HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Set for April 2018 Opening at the Lyric

http://www.broadway.com/buzz/186879/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-to-bow-on-broadway-in-2018/

Updated On: 5/4/17 at 05:27 PM

highly support the idea to move main entrance location to 43rd street

Not surprised by this...but have absolutely no interest in this show.

Exactly where I figured it would wind up. It really is the best space for this massive show. It'll be nice to see a hit show in there for a change (if I recall, Grinch is the only show to recoup there since opening in 199. The script may be slight, but the production values are insane and the careful nostalgic touches achieve their intended effect with fans. The audience response in London was the most positive and overwhelming reaction to any show I've ever seen. Within its first ten minutes, the show received its first of many ovations from the audience. Equal doses of charm and spectacle, I found it thrilling from start to finish.

Willie4316 said: "Yup, after this moves in the Gershwin will be the biggest Broadway house."

The Gershwin is CURRENTLY the largest Broadway house. It seats 1,933 whereas the Lyric seats 1,932. Only a one seat difference!

The grosses indicate that the current configurations have the Gershwin at 1,807 seats and the Lyric at 1,896 seats.

I am surprised they opted for the Lyric but clearly ATG which Sonia Friedman Productions is part of is willing to spend the money on renovating the Lyric and turning it a smaller 1500 seater theatre since it'll be a hit from day one.

I can definitely see how they can transform it into Hogwarts. I mean, the staircase can be changed to make it look like the Hogwarts one. The restrooms could look like the school's and the stained glass windows can be changed into the mermaids. The lounge that they have can be made into Slughorn's chamber where they have the parties in.



Interested to see what they do.

So, I just saw this in London a couple of weeks ago... and man, I wish that they could just bring that entire cast over, but it seems like John Tiffany's hoping the cast will be a mix of American and British, according to his recent TimeOut interview, so maybe there's hopes for a couple of OLC to come over.

‘Harry Potter…’ hits Broadway in 2018 – what can you say about the cast? Do you know if it’ll be Brits or Americans?

‘I think it’ll be a mixture – it’s part of what American audiences want, proper toffs!’

http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/director-john-tiffany-on-harry-potter-tennessee-williams-and-glass-unicorns

Oh dear I can hear the terrible attempts at British accents already.



it seems bizarre to reduce the capacity of one of the biggest broadway theatres when this could easily have gone to a more perfect sized theatre like the Hirschfield .

Any estimates on when tickets go on sale? I want to make sure I am ready.

BroadwayNYC2 said: "It's not just the size of the theater. They transform the interior. That could have never been done at the Hirschfeld."

If they could do it in an old theater in London, they could have easily done the same here.

BroadwayNYC2 said: "If they could do it in an old theater in London, they could have easily done the same here.

Nothing to do with age, it has everything to do with space."



Exactly. Not to mention there...