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'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' to Close at the Curran In September

We thought maybe it would be there forever, but 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' is winding down its lengthy — albeit interrupted — run at the Curran Theater in September after 393 performances.

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'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' Still a Wonder of Magical Stagecraft, If a Little Rushed With the Storytelling

It makes perfect economic sense that the producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child made the mid-pandemic decision that when the show returned to its multiple international stages in late 2021 and early 2022, it would do so as a slimmed down, one-night affair.

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'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' to Return to Curran In January as One-Part, One-Night Play

The Tony Award-winning two-part play 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' is going to return, both to Broadway and to San Francisco, in a revised and much shorter form — with the creative team having worked during the pandemic to turn this into a one-part show.

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Where to Eat Around SF's Union Square Between Harry Potter Shows (or Shopping)

With holiday shopping season in full swing and the two-part Harry Potter show playing at the Curran for the next six months to a year (at least), you could probably use some ideas for when you're stuck and hangry in tourist trap central.

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What You Need To Know (or Brush Up On) To Best Enjoy 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'

While it's not inconceivable that someone who has little or no memory of the movies or never read the books could still enjoy the new play, you'll have a much better time if you know/remember some key facts and people.

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'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' Is a Wild Ride and Dazzling Piece of Theater

Sunday marked the opening day of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the epic, Tony Award-winning, two-part play at The Curran in San Francisco. And in its scale and its own fantastical forms of stage wizardry, it's a production that is difficult to compare to anything else.

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Curran Holds Contest For Front-Row Seats To Opening Day of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'

The producers of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' are staging a scavenger-hunt-style contest for fans on Friday that will potentially win free front-row seats on Sunday and dinner for five lucky, fast-on-their-feet fans.

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Muggles Unite For Harry Potter Trivia, Returning (With Butterbeer) To SF

A photo posted by Harry Potter Trivia (@hptrivia) on Jun 16, 2016 at 2:24pm PDT If you're a regular Hermione Granger when it comes to factoids about the Harry Potter series, you

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Plot-Packed 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' Plays To Adults

It's been almost 20 years since the first novel was released, and fifteen since the first film in the series hit theaters. Those kids who first read those books and saw the movies

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Daniel Radcliffe Shows Off Karaoke Rap Wizardry In 'Real Slim Shady' Rendition

Daniel Radcliffe may be a muggle, but as he's hinted at on Fallon appearances, he does have some tricks up his sleeve. As Vulture informs us, the actor — who probably doesn't love the

SF News

John Avalos Releases Statement on Election Results

After holding out for those uncounted ballots for a couple days, the Avalos for Mayor camp has finally given up the ghost. This afternoon, Team Avalos released a concession letter of sorts. Observe:

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Video: Cal vs. Standford Quidditch

Nerd alert: The Cal Quidditch League faced the Stanford Quidditch team on Sunday at the first ever "Big Sweep" match. Quidditch, for those of you not in the know, is a fictional game

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Video Games Live 2008

Now that we have that out of the way, gaming has become a huge part of culture and has even affected the music industry. Video Games Live 2008 merges the music and gaming

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Sfist Reviews... The Hives

Chris Dangerous (Christian Grahn), the drummer, took the stage first. With his face, but mostly his eyes (Tyra Banks would be proud), Dangerous would look at different spots in the audience and give

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New Tunes Tuesday #5

Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. The rage of fire is completely encapsulated in the first EP with its screaming vocals and huge guitar

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It's Got to Be the <strike>Morning</strike> Afternoon After

Hey, don't forget to play our "Rename Dodger Stadium" contest-- there's only three days left to play! And don't forget to sign in under a name so we know who to give the

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Ruby Rippey-Tourk: Self-Help Scribe?

KGO7's Dan Noyes has it that cocaine-and-booze-free Ruby Tourk has already written two chapters of a hopefully-soon-to-be-published self-help book, which will detail her “‘hitting rock bottom with Newsom after 20 years of alcoholism

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SFJFF: <i>Bad Faith (Mauvaise Foi)</i>

Who woulda thought. . . . we weren’t the only ones not completely immersed in isolation with the final Harry Potter book this weekend... although we did see a couple books neatly tucked under the

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It's Got to Be the Morning After

Brewers 7 Giants 5- There's a scene in the Producers (the original) in which after the play becomes a hit, a forlorn and stunned Gene Wilder goes through receipts of all the shares

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Week Around The -ists

This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going

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Final Harry Potter Book Tranforms Noe Valley Into Diagon Alley

We hate lines and we shy away from new things -- we're definitely a second- or third-generation adopter for tech, and a wait-for-the-paperback guy for books. But we guess this Harry Potter and

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Day Around the Bay

-- 4.2 tremor slightly moves the Bay Area, donuts. [Chron, Yahoo, Examiner, FCJ] -- Ron Russell on Chron business writer David Lazarus' new LA Times gig. [The Snitch] -- One Rincon Hill

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SFist Photo:Local Pottermania Spoiled by the Internets?

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It's Got to Be the Morning After

Giants 4 Cubs 2- See, the Giants score more than three runs and the Giants win, although we use the word"score" loosely as the winning two runs came on a bases loaded

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SFist Photo: The Knight Bus Comes to San Francisco

A few more shots after the jump. All photos courtesy of Mugglewatch.uk