“Cursed Child” Heads to New York Comic Con 2019

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will have a booth of its own at New York Comic Con this year! If you’re headed to the convention, the booth for the production will be open for the entire length of the event. In addition to the booth, a Cursed Child panel has also been added to the Comic Con lineup for Thursday at 1 p.m. The panel will be moderated by James Snyder, Broadway’s current Harry Potter.

 

Cursed Child logo

 

At New York Comic Con, fans will be able to visit with the current cast, enjoy photo opportunities, and learn more about the production.

 

The current cast of "Cursed Child" on Broadway

 

This isn’t Cursed Child‘s first convention appearance. At New York Comic Con in October 2018, the actors held a panel and shared their experiences of the wizarding world with a huge audience of fans. Previously, in July 2019, San Diego Comic-Con fans got the opportunity to take photos with the show members and get their most burning questions answered.

The appearance of the booth and panel at New York Comic Con comes shortly after the production took over Times Square in New York to debut the revised Cursed Child design. One can only hope the cast and crew will enlighten fans with a little more about the debut during their time at Comic Con this year.

Press Release

The Award-Winning International Hit Stage Production
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Will Be Featured at
New York Comic Con
October 3–6, 2019

Never[-]Before[-]Seen Content to Be Revealed at Booth & Panel!

www.HarryPotterOnStage.com

The award-winning international hit stage production Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be featured at this year’s New York Comic Con from October 3 to 6, 2019, with a booth and panel.

On Thursday, October 3rd at 1pm at the Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center (311 West 34th Street), panel audiences can join members of the cast and creative team of the record-breaking stage production as they come together to take a behind-the-scenes look at the “wildly imaginative continuation of J.K. Rowling’s wizardry saga” (The Hollywood Reporter). Moderated by James Snyder, who currently plays the title role on Broadway, the panel will feature never[-]before[-]seen photos, videos, and live performances, pulling back the curtain to reveal what goes in to bringing the magic of the [w]izarding [w]orld to life on stage, eight shows a week.

The production’s booth, on display all four days at #1736 on the Show Floor on Level 3 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, will feature Tony Award winner Christine Jones’ set model for the Broadway production and exclusive content featured in the forthcoming book Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey, which will be released by Scholastic in the US on November 5, 2019. There will also be a photo booth where fans can show their Hogwarts House pride by posing with Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin banners. Tickets to the Broadway production will be available for purchase on-site, as well as merchandise from the show, including the Cursed Child replica of Harry Potter’s wand and custom [H]ouse [T]-shirts.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now playing at the Palace Theatre in London, where it received its world premiere in July 2016; at the Lyric Theatre in New York, where it opened on Broadway in April 2018; and at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne, where it opened earlier this year. Upcoming productions include the exclusive U.S. West Coast premiere in San Francisco at the Curran next month; the German premiere, the first non-English[-]language production, at the Mehr! Theater am Großmarkt in Hamburg in spring of 2020; and the Canadian premiere at the Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto in fall of 2020.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a new play by Jack Thorne, directed by John Tiffany.

Receiving universal acclaim for its breathtaking magic and stage wizardry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the most awarded play in theatre history, winning 25 major U.S. awards, with six Tony Awards including Best Play. It also won 24 major theatre awards in the U.K. and is the most awarded show in the history of Britain’s Olivier Awards, winning a record-breaking nine awards including Best New Play.

It was always difficult being Harry Potter, and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and the father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son, Albus, must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child features movement by Steven Hoggett, set by Christine Jones, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, music & arrangements by Imogen Heap, lighting by Neil Austin, sound by Gareth Fry, illusions & magic by Jamie Harrison, [and] music supervision & arrangements by Martin Lowe. US Casting by Jim Carnahan, CSA.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions.

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