I finally saw PETER & THE STARCATCHER Today

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/4/12 at 9:34pm

I saw the matinee today and just stopped crying about a half hour ago. Why didn't anyone ever tell me how good this was?!?!

[little_sally]

Posted: 11/4/12 at 9:48pm

Saw it for a third time yesterday and it never fails to blow me away. The best thing on Broadway right now.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 11/4/12 at 9:48pm

...it's pretty wonderful.

I saw it at the NYTW and then again on Broadway. Enchanting, hilarious, magical, magical, magical.

Glad you had the chance to fall in love with it.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/4/12 at 10:02pm

I was a weeping mess! I want to go back a thousand times before it closes.

[saisai]

Posted: 11/4/12 at 10:07pm

I agree! I saw it twice and don't understand why it doesn't do better in ticket sales.

[little_sally]

Posted: 11/4/12 at 10:10pm

I also want to say that compared to what I saw back in August, Matthew Saldivar has really grown into his role. He's really upped the camp level and is just hilarious.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 11/4/12 at 10:11pm

I love re-watching the video that was shot during rehearsals for the show when it was at the NYTW. Hearing them talk about the creative process and seeing them make magic.

Try to search for it (I believe one of the videos was shot by Andrew Keenan-Bolger?)

[NYadgal]

Posted: 11/4/12 at 10:14pm

The show has blossomed in wonderful says since it's early days.

Here's the video I was mentioning
PATSC rehearsal video

[NYadgal]

Posted: 11/4/12 at 10:24pm

Jordan,
Here's one of the early threads on PATSC - in case you want to read what others were saying when it was at NYTW
Peter and the Starcatcher

[secondstar2theright]

Posted: 11/4/12 at 11:13pm

Yay!

PATSC does not get enough love around here.. *sadface*

[Kad]

Posted: 11/4/12 at 11:27pm

It got a lot of love, back in the spring!

[TheatreKid3]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 1:16am

I still think it got robbed for Best Play.

[uncageg]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 1:35am

TK3, I agree. I thought it was brilliant. Claybourn Park was to full of itself and tricked you into thinking you just saw something " important". JMO

[Kad]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 1:49am

I agree with you there. I know that opinion is in the minority, but I found Clybourne Park merely adequate entertainment at best.

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 2:35am

I saw all 4 of the best play nominees last season and Clybourne Park was by far my least favorite. I absolutely adored Peter and the Starcatcher, magical really is the best way to describe it. I saw it twice with Borle and was completely enchanted both times.

[ChairinMain]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 3:15am

Thank God it's going to tour/live a long life in regionals. Going from the White Way too soon. Maybe if it moved back off-broadway it could have a longer run?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 6:17am

Glad you liked it, too, Jordan! I was about to get away tear free, when I heard a 9 year old sob behind me. Then I lost it.

I got to see it twice, and loved it beyond words. So "theatrical".

I, too, will never understand how it won just about everything else it was nominated for, but failed to get the Best Play nod.

[winston89]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 9:24am

I think that this was truly magical. This past season was the first time that I saw all the plays that were up for the Tony. I have to say that Peter was the best one of the bunch. And, one of the most magical things that I have seen in a long time play or musical.

I am sad that this is closing soon. However, I think that for a play with an open ended run, it did rather well.

[little_sally]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 9:49am

I'm also beginning to think Celia deserved the Tony too. I thought Judith Light was great in ODC but Celia is just fantastic in Peter.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 9:52am

I still think that Tony's rightful owner is Judith but Celia was so wonderful in this. I'm very excited that they're making a film out of this since film will only help to add more magic to the story and more tears, I'm sure. Lol

[secondstar2theright]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 11:00am

I never saw the other plays up for Best Play, but when I first saw this in August, I had to Google the results at intermission because I couldn't remember if Best Play was one of the awards they won.

I'm not entirely sure about my feelings about the movie yet. Part of me says I will hate it because all of that theater "magic" of ropes and yellow gloves etc. will not be in the movie, but the other half is thinking, omgaahh I can watch it over and over and it'll be more accessible!

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 11:33am

This thread is really making me reconsider what I want to see in NY at Christmas!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 11:45am

Oh, you have to see it. It's better than pretty much anything else playing on Broadway right now.

[Kad]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 12:15pm

It's the rare production that makes you remember why you love going to, or working in, the theatre.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/5/12 at 12:45pm

You cried?! I don't think I felt any sort of emotion or anything. Hm.