*Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which took home the Tony Award for best play on Sunday, welcomes everyone who is lucky enough to score a ticket – except for the current President of the United States.
“No,” Noma Dumezweni, who plays Hermione, said when asked by Variety if Donald Trump should see the show. “Anybody else, yes.”
While the play steers clear of overt politics, Harry Potter fans have drawn comparisons between Trump and the Dark Lord, Lord Voldemort, since the 2016 presidential election.
“I really do believe that’s why it’s resonating at the moment,” Dumezweni said on the red carpet at the Tony Awards. “We, all as human beings, are fighting to be connected. If you’re not seen and not heard, that’s where dangerous stuff happens. That’s where people under the radar do very cruel things.”
The two-part stage play, based on J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard Harry Potter, is set 19 years after the events of the seventh book installment, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”
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