Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, and J.K. Rowling continue the story of the famous wizarding world of Harry Potter with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which officially opens on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre April 22. To celebrate the opening we look through 30 shows that made magic happen on the stage right before our eyes.
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30 Shows That Brought Magic to the Stage
30 Shows That Brought Magic to the Stage
With Harry Potter opening on Broadway, we look at other shows that brought magic to life on the stage.
30 PHOTOS
Major Attaway
Matthew Murphy
Terrence Mann and Susan Egan in the original Broadway cast of Beauty and the Beast
Joan Marcus
Daniel Jenkins, Jon Cypher, and company
Martin Vidnovic and Meg Bussert in Brigadoon
Robert Goulet and Julie Andrews in Camelot .
Molly Ranson in Carrie at MCC
Joan Marcus
A scene from the West End production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Laura Osnes and Victoria Clark in Cinderella
Victor Garber and Bebe Neuwirth
Paige Simunovich, Christopher Fitzgerald and Christopher Borger
Caissie Levy
Deen van Meer
Company
Matthew Murphy
Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason, and Bernadette Peters
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Derrick Baskin, Sierra Boggess, Tyler Maynard, and Sherie Rene Scott in Disney's The Little Mermaid .
Joan Marcus
Doug Henning (left) in The Magic Show.
Ashley Brown, Katherine Leigh Doherty, Alexander Scheitinger and Gavin Lee lead the ensemble in Mary Poppins .
Joan Marcus
The cast of Matilda The Musical
Joan Marcus
Chita Rivera and Doug Henning in Merlin
Mary Martin in Peter Pan .
Isaac Powell and Merle Dandridge
Joan Marcus
Sarah Jessica Parker in "Once Upon a Mattress" (1996)
Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman in The Phantom of the Opera.
Cast of Pippin
Joan Marcus
John Cameron Mitchell and Daisy Eagan in The Secret Garden .
Bob Marshak
Brian d'Arcy James, Daniel Breaker, and Sutton Foster in Shrek the Musical .
Joan Marcus
Sara Ramirez and company in Spamalot
Joan Marcus
Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Sarah Charles Lewis in Tuck Everlasting
Greg Mooney
Jackie Burns in Wicked
Joan Marcus
Hinton Battle, Stephanie Mills, Ted Ross, and Tiger Haynes in The Wiz .
Martha Swope / The New York Public Library
James Carpinello and Kerry Butler with cast
Paul Kolnik