j.k. rowling and the show's stars. tom: for a broadway oping celebration, it was a big event, the latest installment of the "harry potter" franchise, a play that runs five hours and finally made it to broadway that meant a lot to "harry potter" creator j.k. rowling. j.k.: it is the most tconic place ater land. it is nerve-racking, honestly, because you take nothing forgr ted. set 19e new play is years after the last "harrybo potter" ok left off. harry and his comrades are now adults. central to the play is the relationship between harry potter and pis son. is ty accessible to people who don't know much about harry potter? >> it is written that way, so i hope so. there are things that if you haen read all the books and all the films will mean more to you than if you haven't, but the story is very simple father-son story which has a lotf back story to it that you discover through the play. tom: the production began life on the london stage two years ago, where it has been playing to sold-out crowds seven actors from the

j.k. rowling, one of our favorite authors. reese witherspoon. people here to have fun with you today. is only thing you need to do get ready, set, and what? one thing i want to do. i want to thank all of the volunteers who helped put this together. our volunteers working all weekend setting up this amazing event. i want to thank our staff. joe forhaffer and putting this together. they have done an amazing job. we are thrilled to have you here. we will have 30,000 people in our backyard today. and we want every single one of you to have fun, think about living a healthy life, and to get moving. with that, we are going to go over and do a little easter egg roll and reading. we look forward to seeing you all. have fun. and thank you for being here. [applause] >> ♪ >> [indiscernible conversations] president obama: everybody, stay in your lane. get ready. on the whistle. all right. ready, get set. [whistle blows] >> [indiscernible conversations] [applause] president obama: we've got a winner. ♪ >> [indiscernible conversations] [applause] >> ♪ >> [ind

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j.k. rowling famously wrote some of her books while sitting in a cafe with a view of the castle. some draw hamilton turns her sketches into prints and sells limited editions of them at galleries. where he's sitting with a very few outside find out. in a park or in a café it's the face of the castle changes so this is completely different than if i were you thinking and in different kind of town when this vantage point is it just looks like this giant you know placing its way up through the earth looking down at everything. but in brick casal a historical landmark with many facets. it also is europe's famous landmarks we've put together of the ten most popular european ones on instagram and of course they are photo is one of them well the original was certainly not but as fast amenity edition here behind. me with a bit of luck the manager could be your taking part in our competition well it's a really easy opt out of picture on our website showing you in front of your favorite landmark and if you do your name will automatically be entered into our drawer so good luck. you would at

j.k. rowling ofhe harry potter fame to hear that she was once tempted.et's listen to what she told me about it. >> why the initials? >> oh. because my publisher, who published harry potter, they said, we think this is a book that will appeal to boys and girls. and i said, oh, great. and they said, so could we use your initials? because basically they were trying to disguise my -- >> gender? >> gender. obviously that lasted about three seconds. >> it is extraordinary to hear somebody as famous as her think that she once was tempted to take on a man's persona. let me quickly ask you, are boys in school reading the great female novelists? the brontes and all the others, jane austen? >> probably not, probably not. everyone should read things that show you, what is it like being someone else this but you want people to be able to read about other people's lives, whether it's other genders, other races. people living in other countries. especially in this moment of what people are calling the hot takes. i'm the master of the warm take because i want to sort of

j.k. rowling puts in these messages to kids that, you know, sometimes, don't believe everything you read intion of potter heads, they're our audience, mostly 25 to 35. n now, they're parents, carrying on with their own children. >> they get it wrong, as well. >> you have to check out the potter amusement park while you're here. >> someone volunteer to take us around. >> yeah. >> thank you so much. >> pleasure. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> it is epic. >> we have to go now. it'll be like "hamilton." you'll never be able to get? >> we know somebody. >> i'm committing to watching it twice. >> thank you. >> best of luck to you. thank you. >> thanks. >> "harry potter and the cursed child" is playing right now. >> cool. >>> from broadway to bargains, jill's steals and deals straight ahead. discounts on your favorite beauty essentials. let's go shopping. >> ye >> s. mcdonald's proudly introduces our new fresh beef quarter pounder burgers. they're cooked right when you order on our flat iron grill. so they're hot, full of flavor and fantastically juicy. mcdonald's new 100% fresh beef quarter