PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#0PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:12pm
From the fabulous Paul Rubin's journal:
Well, it is confirmed and we are going to NEW YORK CITY for the holiday season. We are looking at a November 30th opening in Madison Square Garden and playing for 5 weeks. More details when I get them.
It might not be a Broadway run, but they are making it to the big city!
CONGRATS, CAST AND CREW OF PETER PAN!
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#1re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:13pmYeah!!! Congrats to the cast and crew for finally making heading my way! :)
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#2re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:16pmAnd then the tour will continue to hit cities around the country.
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ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#3re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:19pm*looks around for CapnHook*
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#4re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:21pmHe knows...he is Paul's webmaster.
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#5re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:34pm
I knew. 
5 week limited engagement at the Garden. Then it'll continue to tour. And then that's it. It's over.
Hopefully, even though it's not a Broadway theatre, the Tony committee will consider it for a "Special." If not, then see about Revival.
"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
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#6re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:38pm
I know he knew, I was just expecting him to make some sort of comment.
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
#7re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:39pm
Well - I was under the impression it wasn't to become public yet. But Paul posted it on his Road section, so it's out. 
"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
MTRBOI24
Broadway Star Joined: 12/11/04
#8re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:41pmThis has been planned for a while, just didnt have dates publicly announced.
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#9re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:46pmNo, a Broadway run was planned.
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#10re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:50pm
Im actually glad this is playing Madison Square Garden and not Broadway.
They'll make more money, and with all respect for Ms. Rigby, this production has been seen in NYC three times already.
Hopefully the next production of PETER PAN that actually plays a Broadway house will be something new.
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#11re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 7:53pm
Could someone explain to me the set up of Madison Square Garden. I thought it was an arena. How do they put on theatrical productions there?
I bet the audience flight will be amazing!
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#12re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 8:00pm
Cathy Rigby DID do a PETER PAN production on an arena stage in 1975.
"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
Updated On: 5/16/05 at 08:00 PM
--Aristotle
#13re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 8:10pmi am guessing that it would be at the theater at madison garden, not the normal part of the garden. But anywho this is exciting! peter pan was my first bway show ever!
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
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#14re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 8:26pmYes, the theatre.
"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
#15re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 8:28pm
oh GOOD!!!
The tour was SO SO SO good!
"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."
jflynn
Chorus Member Joined: 1/29/05
#16re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 8:33pmBway, the Theater at Madison Square is a separate stage where they usually put on A Christmas Carol (musical version). It also hosts boxing and concerts when the Garden is in use.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#17re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 8:33pmI assume this is "The Theater" at Madison Square Garden. Somehow I can't imagine Howard McGillin crawling under the stage floor to get from SR to SL. The backstage area leaves much to be desired.
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sassypanz
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/05
#18re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 8:55pmSeriously I thought Cathy was retiring from Peter Pan. By the way I love Cathy to death!
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#19re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 9:32pmWas not aware that there was a theatre. Thank you. I assume this is where Wizard of Oz was, also?
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BwayTheatre11
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#21re: PETER PAN w/ Cathy Rigby will hit NYC!
Posted: 5/16/05 at 9:46pm
That was already mentioned...
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