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Peter Pan is a 1950 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up with music and lyrics by Leonard Bernstein; it opened on Broadway on April 24, 1950. [1] This version starred Jean Arthur as Peter Pan , Boris Karloff in the dual roles of George Darling and Captain Hook , and Marcia Henderson as Wendy ...
Peter Pan is a 1954 musical based on J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and his 1911 novelization of it, Peter and Wendy. The music is mostly by Moose Charlap , with additional music by Jule Styne , and most of the lyrics were written by Carolyn Leigh , with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green .
The musical had its world premiere in Danish at the Det Ny Teater, Copenhagen in 1999.. In 2001, it was presented as a concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Julia McKenzie and Jonathan Butterell starring Sheila Hancock as the Storyteller, John Thaw as Captain Hook, Jenna Russell as Mrs Darling, Laura Michelle Kelly as Wendy (with her real-life ...
Michael Llewelyn Davies (16 June 1900 – 19 May 1921) was – along with his four brothers – the inspiration for J. M. Barrie's characters Peter Pan, the Darling brothers, and the Lost Boys. Late in life, his only surviving brother Nico described him as "the cleverest of us, the most original, the potential genius."
Peter Pan, his fellow characters, and the setting of Neverland have appeared in many works since the original books and 1904 play by J. M. Barrie. The earliest were the stage productions of the play, and an adaptation to silent film, done with Barrie's involvement and personal approval. Later works were authorised by Great Ormond Street Hospital, to which Barrie gave the rights to the Peter ...
While Peter Pan has served as a high-flying staple of Broadway revivals and tours since it debuted in 1954, the musical about the boy who could fly has also seen its fair share of criticism ...
Michael Darling may refer to: Michael Darling (Peter Pan) , youngest of the three children in the Darling family Michael Darling (curator) (born 1968), curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Peter Pan Live! is an American television special that was broadcast by NBC on December 4, 2014. The special featured a live production of the 1954 musical adaptation of Peter Pan, televised from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York, starring Allison Williams in the title role and Christopher Walken as Captain Hook.