You’ll buy tickets to this parody, an “unauthorized Harry experience,” if you’re a fan of J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard.

If you noticed fewer people playing World of Warcraft or downloading Doctor Who episodes on the weekend, chances are they were at the Comedy Bar for one of four sold-out sets by their nerdy hero, Chris Hardwick.

One of the tests of a stand-up comic is how well they do with a dull audience. Do you give up and blame the crowd? Or do you soldier through and try to win them over? Comics tried both strategies on Thursday night at Yuk Yuk’s Downtown in a show that showed promise but never caught fire. Too bad. Headliner Darcy Michael, who’s performing all weekend, shows great promise.

The dreams of youth can always engage an audience, whether the viewers are young or old.

Praise the theatre Gods, The Book Of Mormon, the most hard-to-get-a-ticket show on Broadway, is coming to Toronto.