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The stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is still playing in New York and London, but audiences around the U.S. are getting a chance to catch the magical show thanks to the national tour production.

The tour is currently enjoying a lengthy run at Los Angeles’ Pantages Theatre and we caught up with star Emmet Smith, who plays Albus Potter, to learn more about him.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child takes place nineteen years after the events of the final novel in the J.K. Rowling series. When Harry Potter’s head-strong son Albus befriends the son of his fiercest rival, Draco Malfoy, it sparks an unbelievable new journey for them all—with the power to change the past and future forever.

Before landing the lead role in Cursed Child, Emmet had guest roles on TV shows like New Amsterdam, Law & Order, and Blue Bloods. He...

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At the risk of overgeneralizing, why is it that cheapie musicals are so much more charming to watch on screen than they are when some friend invites you to whatever way-off-Broadway show they’ve managed to get mixed up in? Heck, these tiny film projects are often more endearing than the relatively big-budget ones the Hollywood studios produce. I’ll take “Colma” over “Cats” any day, and would watch “Once” ten times before sitting through “Into the Woods” again.

Big and bombastic works great on stage, but tends to look garish and awkward on screen, whereas scrappy tuners somehow feel more sincere when the camera can go in for a closeup, à la “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” and “Hello Again.” That strategy — of letting the actors’ faces sell the emotion behind frequently corny lyrics — saves the day in Jack Danini’s “Ode to Passion,” a micro-budget contemporary rock musical...

Broadway’s Brian d’Arcy James will join the cast of Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman next month, leading a largely new company of replacement players in the primary adult roles beginning Tuesday, Feb. 19.

D’Arcy James will take over the role of Quinn Carney from departing cast member Paddy Considine. The actor is one of 15 new cast members announced by producers Sonia Friedman Productions and Neal Street Productions today.

All of the announced newcomers begin next month except for Orange is the New Black‘s Blair Brown, who takes over the role of Aunt Maggie Far Away from Fionnula Flanagan on Tuesday, April 16.

Others in the February replacement cast are Holley Fain, Emily Bergl, Fred Applegate, Ralph Brown, Sean Delaney, Jack Difalco, Ethan Dubin, Shuler Hensley, Terence Keeley, Collin Kelly-Sordelet, Ann McDonough, Julia Nightingale and Graham Winton.

The production, directed by Sam Mendes, includes 17 main adults, four children, and...