LONDON (AP) – Producers of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” hope the play will work its magic on Sunday at British theater’s Olivier Awards , where it’s nominated in 11 categories including best new play.
Jamie Parker, who plays a grown-up Harry in the stage sequel to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding saga, is nominated for best actor. He’s up against Ian McKellen for “No Man’s Land,” Tom Hollander for “Travesties,” and Ed Harris for “Buried Child.”
Other nominations for “Cursed Child” include director John Tiffany; Noma Dumezweni, a supporting actress contender for playing the adult Hermione Granger; and supporting actor nominee Anthony Boyle, who plays Slytherin student Scorpius Malfoy.
Best-actress Olivier nominees include Glenda Jackson for “King Lear” and Ruth Wilson for “Hedda Gabler.”
The movie-inspired comedy “Groundhog Day,” which recently opened on Broadway, has eight nominations, including best new musical, at Britain’s equivalent of Broadway’s Tony Awards.