"Peter Pan Live"- Page 18
"Peter Pan Live"
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
-#425
Posted: 12/4/14 at 10:58pm
This is a professional production, he should have been great the ENTIRE time.
Updated On: 12/4/14 at 10:58 PM
-#426
Posted: 12/4/14 at 10:58pm
OMG it's finally ova 3 hours of bad musical theater adapted for TV that just did not work! NBC must not be happy... Poor producers and directors must be hiding knowing how bad it was.
I give it a D but an A for Kelli.
-#427
Posted: 12/4/14 at 10:58pm
All my snark aside, congrats to the cast and crew. It definitely takes guts to put yourself out there like this and spend so much time perfecting a show for just 1 performance in front of an audience of cameras.
I hope Williams and Walken have a safe drive to the bank!
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
-#428
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:00pmI enjoyed Driver's appearance at the end. In most versions of the story Tinker Bell does not live to see Jane. That was an interesting little twist.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
-#429
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:00pm
It got the ratings and buzz it was looking for.
Loved Christian, Kelli (you know, the people who should be doing a live musical), the sets, and the plank.
Updated On: 12/4/14 at 11:00 PM
-#431
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:02pmI loved Kelli, Christian, Minnie Driver, the hot pirates and indians...the children...the dog who played Nana...lol and Tiger Lily....
-#432
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:02pmThis was a mess. Peter Pan wasn't simply a good choice. Congrats to the cast and crew! Hopefully, MUSIC MAN & even Grease will be miles better. PLEASE, NBC. Either hire Broadway actors or Hollywood people who can actually sing and act without looking out of it, for the leads
-#433
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:03pm
High marks for Christian, Kelli, the ensemble, and set design. Hardy cheers for Taylor Louderman. I'm sorry your wig was ugly, but you were not.
-#434
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:04pmMost live versions of normally filmed TV shows are done twice for the East and West coasts. Are they doing this live again, or will the West get it live on tape?
-#435
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:06pmI predict that 14 million people tuned in. What are your predictions?
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
-#436
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:08pm
High marks for Kelli. Borle. Barrie (still; hard to mess with that ending)
The audience? Who thinks 8-11 is suitable for young children on a Thursday night? One of the reasons the original soared: children were at the center of the total experience. If that was true tonight, great. Some of us didn't feel it.
But maybe it made fans of the show, of musical theater, or of staying up past 9:30. Everyone certainly worked hard.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
-#437
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:09pm
I shed quite a few tears this evening. The scenes in the nursery came off very well. "Tender Shepherd," "Never Never Land," and "I'm Flying" enchanted anew. The plea for Tinkerbell was as moving as ever. I loved the reunion of the children and parents; the scene with grown-up Wendy was beautiful. The color was marvelous. The underscoring was touching.
Most of all, it was a joy to hear once again those wonderful songs, as fresh and as winning as ever. What a terrible shame that the spoilsport(s) had to come along and deprive us of songs like these forever, to the everlasting misfortune of our musicals and theatregoers everywhere.
The most painful part of the broadcast was encountering the commercial for that ghastly item about to pollute our screens come Christmas day.
An unwelcome reminder of where we've come from the likes of Peter Pan.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
-#439
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:11pm
Sorry to everyone else, but I take After Eight's recommendation above all, so I guess I'll be watching this sooner than I thought. Not tonight though, because it ends and 11:00 and I'd like more than 6 hours sleep
Updated On: 12/4/14 at 11:11 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
-#440
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:13pm
RW3, the album comes out December 16
http://castalbums.org/recordings/Peter-Pan-2014-TV-Soundtrack/28458#45501
-#441
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:13pmHave there always been Christmas decorations in Peter Pan? Or was that added since NBC sold this as a "holiday special?"
-#442
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:13pmYou're going to watch this on AfterEight's recommendation? Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! That fool wouldn't know taste if it ran up to him and slapped him across the face!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
-#444
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:14pmBorle was obviously one of the highlights tonight since he's a professional.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
-#445
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:15pm
CarlosAlberto, from what I've read of his/her/their posts, I agree with him/her/them on most counts, and I think he/she/they has/have great taste. Opinions that differ from yours are no less worthwhile.
Updated On: 12/4/14 at 11:15 PM
-#446
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:15pmI bet the writers next door at SNL are thanking the heavens for tonight's broadcast. Easy material for tomorrow?
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
-#447
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:15pm
Well AfterEight, I disagree with you about tonight's broadcast, and I remain befuddled by your lack of excitement for Into the Woods. I know you aren't much of a fan of anything written before 1970ish (let alone Sondheim in general), but come on, Woods looks beautiful and sounds gorgeous.
EDIT I had to drop a can't and add a but. I misread aftereight's review and thought he hated it. oops.
Updated On: 12/4/14 at 11:15 PM
-#448
Posted: 12/4/14 at 11:17pm
It was delightful from start to finish. Williams is already a HUGE improvement over Carrie what's-her-face and Walken was Walken and that is awesome. The new material that was added made it feel complete (and not awkward) and I liked the treatment of "Distant Melody" even tough I prefer the original.
Borle, O'Hara, the actress playing Tiger Lily etc did a really good job of doing a live broadcast of a musical. I only wish the best of luck for NBC's upcoming THE MUSIC MAN for this is a really good tradition to start since THE SOUND OF MUSIC last year.
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