Revamped Harry Potter and the Cursed

Technology strategist Jahanara Nissar is the managing partner at Lynx Equity Strategies in New York City. A theater enthusiast, Jahanara Nissar enjoys seeing Broadway productions.

One high-profile play that started previews in November 2021 is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. J.K. Rowling, director John Tiffany, and playwright Jack Thorne coauthored the two-part production for its opening in 2018. However, the original two-part play ran five hours and required the purchase of two tickets. The reopened production has been condensed into one evening. It follows Harry Potter and his friends Hermione and Ron on a new adventure nearly two decades after they rescued the wizarding world from certain doom.

With Harry now a father seeing his youngest son off to school at Hogwarts Academy, the “epic epilogue” features intricate dance-like ensemble pieces with capes, wands, spells, and flying demons. The play also traverses a science fiction-meets-fantasy plot that involves an alternative universe and time loops. With reviews characterizing the play as dazzling and immersive but long and convoluted, the new production may hit a streamlined, winning formula.

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An alumnus of Mount Union College, Jahanara Nissar was the Vice President Equities Desk Analyst of Alliance Bernstein in New York between 2012 and 2015. As a technology specialist and desk analyst, Jahanara Nissar has been quoted for his analytical comments and views on the StreetInsider, Business Standard, and Bloomberg.

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