Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
#0Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:32pm
The tour ends its run in Portland this weekend. As Rigby has said this is her farewell tour, this will be the last time she plays "the boy who wouldn't grow up." According to the tour website, she's played over 2700 performances in the role. I saw her at MSG this winter again, and she was still as enegergetic and spry in the role as she was the very first time I saw her do it. Her flying, which will never be topped, never fails to illicit a "wow" from me, whether I see it live, or on the DVD. I was never alive to see Mary Martin do the role live, so for me, Peter Pan will always be Cathy Rigby. This is no knock to Martin, who is wonderful on the TV production, but Rigby will always be my favorite.
I think she deserves congratulations for all the thousands of children she's made believers out of, during the course of her run. Congratulations to her and the cast. I hope we see her back on Broadway in a new role soon!
Fabrizio2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/20/06
#1re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:33pm
I saw her when I was about six or seven. I don't know.
How old is she?
Fabrizio2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/20/06
#3re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/28/06 at 2:44pmThat's impressive.
#4re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/28/06 at 3:07pmIs this really going to be the last time? It's like Barbara Streisand and Cher. They have said that so many times.
#5re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/28/06 at 3:13pmI saw her back in Feburary and she was spectacular! Got her autograph and som Fairy Dust from her. It was a magical evening.
#6re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/28/06 at 3:34pmShe's never said it was her farewell before. She's done the role on and off since 1991, but has never announced it would be her final time before. She seems very resolute that this will be it.
#7re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/28/06 at 3:54pmYea this run had a lot of "farewell" notices around Christmas-time.
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Guillermo Ugarte
Featured Actor Joined: 9/16/04
#8re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/29/06 at 2:39pmI heard that Harvey Fierstein is taking over the role.
#9re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/29/06 at 2:43pm
I know she should be celebrated for what she has done with the role - for what seems like FOREVER now -
But for those who have seen her, is it at all weird to see a woman who nearly qualifies for senior citizenship to be playing a pre-pubescent boy?
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#10re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/29/06 at 2:44pm
Cathy Rigby has become Peter Pan. When I saw her in the role about a year ago she seemed as fresh and energetic as ever.
#11re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/29/06 at 2:45pmShe was amazing.
#12re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/29/06 at 2:45pmwow for 53 she is sure in good shape. I loved Peter Pan when I was a kid so it was fun to see it live.
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#13re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/29/06 at 2:50pmI saw her iin the role this past summer, and she was absolutely fantastic. She was so energetic, and the role still seemed fresh. I hope her final performance goes well.
#14re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/29/06 at 2:59pm
Well hey then! Yay for Ms. Rigby in Neverland... and her whole family who seem to all be involved in it too. =) Congrats are in order.
Oh how I love theatre... yay for being able to successfully have a 53 year old woman become a prepubescent boy!
Updated On: 5/29/06 at 02:59 PM
#15re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/29/06 at 3:02pmI'm glad someone made this message. I am so sad that she's never going to be Peter again, she WAS Peter to me. She was captivating and inspiring. I'm anxious to see what she'll do next. I <3 Cathy Rigby!
#16re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/29/06 at 3:05pm
To the person who asked about her age...
It's really quite extraordinary, but she's able to pull it off. The moment she flies in, you "believe." I don' know how she does it, but she does. It's a wonderful performance, and thank goodness it was taped for posterity!
Bdwy24
Leading Actor Joined: 8/17/05
#17re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/29/06 at 3:07pmI heard they are in talks to taking the show over to China.... This may not be the farewell performance after all...
defying_gravity2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/05
#18re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/29/06 at 3:28pmI saw her twice in SF two weeks ago, including her final performance there last Sunday. The show was amazing. Cathy Rigby IS Peter Pan. She's phenominal. What she does is incredible no matter her age. Meeting her at the stage door was an experience I'll remember for the rest of my life. Yay for Cathy! :)
Blanche
Stand-by Joined: 10/1/04
#19re: Cathy Rigby flies off to Neverland for the last time today
Posted: 5/29/06 at 4:16pmFirst of all, in this day and age, 53 is not that old. Secondly, I saw her Peter Pan and never for one second was there any doubt that she WAS Peter. She was a forever young, energentic, explosion of talent on stage. I am so glad I got the opportunity to see her in the role.
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