Harry Potter Musical--how is it??

[nicolewi]

Has anyone seen this? 

Long story short, I'm investigating some options for DD's 16th bday. Just options. Not sure yet what she will want to do. She loves theater, but the things playing on/around her bday in our area just don't seem to work. HP might be an option but she's really not that into HP generally.

[noodleoo]

Has she read the book? I haven’t seen the show but I read the play and I LOVED it. I really want to go see it in NY. I’m a huge HP fan tho.

[fortnightlily]

I'm pretty sure it's not a musical, just to set the right expectations. I haven't seen it.

[joy]

Are you talking about The Cursed Child? Or something else?

I saw The Cursed Child.

[nicolewi]

Yes, the Cursed Child. Just in posting this and looking it up again I am realizing I do not think this is a good choice for her at all. She read the first book but she was t into it. I didn’t even realize it was a totally different story. And I didn’t realize that it was a play and not a musical. Oops.

[waverly]

I’m a Harry Potter fan and I really disliked the Cursed Child. I only read it. I’m sure the actual play is better but I felt it broke cannon.

[brooklyn]

The show in nyc is amazing. Love the set/theatre theatrics.

[dcrunnergirl52]

My teens saw the show in NYC last year on school friend trip. They loved the set/special effects but the story was meh, and we've read most of the HP books.

[devonpow]

The show is great - amazing effects and staging. I saw it in previews in London originally and it was one of my favorite theater experiences ever (they hadn’t released the book yet so it was a theater if extreme Harry Potter nerds literally gasping and sobbing and loving everything together. It was incredible). I don’t recommend reading it - reading a play instead of seeing it performed is never very good.

They have truncated the show so it’s only one night instead of two now so I can’t speak to the new version. I think it’s still a neat watch if you haven’t read the books, but if you haven’t seen the movies/know the story I would skip it

[sadie]

I'll let you know next month after we see it!

[joy]

The show in NYC is two parts with a two hour break in between. We got dinner.

The end of the first half was amazing. Loved it.

The rest of the shows? Meh. It reminded me a lot of the epilogue of the last book: saccharine, sentimental, cringey.

[imimahoney]

We are a big HP family and read all the books plus the Cursed Child play.

The show was good, not great. Definitely read the play first or you will be very confused.

The set was cool but the fight scenes were embarrassingly bad. Like it looked like a local production not a major Broadway show.

I know you said it wouldn't be a good fit but for any else, it is worth it... just not amazing IMO.

[dcrunnergirl52]

Nov 5, 2024 17:10:57 GMT -5 joy said:

The show in NYC is two parts with a two hour break in between. We got dinner.

The end of the first half was amazing. Loved it.

The rest of the shows? Meh. It reminded me a lot of the epilogue of the last book: saccharine, sentimental, cringey.

I don't think it's two parts anymore. They've condensed the NY version to one show.

[joy]

Nov 6, 2024 8:05:07 GMT -5 dcrunnergirl52 said:

Nov 5, 2024 17:10:57 GMT -5 joy said:

The show in NYC is two parts with a two hour break in between. We got dinner.

The end of the first half was amazing. Loved it.

The rest of the shows? Meh. It reminded me a lot of the epilogue of the last book: saccharine, sentimental, cringey.

I don't think it's two parts anymore. They've condensed the NY version to one show.

Ah! I was wondering if they had done that. Good move.

[karinothing]

We just saw it this weekend. The set and stage magic was pretty amazing. I agree that the first couple scenes were very bad (I think that is where they mostly condensed the play from two to one).

[lolalolalola]

We thought it was great but we have seen all the movies and read all the books.

[noodleoo]

Nov 6, 2024 15:58:59 GMT -5 karinothing said:

We just saw it this weekend. The set and stage magic was pretty amazing. I agree that the first couple scenes were very bad (I think that is where they mostly condensed the play from two to one).

I really want to go see it! How scary was it? We would have to take the kids and my littlest is 6. Too scary for a 6 year old?

[mswax]

Nov 6, 2024 18:24:06 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

Nov 6, 2024 15:58:59 GMT -5 karinothing said:

We just saw it this weekend. The set and stage magic was pretty amazing. I agree that the first couple scenes were very bad (I think that is where they mostly condensed the play from two to one).

I really want to go see it! How scary was it? We would have to take the kids and my littlest is 6. Too scary for a 6 year old?

noodleoo, I think we live near each other. A high school near us is currently performing this show. It's not too scary for a 6-year-old and MUCH easier than NYC if you are interested. I thought it was very well done. They just added a few more shows, too!

Link to Show & Ticket Info

[noodleoo]

Nov 7, 2024 17:58:59 GMT -5 mswax said:

Nov 6, 2024 18:24:06 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

I really want to go see it! How scary was it? We would have to take the kids and my littlest is 6. Too scary for a 6 year old?

noodleoo, I think we live near each other. A high school near us is currently performing this show. It's not too scary for a 6-year-old and MUCH easier than NYC if you are interested. I thought it was very well done. They just added a few more shows, too!

Link to Show & Ticket Info

OMG thank you so much!!! This would be perfect!

[polarbearfans]

It was really good. The effects were great.

If you haven’t seen it “& Juliet” is a really fun show. It uses pop songs. It was our absolute favorite of all the ones we saw on our NYC trip.

[nicolewi]

Nov 15, 2024 20:44:15 GMT -5 polarbearfans said:

It was really good. The effects were great.

If you haven’t seen it “& Juliet” is a really fun show. It uses pop songs. It was our absolute favorite of all the ones we saw on our NYC trip.

&Juliet is the one I think DD would really like! It is a couple hours away in Dec but not good dates for us