Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two will premiere on Broadway on 22 April 2018.
The show, which is set 19 years after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has been playing to record crowds in London’s West End. The US production will open at the Lyric theatre, which is currently undergoing a redesign in preparation for the show’s North American premiere. Cirque de Soleil Paramour is currently showing there.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is based on a story by JK Rowling and written by the Bafta-winning screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne. The script was also released as a book and sold more than 2m copies in its first two days of release in the US.
Last month, the production took home a record-breaking nine Olivier awards, including best new play. Reviews have been largely positive, with the Guardian’s Michael Billington calling it “dazzling”.
Tickets will go on sale this fall and it will go up against Disney’s Frozen musical, which is also slated to hit Broadway in spring 2018.
