International NewsJapanese-Language Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Sets 2022 Premiere in TokyoThe two-part play currently runs in London, New York, Melbourne, Hamburg, and San Francisco.
Cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildMatthew Murphy
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child continues its Doubling Charm, with a new production of the Tony- and Olivier-winning play slated to pop up in Tokyo in 2022. The Japanese-language staging will premiere that summer at TBS Akasaka ACT Theater, which will undergo renovations to open as a site-specific venue (similar to the work done for the play's current homes).
The Japan engagement will mark the first production of the play presented in Asia, and the second non-English translation (a German-language production recently began in Hamburg). Sonia Friedman, Colin Callender, Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, and Ambassador Theatre Group continue as producers, joined by the Japan-based TBS and HoriPro.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child premiered in the West End in 2016 before going on to open at Broadway’s Lyric Theatre in 2018. An Australian production began in February 2019, with the first U.S. staging outside Broadway kicking off in San Francisco that October. The Hamburg production officially opens next month, with a Toronto engagement slated for October.
The two-part play is the eighth official installment in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series—the only one to be performed on stage. The work is penned by Jack Thorne, based on a story by Rowling, Thorne, and director John Tiffany.
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Inside Opening Night of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in San Francisco
Inside Opening Night of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in San Francisco
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Amy Tan
Elizabeth Gaine and Colin Callender
Laurie Scolari and Sirron Norris
Katherine Steele
Julius Thomas
Yasmine Lee
Nick Adams
Veronica Getty, Vanessa Getty, Carole Shorenstein Hays, and Jeff Hays
Veronica Getty and Vanessa Getty
Sonia Friedman
Shorenstein Hays
Jessica Miller, Lars Ulrich, and Bryce Ulrich-Nielsen
Colin Callender and Sonia Friedman
Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley
Tuck Sweeney, Irving Dyson Jr., Lucas James Hall, Lauren Zakrin, and Corey Hedy
William Bednar-Carter, Elijah Cooper, Tyler Patrick Hennessy, Natalie Adele Schreoder, Natalia Bingham, and Folami Williams
Emily Juliette Murphy
Brittany Zeinstra, Katherine Leask, Andrew Long, Julian Rozzell, Jr., Charles Janasz, and Shannon Cochran
Lucas Hall, Jon Steiger, Angela Reed, John Skelley, Benjamin Papac, Yanna McIntosh, and David Abeles
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Tyler Patrick Hennessy
Lucas Hall, Jon Steiger, Angela Reed, John Skelley, Benjamin Papac Yanna McIntosh, and David Abeles
Erik Evan Olson
Benjamin Papac
Jon Steiger
Erik Evan Olson and Irving Dyson Jr.
Benjamin Papac and Jon Steiger
Irving Dyson Jr.
David Abeles
Lucas Hall, David Abeles, and John Skelley
John Skelley
Lucas Hall
Julian Rozzell Jr.
Andrew Long
William Bednar-Carter
Tuck Sweeney
Geoffrey Wade
Benjamin Papac, Tyler Patrick Hennesey, and John Skelley
Theo Allyn
Katherine Leask
Katherine Leask and Jon Steiger
Logan James Hall
Christian Pedersen
Natalie Adele Schreoder
David Abeles, Colin Callender, Sonia Friedman, John Skelley, and Lucas Hall
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Angela Reed and Sonia Friedman
Angela Reed and John Skelley
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Shannon Cochran
Emily Juliette Murphy
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Yanna McIntosh
David Abeles, Yanna McIntosh, and John Skelley
Jon Steiger, Angela Reed, David Abeles, Producer Sonia Friedman, Yanna McIntosh, John Skelley, Benjamin Papac, and Lucas Hall
