A Very Potter Musical/Sequel

I meant to post this back in July...but I left on my world travels a few days after the sequel was released...

Last year, a group of students at the University of Michigan wrote and performed a musical to the Harry Potter series.  It captures storylines from all 7 books.  It is a spoof, but one that is made to honor the series of beloved books/movies.  They posted it on YouTube so that their families and friends may enjoy it, and instead of just a few viewers, their production became the viral hit of the summer, with well over 2 million views.  They are now a part of the Harry Potter World.

The musical not only is amusing and fun to watch,  the songs are catchy and lively.  Here is the playlist for AVPM:

This summer, the same group (now calling themselves Starkid Potter), brought us A Very Potter Sequel.  Since the first musical covers all 7 books, there really wasn't anywhere to go with this new story...but the guys at Starkid figured that part out, as Lucius Malfoy says in the first scene, there is literally no place let to go forward from here, but we can go back.  With the use of a time turner, we are taken back to Harry's first year at Hogwarts (the first musical took place a few years in). In the sequel, they were able to touch on the things that they had to leave out of the first.  The best scene by far...the quiddich scene!  The way that they portray moving quickly through the air and playing the game is spectacular!  I'll be honest, this one doesn't stand up to the first, the songs aren't an catchy, and one of the scene stealers of the first isn't in this production, Voldy...but it's a great production, and definitely worth watching.  I love that things happen in the sequel that set up for things in the original--like Ron's headband, and his love for snacks.  Here is the playlist for AVPS: