‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ headed for Broadway

Producer Colin Callender has revealed that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is heading for Broadway in a two-part play.

The new production, set 19 years following the events of J.K. Rowling’s films and books, will premiere in London’s West End on July 30th. Callender and fellow producer Sonia Friedman are also working on bringing the play to New York.

Callender explained to the Daily Mail: “We’ve got to take a very big breath now and get through the weekend. Then we’ll deal with what the next stage looks like – and hopefully Broadway will be part of that.”

The play portrays Harry Potter as an overworked employee at the Ministry of Magic. The main plot, however, revolves around his son Albus.

Author J.K. Rowling recently asked fans not to reveal or spoil the main plot in a YouTube video.

“You’ve been amazing for years at keeping Harry Potter secrets so you don’t spoil the books for readers who came after you. So I’m asking you one more time to keep secrets and let audiences enjoy ‘Cursed Child‘ with all the surprises that we’ve built into the story. Potter fans have always had each other’s backs,” she said.

Daniel Radcliffe, who played the iconic main character in the movie franchise, said he is reluctant to see the play for fear that his presence might distract audiences.

He added: “It would be a weird one. I could be completely wrong in this, but I feel like if I went to see it, there’s going to be a lot of ‘Harry Potter‘ fans there in the audience obviously and would that then become a thing?

Would it be more about them watching me watch the show or would it take away from the show. I would never want to do anything that would distract or take away from the show.”