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"Peter Pan Live"
Peter Pan comments and reviews#625
Posted: 12/6/14 at 3:04pm
Finally watched this... not sure what people expected Walken to do, but he delivered exactly what it seemed he was meant to. I still don't get why Peter Pan has to be played by a girl, but barring that Williams was fine. I also enjoyed the swishbucklers and the lost boy toys, especially fun to see Daniel Quadrino and Jason Gotay, just because I've bumped into them at shows/events in the past.
That said, I did construct a backstory how when the kids were gone and her husband was somehow off in another reality being a pirate, a National Geographic photographer knocked on Mrs. Darling's door because he had trouble finding an old chimney he was shooting for a pictorial, and they had this magical connection, and just for a moment she wondered about the life she was living... and could she walk away from it all?
Updated On: 12/6/14 at 03:04 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
Peter Pan comments and reviews#627
Posted: 12/6/14 at 4:12pm
Walken danced like he was recovering from a hip replacement. The Lost Boys looked like they just came from "Spring Awakening". Why on earth did they cast a bunch of twenty-somethings?
However, am watching it again, not sure why!
Peter Pan comments and reviews#628
Posted: 12/6/14 at 4:14pm
Finally watched this... not sure what people expected Walken to do, but he delivered exactly what it seemed he was meant to.
And what exactly was he meant to deliver?
Peter Pan comments and reviews#629
Posted: 12/6/14 at 4:32pmI thought the whole broadcast was "meh". Kelli O'Hara was great in the little on screen time she had. Christopher Walken she be imprisoned for giving one of the most wooden and boring performances I have ever seen and actor give. Overall the whole thing left me cold.
Peter Pan comments and reviews#630
Posted: 12/6/14 at 4:36pm
"Finally watched this... not sure what people expected Walken to do, but he delivered exactly what it seemed he was meant to"
Read lines off cue cards? He was embarrassing. I have seen 16 year olds give better Hook performances. He's an Oscar winner for crap sake and he completely bombed.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
Peter Pan comments and reviews#631
Posted: 12/6/14 at 4:44pm
Funny.
There are valid criticisms to be made. Many made in this thread.
Unfortunately, no one seems to have any desire to do much more than pile on trash talking everything except "Broadway royalty" and seek out more things to trash talk, even the parts that do not merit trash talking, but just because it is "the thing to do.."
Peter Pan comments and reviews#632
Posted: 12/6/14 at 5:48pm
"And what exactly was he meant to deliver?"
A spacey, foppish cad with a lot of awkward pausing and strange line readings, like he's been doing for quite a while now?!
"Read lines off cue cards?"
There were no cue cards, as SNAFU (who was involved with production) said a few posts ago. That is his delivery without reading it. 
I'm sorry if anyone is offended that I enjoyed it... heh.
Peter Pan comments and reviews#633
Posted: 12/6/14 at 5:54pmAre they re-airing it ala SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE? As boring as I found it I'd actually love to re-watch it.
Peter Pan comments and reviews#634
Posted: 12/6/14 at 5:59pm
Yes, on 12/13:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/PETER-PAN-LIVE-Flies-Again-Set-To-Re-Air-On-1213-20141205
Peter Pan comments and reviews#635
Posted: 12/6/14 at 6:03pmAh thank you. Missed the announcement somehow.
Peter Pan comments and reviews#636
Posted: 12/6/14 at 10:40pm
I have just finished watching the show again and this time I enjoyed it much more than I did the first time. Well done NBC!
I really enjoy Live broadcasts and so pleased to be having this added to my collection
Peter Pan comments and reviews#637
Posted: 12/6/14 at 11:07pmShakenBaconGirl, there were NO cue cards or teleprompters on the sound stage.
Peter Pan comments and reviews#638
Posted: 12/7/14 at 11:24am
There are two types of character actor- the virtuosic, who disappears completely into a role, and the more common "character-actor" (note the hyphen), where the character will always be the actor, but the actor's delivery and style is specific enough that that isn't a problem.
Walken may have begun his career as an actor, and maybe even a virtuosic actor, but discovered his fame and fortune when he embraced the Walken "persona" and has not deviated from it since. It helps also that he is rich as hell, and is basically doing this stuff to amuse himself in his old age.
Peter Pan comments and reviews#639
Posted: 12/7/14 at 1:55pm
I made a recap that you can see below!
An Incomplete History of Peter Pan Live!
Peter Pan comments and reviews#640
Posted: 12/7/14 at 3:01pmAlison would make a great Mary Poppins.
Peter Pan comments and reviews#641
Posted: 12/7/14 at 4:03pm
Allison as Mary Poppins is an interesting idea.
Peter Pan comments and reviews#642
Posted: 12/7/14 at 4:34pmAs she got more into the role she showed some more warmth, she didn't seem like a friend though more so a mother or Nanny type figure.
Peter Pan comments and reviews#643
Posted: 12/7/14 at 5:44pmShe'd have been great as Mary Poppins.
Peter Pan comments and reviews#644
Posted: 12/7/14 at 7:01pm
If ABC ever catch on to this it could make a good production but they do have the PL Travers fiasco of them not wanting another adaption, the. Again she gave her blessing on the musical so stranger things have happened.
Updated On: 12/7/14 at 07:01 PM
Peter Pan comments and reviews#645
Posted: 12/7/14 at 7:40pm
"ShakenBaconGirl, there were NO cue cards or teleprompters on the sound stage."
Oh really? I guess people were just being snaky when they said they could tell he was reading from a teleprompter. It really seemed like he was.
Peter Pan comments and reviews#646
Posted: 12/7/14 at 7:45pmCue cards or not, he was staring at SOMETHING off-camera. Perhaps the wall at the back of the soundstage?
Peter Pan comments and reviews#647
Posted: 12/7/14 at 8:58pmFirst of all, let's just agree that this was MUCH better than Sound of Music. But NBC, please get a new director! Everything was so flat. The acting, the singing, everything. Luckily Williams was not as flat as Walken. Walken's dancing wasn't too bad for being 71 years old. Sets were awesome. The trees though? What was up with that. I felt like I was tripping on Acid. Hopefully next year will get better! If they improve every year maybe in 10 years it'll be worthy to go to Broadway!
Peter Pan comments and reviews#648
Posted: 12/7/14 at 9:00pmI was on the set during the final week or so of rehearsals there was not room for teleprompters or cue cards with all the freaking cameras everywhere. Mr. Nowack, he was looking at a place, two stars to the left, a place where time in never planned, it's not on any chart, you must find it with your heart, "Christopher Walken Land!"
Peter Pan comments and reviews#649
Posted: 12/7/14 at 9:20pmI didn't realize you were a part of the production. very cool. Was Christopher doing the same thing in rehearsals? The director didn't tell him his acting choices weren't landing?
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