'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' to become third-longest-running Broadway play in history

The stage sequel to J. K. Rowling's book and film series has performed at the Lyric Theatre since 2018, winning six Tony Awards including Best Play that year.

Talk about a golden trio. On September 1, 2025, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will play its 2,328th performance at the Lyric Theatre and become the third-longest-running non-musical play in Broadway history.

It will surpass Abie's Irish Rose, which played 2,327 performances between 1922-27. Harry Potter still trails Tobacco Road (3,182 performances between 1933-41) and Life With Father (3,224 performances between 1939-47) as the second-longest-running and longest-running play, respectively.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has played at the Lyric Theatre since 2018, making it the longest-running show in the venue's history, following a hit world premiere in London's West End in 2016. The Broadway production won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, and has since set the Guinness World Record as the highest-grossing non-musical play in Broadway history, with over $430 million total sales and over 3.5 million tickets sold.

A sequel to J. K. Rowling's book and film series, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child follows Harry Potter's son Albus and Draco Malfoy's son Scorpius as they become friends at Hogwarts and go on a time-traveling adventure. But when they accidentally mess with history, the original Golden Trio, Malfoy, and others must step in to save the Wizarding World once again. Jack Thorne wrote the play from a story co-conceived by Rowling, Thorne, and John Tiffany.

As previously announced, Harry Potter film star Tom Felton will reprise his role of Draco Malfoy in the Broadway show from November 11, 2025 to May 10, 2026. The current cast includes Matthew James Thomas as Harry Potter, Rachel Christopher as Hermione Granger, Daniel Fredrick as Ron Weasley, Sarah Killough as Ginny Potter, Alex Serino as Albus Potter, Aaron Bartz as Draco Malfoy, Erik Christopher Peterson as Scorpius Malfoy, Ayanna Nicole Thomas as Rose Granger-Weasley, and Kristen Martin as Delphi Diggory.

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