This Harry Potter Spoof Is a Huge Hit. J.K. Rowling Could Learn From It.

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This Harry Potter Spoof Is a Huge Hit. J.K. Rowling Could Learn From It.
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How a goofy, semi-improvised show, put on for two weeks at a tiny comedy club, became a student-theater powerhouse.

of the most-performed plays in American high schools, and on last year’s list, it placed ahead of such standbys asAdvertisement

When my daughter, a onetime Potterphile now annoyed by late-period Rowling, heard her high school was performing, she was at first disappointed by the choice. I remember her saying, “It just seems like a dumb comedy.” But she tried out anyway, landing an ensemble role . “Once my friends were performing it with me in front of an audience, it made the jokes better,” she said.

Does that sound familiar? Because that is now my ACTUAL life. And THAT kid, through some incredible circumstances always becomes likeAHH! Magic is real, and this orphaned boy wizard is ready for seven years of amazing adventures!Eventually the boy in front of him politely excuses himself, because he is Harry Potter and he has to go get Sorted.

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