I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
musical_il
Broadway Star Joined: 11/16/04
#0I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:06pmAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm soooooooooo happey!!!
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#1re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:11pm
(I'm assuming you mean in a production)
Congrats! Alas, 'tis a role I could never play, based on the fact I am male (unless males can play Peter, then in which case scratch that) and not too fond of heights lol. But congrats nonetheless!
musical_il
Broadway Star Joined: 11/16/04
#2re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:14pm
Thanks!
And I didn't understand why is the fact that you are male
"stops" you from playing this role...
(And I know that my English is not so good...)
Updated On: 1/14/05 at 03:14 PM
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
musical_il
Broadway Star Joined: 11/16/04
#4re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:18pm
LOL... Shalom to you too! hahahaha...
Toda Raba (thanks...hahaha)
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#5re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:19pmMost of the time, at least here in the States, Peter Pan is played by a female (famously by Mary Martin and Cathy Rigby).
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:20pmNo Toda Raba means thanks very much..... but azma! hehehhe (i learned a lil bit of hebrew when i was in Israel!! I miss it sooo much!)
musical_il
Broadway Star Joined: 11/16/04
#7re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:20pmYes I know... I thought you've talked about any production of Peter...
musical_il
Broadway Star Joined: 11/16/04
#8re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:22pm
WOWWWW you're goooood! hahahahahaha....
Rose is here know... (I don't know her name LOL)
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#9re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:32pm
hehe yep im back, got back yesterday. My name is Rebecca, whats yours?
musical_il
Broadway Star Joined: 11/16/04
#10re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:33pm
Take it!
-What is it?
Soap.
-What can I do with soap?
What everyone is doing with soap- pasting!
hahahahahahah... Tinker-Bell is trying to help Peter
paste his shadow...
musical_il
Broadway Star Joined: 11/16/04
#11re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:35pm
Oh it's youuuuu!!! I'm sooo fool! LOL...
My name? Elad...
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#12re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:38pmHi Elad. I met alot of people with the names Edan and Ilon and Yael..... I made lots of Israeli friends.... you guys are so cool. How old are you?
musical_il
Broadway Star Joined: 11/16/04
#13re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:50pmI'm 16... There is a lottt of "Edan" and "Yael" here... LOL
#14re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 3:56pmBecca and I were in Peter Pan at our Arts Academy...Good times becks....Screw you for making me walk the plank...WHat kind of friend are you.
"How can the small flowers grow if the wild wind blows and the cold snow is all around....and how can the heart survive, can it stay alive, if its love's denied for long?"
musical_il
Broadway Star Joined: 11/16/04
#16re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 6:39pm
Ahem. 
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#17re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 10:41pm
Peter Pan has been played by men.
Robert Johanssen was an impressive Peter at the Papermill Playhouse a few years back and B>D> WOng toured in the role.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
The Grovers Corners Yenta
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/3/04
#18re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 10:45pm
But wasn't it traditionally played by women? I thought
Barrie intended it to be that way. I grew up with the Mary Martin version. To me, she is Peter Pan.
"Friends are the people you chose as family."....Me.
#19re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 10:59pm
OK, here is the deal with PETER PAN:
Yes, J.M. Barrie, the author of the play first produced in 1904, had wanted Nina Bouicault to play "Peter." He also approved of Maude Adams playing "Peter" in his play when Charles Frohman (the producer) took it to Broadway in 1905.
Through the years, it was traditionally played by women. ALL professional productions in the United States and in the UK until the '80s have had female actors play "Peter Pan." The first professional production to have a male play Peter was in the Royal Shakespeare Company's UK production in 1984 I believe. I need to re-check that date.
In 1951, Leonard Bernstein's musical production of PETER PAN premiered on Broadway, starring Jean Arthur as "Peter." In 1954, Mary Martin starred in another new musical version - the one most produced today, including songs "I'm Flying," "I Gotta Crow" and "Never Neverland."
In 1976, another new television musical version was done, starring Mia Farrow. This was only aired once and never again, because it was AWFUL.
EVEN TODAY, after over a dozen revivals to Broadway in the last 100 years, a male actor has never played "Peter."
And there is your history lesson for today.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#20re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 11:03pmMale actors may never have played Peter on Broadway, but they most certainly have done so in regional and touring productions.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#21re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 11:14pm
1982 was the first production in the UK where a male has played "Peter Pan" in a professional production, Miles Anderson.
The only other times a male was "Peter" was in 1906-1911 in the UK at the Duke of York Theatre - where a one-night-only stage reading was done, and was invitation only.
Yes, regional, amateur, and non-professional tours before 1982 had male actors play "Peter," but nothing professional until 1982.
[This only includes the US and UK. Poor/lost records in other countries prevent us for knowing for sure.]
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#22re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 11:19pm
but Capn,
it IS becoming increasingly popluar for males to play the role...
the last stagings by the royal shakespeare company in the late 90s.
the stiles/drewe score was written for a male
dylan trowbridge played peter in canada
"PAN", a new musical, was wtitten for a male in australia
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#23re: I play Peter Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 1/14/05 at 11:21pm
I'm not saying this new fad isn't becoming popular. I simply stated the history and tradition.
The think the future will be WITHOUT female "Peter Pans."
Cathy Rigby will be the last, methinks.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
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