WEATHER. LETS HEAD BACK INSIDE, GANG.
>> AL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> WHILE IT IS NO SECRET THAT "HARRY POTTER" IS A GLOBALTHAT
"HARRY POTTER" IS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON, THE BOOKS, THE
MOVIES.
>> IS IT REALLY?
>> THE THEME PARK. YOUVE HEARD OF IT, HAVENT YOU?
>> SURE I HAVE.
"HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD" IS COMING ACROSS THE POND
TO NEW YORK CITY.
ALONG WITH JAMIE PARKER, NOMA
NOMA DUMEZWENI AND PAUL
THORNLEY.
>> THEY PLAYED HARRY, HERMIONE
AND RON WITH KIDS IN WIZARDING SCHOOL NOW.H KIDS IN WIZARDING
SCHOOL NOW. THOUGH ITS BEEN 19 YEARS SINCE
AT HOGWARTS, THEYRE STILL
GETTING INTO TROUBLE. THIS WAS A HIT IN LONDON.
NOW, YOUVE BROUGHT IT TO NEW
YORK CITY.
YORK CITY.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE PLAY, IS IT FIVE AND A HALF HOURS?LAY, IS
IT FIVE AND A HALF HOURS? >> IT IS A TWO-PARTER.
>> ITS AN ENDURANCE TEST FOR
ACTORS.
ACTORS. INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE. >> TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.
MATINEE, PART ONE.
EVENING, PART TWO.
>> CAN YOU GO TO ONE OR THE
OTHER?
>> WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY.
>> IDEALLY, GO TO BOTH.
>> YOULL WANT TO SEE ONE AND
THEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE OTHER ONE. YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE OTHER
ONE.
THERE IS A MAJOR CLIFFHANGER.
>> CANT LEAVE A MOVIE HALF
WATCHED.
>> LIKE OVERTIME IN A GAME.
>> A LOT FOR THE ACTORS.
>> I DONT KNOW HOW YOU GOT THE BEAST OF IT, WITH SAM, AS WELL,
BUT STORY TELLING, WHEN YOURE
DOING THE SHOW, YOURE HAVING A
GREAT TIME.
GREAT TIME. >> WERE WIZARDS, YOU KNOW?
>> THIS WAS SO SUCCESSFUL ACROSS
THE POND.
THE POND.
WEVE BEEN WAITING FOR TWO YEARS
TO BRING IT HERE TO BROADWAY.
WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE, TO BRING IT HERE?S IT FEEL LIKE, TO BRING
IT HERE?
>> WEVE BEEN WAITING TWO YEARS, AS WELL.BEEN WAITING TWO YEARS,
AS WELL. >> I NEVER THOUGHT ITD HAPPEN.
>> IT IS THE HOLY GRAIL TO COME
HERE.
HERE.
>> AS AN ACTOR, IT IS, LIKE,
WOW, WE GET TO DO THIS PRODUCTION, AN AMAZING HIT IN
LONDON, AND DO IT AT THE HOLY
GRAIL OF THEATERS, BROADWAY.
IM VERY, VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW.
>> IN A BRAND-NEW THEATER THEYVE COMPLETELY REBUILT JUST
FOR US.
FOR US. EVERYTHING IS BUILT TO FIT.
ITS GORGEOUS.
ITS GORGEOUS. THE RENOVATION IS ABSOLUTELY
AMAZING.
AMAZING.
>> THE WHOLE THING IS AN EXPERIENCE.E THING IS AN
EXPERIENCE.
HOW HAVE THE AMERICAN AUDIENCES BEEN COMPARED TO BRITISHDIENCES
BEEN COMPARED TO BRITISH AUDIENCES?
AUDIENCES?
>> PAUL?
>> PAUL HAS AN OPINION.
>> THEY LIKE LAUGHING AND
CLAPPING A BIT MORE.
>> YES.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
PAUL LIKES A LOT OF CLAPPING AND
A LOT OF LAUGHING.
>> I LOVE IT.
>> OF COURSE YOU DO.
>> YEAH.
>> ITS IDEAL. >> DO THEY LAUGH AND CLAP IN A
GOOD WAY, OR IS IT KIND OF --
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. YOU KNOW, ITS FOR THE
CHARACTERS.
CHARACTERS.
