatre genre from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Things like "The Red Mill" and "The Black Crook" have their DNA still pulsing in these shows.

[Dreamboy3]

Posted: 10/4/24 at 10:14am

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Fordham2015 said: "Stephen Spinella is still getting that Potter paycheck"

I respect it, despite the play being a total waste of his talent.

Where else could an actor get 3 solid years of employment in a non-musical play?"

I’m a huge fan of Spinella. His performance in Angels in America still haunts me. I don’t begrudge him a paycheck. And I completely agree that this role is a waste of his talent. But I’m afraid to say I didn’t even think he was good. Kind of like Paolo Szot in & Juliet. 

[Dreamboy3]

Posted: 10/4/24 at 10:16am

Can someone describe the changes that will be implemented?  I didn’t like the one night compression as compared to the two nights.