Goleby has been with the show since it opened here in February 2019. “It’s been part of our lives for such a long time, and so many things have happened,” she says – such as the arrival of her firstborn child midway through the play’s pandemic lockdown hiatus. “We’ve had births, we’ve had deaths, we’ve […]

We would watch this “Fight Club” reboot. During an interview for the upcoming HBO Max reunion special, “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts,” franchise star Daniel Radcliffe read a letter he gave to co-star Helena Bonham Carter during filming that revealed his crush on the actress 23 years his senior. “Dear HBC,” Radcliffe, 32, began […]

But some other long-running franchises have enjoyed stellar successes even as Potter’s magic has appeared to be waning. The last three movies in the Star Wars series earned a combined $5.98 billion globally (though the final film, The Rise of Skywalker, was panned by critics and some fans, it still topped $1.34 billion). The Spider-Man […]

ORLANDO, Fla. – Witches, wizards and Muggles alike are all welcome at LeakyCon Orlando 2022, which is coming to the Orange County Convention Center in July. Consider this your Hogwarts acceptance letter that got lost in the mail all those years ago. From July 29-31, you won’t need to grab your broomsticks or Floo powder […]

It was originally announced May 22, 2019, and now, nearly three years later, Toronto‘s production of the Canadian premiere of the world’s most awarded new play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is finally well underway. The cast and creative team met in person for the first time Monday at the Elgin and Winter Garden […]

Both US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch will change the name of their sport, according to a news release Wednesday. Organizers for the real-life broomstick sport, patterned on the magical competition from the Harry Potter franchise, will choose a new name to avoid copyright issues and distance themselves from controversy surrounding series author J.K. Rowling.  The […]

A long-running two-man parody that abbreviates the entire “Harry Potter” series into a 70-minute show is coming to Phoenix this month. “Potted Potter,” a stage show that has toured the world over the last 15 years, will have a three-night run at the Madison Center for the Arts from Oct. 28-30. The night will be […]

Harry Potter fans will be delighted that more new content from the magical universe is forthcoming in the form of a prequel focussing on Severus Snape. For now, few details are known about the project but it is being created by Warner Bros and will air on HBO Max. There’s no information yet about the […]

Arguably one of their biggest events of the year, Madison Social and Township held their annual Harry Potter bar crawl on Feb. 5.  Initially, Madison Social started hosting Harry Potter trivia nights back in 2014, and once they realized how large the turnout was, they knew they could host an event even larger. Thus, the […]

I know it makes me a traitor to my own millennial generation, but I have to admit: I have never read a Harry Potter book. I do not like Harry Potter. I haven’t purchased or Google-searched anything Harry Potter-related, and I certainly have never “liked” anything about Harry Potter on Facebook. So why does Facebook […]