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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Welcomes Jason Isaacs, Bonnie Wright

Jason Isaacs & Bonnie Wright As Special Guests at Post-Show Talkbacks Following Performances on April 30 and May 1 Only

Press release

Broadway’s Record-Breaking Hit
In Partnership with Audience Rewards
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Welcomes Stars of the Original Harry Potter Film Series
Jason Isaacs & Bonnie Wright
As Special Guests at Post-Show Talkbacks
Following Performances on April 30th and May 1st Only
At The Lyric Theatre in New York City

New York, NY - Producers of the award-winning, recording-breaking hit Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, in partnership with Audience Rewards, announced today that two of the stars of the original Harry Potter film series, Jason Isaacs & Bonnie Wright, are confirmed to separately appear as special guests at post-show talkbacks following the performances on April 30th and May 1st only at the Lyric Theatre in New York City. Click here to download headshots for the actors.

Bonnie Wright, who played Ron Weasley’s beloved sister Ginny Weasley, will be the featured guest at the talkback following the Wednesday, April 30th performance only.

Jason Isaacs, who portrayed Harry’s classmate Draco Malfoy’s Death Eater father Lucius Malfoy, will be the featured guest at the talkback following the Thursday, May 1st performance. Isaacs can also currently be seen on HBO Max’s third season of “The White Lotus.”

All ticketholders at these performances are invited to stay for the talkbacks. To buy tickets for these and other performances of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, visit www.HarryPotterBroadway.com.

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More About Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the first Harry Potter story to be presented on stage and the eighth story in the Harry Potter series, has sold over 10 million tickets worldwide since its world premiere in London in July 2016 and holds a record 60 major honors, with nine Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Play and six Tony Awards including Best Play. The international phenomenon has cast its spell worldwide with productions currently running in London, New York, Hamburg, and Tokyo, and has completed runs in Melbourne, Toronto, and San Francisco. A new international production will launch in the Netherlands, performed in Dutch, in 2026.

The most successful non-musical play in Broadway history, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has the unique distinction of being named by the Guinness World Records as the highest-grossing non-musical play in Broadway history with over $407 million total sales and over 3.3 million tickets sold. It’s also now the 4th longest running play in Broadway history.

Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play by Jack Thorne, directed by John Tiffany.

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, 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.

It’s time to believe in magic again. When Harry Potter’s head-strong son Albus befriends the son of his fiercest rival, Draco Malfoy, it sparks an unbelievable new journey for them all—with the power to change the past and future forever. Prepare for a mind-blowing race through time, spectacular spells, and an epic battle, all brought to life with the most astonishing theatrical magic ever seen on stage. “You’ll be wondering ‘how’d they do that?’ for days to come” (People Magazine).

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