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Jim Dale to Attend Harry Potter Party on July 20

Jim Dale
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
Jim Dale
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Tony Award winner Jim Dale will attend a “Midnight Magic Costume Party” to be held in conjunction with the publication of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the popular series, at 10:30pm on Friday, July 20 at Barnes & Noble Union Square (33 East 17th Street).

Dale has recorded over 200 different voices for the entire series of Potter audiobooks. He received the Tony for playing the title role in Barnum and received Tony nominations for his work in Scapino, Joe Egg, Candide, and The Threepenny Opera.

The film version of the fifth Potter book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, opens tomorrow. It stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, and Gary Oldman.