<Tr> <Th> Setting </Th> <Td> Wizarding world </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Official site </Td> </Tr> <P> Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a two - part stage play written by Jack Thorne based on an original new story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling and John Tiffany . Previews of the play began at the Palace Theatre, London on 7 June 2016, and it officially premiered on 30 July 2016 . </P> <P> In September 2017, it will start playing at Broadway, in the Lyric Theatre in New York . Its cast will be made up of a similar one to the first year on West - End, with actors including Sam Clemmett, Jamie Parker, Anthony Boyle, Noma Dumezweni and Paul Thornley . </P>

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