IT FEELS LIKE -- WE SAID IT FELT LIKE A 20 YEAR REUNION CONCERTLT
LIKE A 20 YEAR REUNION CONCERT OR SOMETHING WHEN WE FIRST TURP
TURNED UP.
TURNED UP.
IT IS SETTLIN NOW.
THERE IS THE ANTICIPATION AND
THE EXCITEMENT.
THEYRE HERE FOR NO OTHER REASON
THAN TO GET THE STORY.
>> LETS GEEK OUT A SECOND. THIS TAKES PLACE 19 YEARS AFTER
BOOK SEVEN ENDS, RIGHT?
HARRY POTTER IS GROWN UP NOW.
I REPRESENT THE 0.1% OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NOT READ ANY OF THE
BOOKS.
BOOKS.
>> YAY.
>> SORRY.
>> DO I KNOW YOU?
>> IF I COME TO THE PLAY, AND I
AM COMING, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO
BE BIGGER THAN "HAMILTON," WILL I WALK INTO THIS PLAY AND BEILL
I WALK INTO THIS PLAY AND BE LOST?
LOST?
>> NO, NO, NO. >> THE BENCHMARK, DOESNT KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT, CAME AND
WENT, I LOVE IT.
DOESNT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
HARRY POTTER.
HARRY POTTER. YOULL BE FINE.
>> I STARTED AS YOU, AS WELL.
I DIDNT KNOW.
WHEN I FIRST HEARD OF THE
PROJECT, I DIDNT KNOW THE FINAL
BOOK FINISHED 19 YEARS LATER,
AND THIS WAS PICKING UP FROM THE
END OF THE LAST BOOK.
>> THATS WHATS COOL ABOUT IT.
IT IS A WHOLE NEW STORY.
EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE -- I MEAN,
THEY CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE
CHARACTERS, IM SURE.
IN SOME WAYS, IT IS OVERWHELMING AND INTIMIDATING.IS OVERWHELMING
AND INTIMIDATING. YOU ARE TELLING A NEW STORY.
>> THATS THE JOY.
THATS WHY THIS IS OUR STORY IN
THEATER FORM, A DIFFERENT
VERSION.
VERSION.
>> THATS WHAT YOU HEAR IN THE AUDIENCE, THESE GASPS, THETHE
AUDIENCE, THESE GASPS, THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION AND THE
REVELATIONS THAT HAPPEN IN THE
PLAY.
PLAY.
>> WHEN YOU SAY YOU HAVENT SEEN IT, IT IS A BRILLIANT THING.EEN
IT, IT IS A BRILLIANT THING. YOULL BE SITTING WITH PEOPLE
WHO GO, I KNOW WHAT THEYRE
TALKING ABOUT.
TALKING ABOUT.
>> I AM A FATHER.
THIS IS A STORY OF PARENTS AND
THEIR CHILDREN, TOO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> IT REALLY IS. >> NOT ALWAYS SMOOTH SAILING, IS
IT?
IT?
>> NO, NOT SMOOTH SAILING. >> THATS WHAT HARRY IS GOING
THROUGH, ABSOLUTELY.
THROUGH, ABSOLUTELY. >> J.K. ROWLING PUTS IN THESE
MESSAGES TO KIDS THAT, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES, DONT BELIEVE
EVERYTHING YOU READ IN THE
NEWSPAPERS.
NEWSPAPERS.
SOMETIMES, PARENTS MAKE MISTAKES., PARENTS MAKE
MISTAKES. THESE TOUGH LESSONS TO LEARN.
THE ORIGINAL GENERATION OF
POTTER HEADS, THEYRE OUR
AUDIENCE, MOSTLY 25 TO 305.
NOW
NOW
NOW, THEYRE PARENTS, CARRYING ON WITH THEIR OWN CHILDREN.NG
ON WITH THEIR OWN CHILDREN. >> THEY GET IT WRONG, AS WELL.
>> YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT THE
POTTER AMUSEMENT PARK WHILE
YOURE HERE.
YOURE HERE. >> SOMEONE VOLUNTEER TO TAKE US
AROUND.
AROUND.
>> YEAH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> PLEASURE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT IS EPIC.
>> WE HAVE TO GO NOW.
ITLL BE LIKE "HAMILTON."
YOULL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET?
>> WE KNOW SOMEBODY.
>> IM COMMITTING TO WATCHING IT
TWICE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS.