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Interview: 'It's The Most Magical World To Be A Part Of': James Howard On His Seven Years With HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD In The West End

  Interview: 'It's The Most Magical World To Be A Part Of': James Howard On His Seven Years With HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD In The West End Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now celebrating its seventh anniversary in the West End and James Howard, who plays Draco Malfoy, has been with the production since the very beginning. BroadwayWorld spoke with James about his near seven-year-long journey with the hit show since it opened in London in 2016. We discussed what has made him stay with the show for so long, what it is like to welcome a new cast each year, and what it is that makes the show so magical. How did you first get involved in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child? I've been with the show since it opened in 2016, and my first audition for it was back in the winter of 2016. It was a few months before rehearsal started, and it was still obviously top secret at that point. No one had read the script, no one knew what was in the script.  So I had a fir...

Taylor Ham or Pork Roll? Greg Schiano answers the question

  Taylor Ham or Pork Roll? Greg Schiano answers the question It ranks up there with the great issues of our time: Taylor Ham or Pork Roll? And Rutgers Rutgers football head coach Greg Schiano finally threw his considerable clout behind one of the choices. New Jersey, despite its reputation and the bozos on MTV, is a really great state. Situated between two great, historic cities in New York and Philadelphia, the state is filled with Fortune 500 companies, beautiful shorelines and pristine forests and mountains. Sure, we have an edge. And you betta believe it that if we are from New Jersey, we’ve got opinions on some of the great issues that affect our state: Does Central Jersey even exist?  The answer is no, of course, it doesn’t. There is North, and there is South. That’s it. Springsteen or Bon Jovi? C’mon, by every standard it is The Boss. WaWa or 7-Eleven? Not even close, WaWa by a mile.