Harry Potter, The Musical!

After watching the Tony Awards show, it seemed to me as if every novel or movie has been made into a musical--Shrek, Wicked, Billy Elliot. The show "Glee" on Fox has already got me hooked with its group of singing, dancing kids who come alive with their love of musical theater. And of course, I'm a complete sucker for SYTYCD. So I was delighted to find these videos, courtesy of Margaret Lyons of EW Online of HARRY POTTER: THE MUSICAL!

StarKidPotter has posted the complete show on YouTube with this introduction:

"Get ready for a musical adventure as Harry Potter and his pals go back to Hogwarts for another year of learning shenanigans! Only this year their wizarding world gets turned on its head when the Dark Lord, Voldemort, comes back from the dead to take his revenge on The Boy Who Lived. Filled with magical fun and original songs by Darren Criss and AJ Holmes, this is a Potter-spectacular that no fan should miss. So take a ride on Voldemort's flying machine and get ready to back to Hogwarts!"

To watch all the clips in order, you can either click here (there are 2 Act and 23 clips in all) or watch them below:

Highlight: Lord Voldemort's tap number "To Dance Again!" Probably a lot of musical theater gags are going right over my head, but I hung around the drama kids in high school, so there are plenty of laughs, as well as a great use of the original HP material (and the fan fic ending is priceless!)

Here's the background of the show itself and the video:

HP the Musical was written and produced in early 2009 by a bunch of college kids/recent grads through a non-profit student-run theatre company. It was a free show that ran for three nights (five performances) and will never be done again... but luckily we taped it so everyone can get a chance to enjoy its magical silliness. The songs were written by Darren Criss (who plays Harry Potter) and AJ Holmes (who plays piano in the band). The script was written by Matt Lang (who also directed the show), Nick Lang (who assistant directed and made the dragon puppet) and Brian Holden (who was busy working at a real job while the rest of us were making a goofy play). The full credits (including actor and tech credits) are at the end of the last video.

HP the Musical was a completely non-for-profit parody show made by Potter-fans for Potter-fans. All of us involved love the books immensely (and strongly encourage everyone to read them if you haven't) and it is with the utmost admiration that we celebrate and poke fun at them with this musical adaptation.

What a bunch of talented people! Talent scouts, agents, where are you?