Harry Potter: The Musical

This is HILARIOUS!

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 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 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.

Seriously, this is well worth your time. To give you a taste, ( here's the first segment )

and ( here's the segment in the graveyard, featuring the Imperio tap-dancing )

Go here and watch it from the beginning. Accio guitar! The dragon! The Zac Efron poster that is actually a horcrux! Voldemort/Quirrell, OTP! PG-13, due to some definitely bawdy bits. Voldemort, Malfoy, Harry and Ron are particularly good. I really laughed a lot. Try it, and you will, too.

Edited to add: Here's a link for watching the whole thing through.