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Tom Felton to Return as Draco Malfoy in Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

He will be the first Potter film star on Broadway in a play that revisits characters nearly two decades after the original series.

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Overview

  • The production opens November 11, 2025 at New York’s Lyric Theatre and runs for a 19-week limited engagement through March 22, 2026.
  • Felton, 37, makes his Broadway debut reprising the role he first brought to life over a decade ago in the Harry Potter films.
  • Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender called his casting a unifying moment for fans of different generations.
  • The play is set 19 years after the book series, depicting Malfoy as a father sending his child to Hogwarts alongside Harry, Ron and Hermione.
  • Felton described slipping into Draco’s wig and costume as a “surreal” and emotional full-circle experience that rekindled childhood memories.