Tag Archive for: Jack Thorne

Weaving a Spell of Friendship

On a dreary spring morning in St. Louis, actors Adam Grant Morrison and David Fine are talking about their pivotal roles in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’s national tour, now in its second year. Morrison mentions a scene in which his and Fine’s characters — Albus Severus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy, respectively — have […]

Q&A with the Creators and Producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Many producers had floated the idea of creating a Harry Potter musical, J.K. Rowling had always politely declined. But a play about the adult Harry, inspired by the epilogue of Rowling’s seventh and final novel? Now, that idea intrigued the author whose books have sold more than 600 million copies worldwide. Together with playwright Jack […]

Magical World Leaps to Life On Stage in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling ended her epic seven-volume series of novels with a tantalizing teaser: an epilogue titled “Nineteen Years Later,” in which Harry and his friends Hermione and Ron, now grown, are preparing to send their children off to school at Hogwarts. That brief chapter inspired the spectacular stage production, Harry Potter and […]