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Harry Potter and the West End Plot Shocker

STAGE TWIST

The crowd was stunned on the first night of previews for J.K. Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’—and not just because an owl got loose in the auditorium.

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LONDON — The most eagerly awaited play in modern theatrical history has begun with a bang, a whizz, and plenty of shocking plot twists.

Just a few hundred people now know what happened to Harry, Hermione, and Ron in the decades after leaving Hogwarts.

All three characters and their children star in...

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