'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' NYC show debuting shorter production in November

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The Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be further edited going forward. The one-part production will run under three hours starting November 12, with one intermission at New York City's Lyric Theatre.

The shortened version of the show debuted during the national tour in Chicago to great success. This version will continue on the United States shows for the foreseeable future.

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Producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions – announced that a brand-new version of the play, now with a running time under three hours including intermission, will have its Broadway debut when the new company begins performances at New York's Lyric Theatre on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

This new version of the epic show had its world premiere in Chicago last month, opening to huge critical and popular acclaim. Rehearsals are now already underway as the creative team rehearses in this new production specifically for Broadway, where the show will retain all the magical storytelling, emotion and spectacle currently seen on stage at The Lyric.

Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender stated, “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.”