‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ plans 2018 Broadway debut
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — After a hit debut on London’s West End this summer, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is in talks to move to New York’s Broadway in 2018, producers said on Friday.
The play, based on author J.K. Rowling’s popular boy wizard character, is being planned for Broadway’s Lyric Theater, which will undergo a multi-million dollar revamp to house the elaborate production, the show’s producers said in a post on Rowling’s websitePottermore.com.
The Lyric Theater is one of Broadway’s largest venues, with nearly 1,900 seats, and has housed complex theatrical productions such as “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” in 2005 and “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” which ran from 2010 to 2014.
In preparation for “Cursed Child,” the Lyric Theater will be remodeled with a slightly reduced 1,500 seats to accommodate the dramatic look and feel of the play.