The script of the play will also be released in book form at midnight on July 31, Rowling and Potter’s shared birthday.
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Guests were given badges urging them to #KeepTheSecrets, and Rowling praised the many who had already seen the play but hadn’t revealed the storyline.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now sold out, but another 250,000 tickets are set to go on sale next week as the play’s run has been extended until December 2017.
“Oh my gosh!” said Emily Andrina, “I can’t even believe this is happening right now!”
Young fans at the launch of the latest Harry Potter book.
“It’s probably the only series I’ve ever read in my entire life including through college!”
She said meeting producer Sonia Freedman – whose credits include The Book Of Mormon and Funny Girl – convinced her that “this is the one”.
Midnight book release parties across the country like the one at Barnes & Noble in Fargo are drawing legions of devoted followers.
At midnight, not only have Potter fans of the world woken up to an eighth play-text installment of their beloved series, they have also been flooded with glowing reviews of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child which released yesterday at London’s Palace Theatre.
“(It) chimed perfectly with the material I had about the next generation and I could see it would work perfectly.
Speaking at the gala opening, creator J.K. Rowling said it would give fans something special.
It could more accurately be referred to as another story in the “Harry Potter” universe.
The book has topped Amazon’s best seller list and is the most pre-ordered book at Barnes and Noble since the last Harry Potter novel, “Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows” was released on July 21, 2007.
Asked if the show would head to Broadway, she told the BBC: “I’d love it to go wider than that”.
Hopefully Potterheads enjoy the wonderment while they can, since Rowling has now officially confirmed that Cursed Child will be the final Harry Potter story.
The two-part play stretches over five hours and was co-devised by Rowling, written by Thorne and directed by Tiffany.
HARRY Potter fans were buzzing with excitement Saturday as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a stage play that imagines the fictional boy wizard as a grown-up father of three, opened in London.
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When the circle of induction finally reached J.K. Rowling she said, “I’m Jo…”
