"Peter Pan Live" — Page 26

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

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!

I 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.

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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.."

Are they re-airing it ala SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE? As boring as I found it I'd actually love to re-watch it.

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Ah thank you. Missed the announcement somehow.

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ShakenBaconGirl, there were NO cue cards or teleprompters on the sound stage.

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I made a recap that you can see below!

An Incomplete History of Peter Pan Live!

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Allison as Mary Poppins is an interesting idea.

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Updated On: 12/7/14 at 04:03 PM

She'd have been great as Mary Poppins.

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"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.

First 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!

I 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?