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Broadway

Peter Pan (1954)

Opened at Winter Garden Theatre
Opened: October 20, 1954
Closed: February 6, 1955
J. M. Barrie's classic tale of the boy who wouldn't grow up was transformed by director/choreographer Jerome Robbins into one of the world's most beloved and frequently performed musicals. Peter Pan is the leader of a tribe of Lost Boys, but their lives in Neverland lack a loving mother's hand, so Peter brings young Wendy Darling and her brothers to Neverland, where their non-stop adventures involve hungry crocodiles and nasty pirates, commanded by the notorious Captain Hook.
A Musical Version of the Play by James M. Barrie
Music by Mark Charlap
Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh
Additional Music by Jule Styne
Additional Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Scenery by Peter Larkin
Costumes by Motley
Lighting by Peggy Clark
Technical Direction by Richard Rodda
Music Conductor: Louis Adrian
Orchestral Arrangements by Albert Sendry
Incidental Music by Trude Rittman and Elmer Bernstein
Assistant to the Director: Mary Hunter
Directed and Staged by Jerome Robbins
Produced by Richard Halliday

Musical Numbers:

  • Overture
  • Tender Shepherd (Music: Mark Charlap, Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh)
  • I've Gotta Crow (Music: Mark Charlap, Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh)
  • Never Never Land
  • I'm Flying (Music: Mark Charlap, Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh)
  • Pirate Song (Music: Mark Charlap, Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh)
  • Princely Scheme, A (Music: Mark Charlap, Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh)
  • Indians! (Music: Mark Charlap, Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh)
  • Wendy
  • Another Princely Scheme (Tarantella) (Music: Mark Charlap, Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh)
  • Neverland Waltz
  • I Won't Grow Up (Music: Mark Charlap, Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh)
  • Oh, My Mysterious Lady
  • Ugg-A-Wugg
  • Distant Melody
  • To The Ship
  • Captain Hook's Waltz
  • Battle, The (Music: Mark Charlap, Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh)
  • I've Gotta Crow (reprise) (Music: Mark Charlap, Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh)
  • Tender Shepherd (reprise) (Music: Mark Charlap, Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh)
  • I Won't Grow Up (reprise) (Music: Mark Charlap, Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh)
  • Never Never Land (reprise)

Cast:

Wendy Kathy Nolan
John Robert Harrington
Liza Heller Halliday
Michael Joseph Stafford
Nana Norman Shelly
Mrs. Darling Margalo Gillmore
Mr. Darling Cyril Ritchard
Peter Pan Mary Martin
Lion Richard Wyatt
Kangaroo Don Lurio
Ostrich Joan Tewkesbury
Slightly David Bean
Tootles Ian Tucker
Curly Stanley Stenner
Nibs Paris Theodore
Crocodile Norman Shelly
First Twin Alan Sutherland
Second Twin Darryl Duran
Captain Hook Cyril Ritchard
Smee Joe E. Marks
Tiger Lily Sondra Lee
Cecco Robert Tucker
Noodler Frank Lindsay
Starkey Robert Vanselow
Mullins James White
Jukes Frank Bouley
Wendy Grown-Up Sally Brophy
Jane Kathy Nolan
Tinker Bell's Voice Jaye Rubanoff
Pirates: Robert Tucker
Frank Lindsay
Frank Marasco
James White
William Burke
Chester Fisher
John Newton
Arthur Tookoian
Robert Vanselow
Richard Winter
Indians: Robert Banas
Don Lurio
Robert Piper
William Sumner
Richard Wyatt
Linda Dangcil
Lisa Lang
Suzanne Luckey
Joan Tewkesbury
 

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