--- description: For the fans who have tickets to see the Harry Potter play set to open in London this summer, author J.K. Rowling says you better be ready to cry title: J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter Play Will Make You Cry image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6850acdfdfad01d8/698864ab2dce019e3b9e5a26/jk-rowling1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # J.K. Rowling: _Harry Potter And The Cursed Child_ Will Make You Cry  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 27, 2016 2:20 PM CUT  Author J.K. Rowling appears at the Empire State Building observation deck during a lighting ceremony and to mark the launch of her non-profit children's organization Lumos, in New York, on April 9, 2015, Author J.K. Rowling appears at the Empire State Building observation deck during a lighting ceremony and to mark the launch of her non-profit children's organization Lumos, in New York, on April 9, 2015,Evan Agostini—Invision/AP  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 27, 2016 2:20 PM CUT For the fans who have tickets to see the Harry Potter play set to open in London this summer, author J.K. Rowling says you better be ready to cry. Responding to a fan on Twitter who asked her if [_Harry Potter and the Cursed Child_](http://time.com/3937408/harry-potter-play/?iid=sr-link6 "undefined") would bring to him to tears, Rowling said, “If it doesn’t, we’ll be checking your vital signs.” > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/736099985935106048) Another fan followed up asking the famous author why she would want to make people cry. “I’m a writer,” Rowling tweeted. “If you’re not feeling, I’m not doing it right.” > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/736105933969952768) The eagerly-anticipated play opens in London on July 30, and the script will be [published in book form](http://time.com/4215336/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-book/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") one day later for those who can’t see it in person. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4350473/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-play-cry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4350473/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-play-cry/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Will Make You Cry","datePublished":"2016-05-27T14:20:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:53:42.022Z","description":"\"If you're not feeling, I'm not doing it right\"","url":"https://time.com/4350473/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-play-cry/","keywords":["Books","london","Theater"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6850acdfdfad01d8/698864ab2dce019e3b9e5a26/jk-rowling1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6850acdfdfad01d8/698864ab2dce019e3b9e5a26/jk-rowling1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"J.K. Rowling","caption":"J.K. Rowling","creditText":"Evan Agostini—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4350473/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-play-cry/","name":"J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Will Make You Cry"}}]}] ```