If you don't plan on seeing it, be advised to mute friends who are seeing it on Twitter and Facebook, because it's all they are going to be talking about. This is one of those shows where at intermission people are going to be torn between grabbing a quick nibble at the concession stand or quickly texting all of their friends to buy tickets for the next performance immediately. The producers recommend it for ages 10 and up. It proves that your imagination is the most captivating place in the world.Ī: It is a musical play with music by Wayne Barker, who received a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award for his work on the piece.Ī: In addition to the 5 Tony Awards (the most of any play of the 2012 season), it was also named one of New York Times, New York Magazine, and New Yorker's Top Ten Shows of the Year.Ī: The show is suitable for younger audiences, but primarily designed for grownups (or grownups who, well, never did). A company of a dozen actors plan more than one hundred unforgettable characters. Below, a few FAQs for those of us who have yet to be star struck:Ī: Peter and the Star Catcher, a grownup's prequel to Peter Pan, is the innovative and imaginative musical play based on the best-selling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Peter and the Star Catcher is a show that probably needs some direct response to a few questions for the uninitiated (me), so we went directly to the producers for some help. It then transferred back to Off-Broadway for another extended run of nearly a year. The entire Off-Broadway cast returned for the Broadway transfer in 2012, where it went on to win 5 Tony Awards (and a total of 9 nominations) and widespread critical acclaim. It then opened to critical acclaim Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2011, where it extended its run. I'm also told the Act One closing scene, while not defying gravity, certainly leaves the audience breathless.ĭisney Theatrical Productions commissioned Peter and the Starcatcher as part of La Jolla Playhouse's Page to Stage Development program.

The play takes audiences on a journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Never Grew Up? The epic origin story is often (favorably) compared to Wicked, not just in the way it imagines what happened before a story we all grew up with, but in the way it magically does so. I've never seen it, but mentioning it to anyone who has brings immediate sparkle to their eyes and what amounts to talking to someone who fondly remembers their first hot fudge sundae. Miller Peter and the Starcatcher soars into the Lexington Opera House for five performances February 6-8.

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