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This Year's NBC Musical...#200
Posted: 1/20/14 at 4:43pmWhy would there need to be changes made to the book?
This Year's NBC Musical...#201
Posted: 1/20/14 at 5:36pm
We have to agree to disagree. I believe that the presentation will be a spectacle lavish performance. But I don't believe it will be successful, especially when it
comes to viewers rates.
This Year's NBC Musical...#202
Posted: 1/20/14 at 5:38pmRegards casting, I think that Marc Kudish or Brent Barrett will be good as Hook.
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This Year's NBC Musical...#203
Posted: 1/20/14 at 6:23pm
"But I don't believe it will be successful, especially when it
comes to viewers rates."
Why? Elaborate, please.
This Year's NBC Musical...#204
Posted: 1/20/14 at 7:00pm
I know this already has been said before, but as answer to a question I was asked.
Peter Pan is not that known as a musical. Its based on a fairy-tale.
I personally think that a number of viewers come with first and foremost
the title and than a name of a celebrity, like what happened with Sound
of Music.
Updated On: 1/20/14 at 07:00 PM
This Year's NBC Musical...#205
Posted: 1/20/14 at 7:06pm
Watching the 1960 broadcast with Mary Martin, there is a musical number where
Peter pretends to be a dame with some high soprano notes. I wonder how this will be
handled by a masculine's vocal ability?
This Year's NBC Musical...#206
Posted: 1/20/14 at 7:08pmI imagine that will be replaced by the more recognizable Marooners rock scene.
This Year's NBC Musical...#207
Posted: 1/20/14 at 7:08pmCathy Rigby has been doing the show for decades without that number, so it shouldn't be a problem.
This Year's NBC Musical...#208
Posted: 1/20/14 at 7:13pmHas it been confirmed that they definitely want a male Peter or are people just speculating?
This Year's NBC Musical...#209
Posted: 1/20/14 at 8:04pm
Just finished watching both the 1960 NBC broadcast and the Cathy Rigby version.
Couldn't help noticing the changes between the two presentations. Good question
would be which version would they go for?
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This Year's NBC Musical...#210
Posted: 1/20/14 at 8:11pmWhichever version they get the rights for. Seeing as Rigby owns her version, they would most likely have to bring her on as a Producer. Not sure if I see that happening... Then there's the original version, which just transferred from Samuel French to MTI.
This Year's NBC Musical...#211
Posted: 1/20/14 at 8:13pmI don't think Peter Pan will be as successful as The Sound of Music but it will still be successful. I mean we don't even know who they've casted yet. Carrie Underwood brought a ton of viewers and if they can get someone like that then they can be successful again. I just don't know who they can get. My picks would be Nick Jonas for Peter and Hugh Jackman for Hook. Not saying that's gonna get a ton of viewers but we'll see.
This Year's NBC Musical...#212
Posted: 1/20/14 at 8:19pmIt wouldn't be out of the ordinary to see Adam Levine involved
This Year's NBC Musical...#213
Posted: 1/20/14 at 8:27pmI really hope they do Cathy Rigby's version, the original version just does not make sense in many ways. It worked for the time but now it's just outdated. There is no reason for Liza to go to Never land, the dancing animals and trees is just weird, the indians are just boring (The dance is awesome in Cathy Rigby's version), and the mysterious lady song has no reason to be sung by a boy who doesn't grow up. There are other things that I can't remember now. I'm not saying I don't like that version I just immensely prefer the Cathy Rigby libretto.
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This Year's NBC Musical...#214
Posted: 1/20/14 at 9:01pm
Funny, I love the 'mysterious lady' song. It's just so ridiculously silly and helps build up the big clash at the end for Peter and Hook. But that's just me.
Oh, and I second whoever suggested Tom Hiddleston for Hook. He's already voicing the role for a Disney movie, but it would be a lot of fun to see him take on the whole shebang.
Last thought: is the Cathy Rigby version available for viewing online? I've only seen the Mary Martin version and a local production, which used the "Uga Wuga".
This Year's NBC Musical...#215
Posted: 1/20/14 at 9:07pmIt's all on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSMCSaDF2Ps
This Year's NBC Musical...#216
Posted: 1/20/14 at 9:22pmI for one think it will do just fine in the ratings. There is such a nostalgic childhood love for this show, no matter what Peter Pan you grew up with. Perfect holiday Family TV viewing.
This Year's NBC Musical...#217
Posted: 1/20/14 at 10:15pm
Like The Sound of Music, I hope that this particular Peter Pan version will get preserved in its original stage form.
Like I stated earlier, this evening I watched both the Rigby and 1960's version,
and although I felt the Rigby's version was way much better than the NBC telecast
in the 60s I do hope that the original will be done again.
This Year's NBC Musical...#218
Posted: 1/20/14 at 10:34pm
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/01/19/nbc-peter-pan-amy-poehler-bob-greenblatt/4647921/
I totally agree that Zac Efron would be great in the role of Peter.
This Year's NBC Musical...#219
Posted: 1/20/14 at 10:52pmZac Efron has tried to move away from this type of thing. This would be a step backwards for his career, at least I guess that's how he would see it. Won't happen.
This Year's NBC Musical...#220
Posted: 1/21/14 at 12:03am
I still think it's insane that we're discussing A-list young male stars as possibilities for Peter. Unless the young male star is openly... effete like Chris Colfer, what agent or manager in his right mind would put them up for the role?
It's too bad Michael Jackson isn't around. He would have been delightful. Ahem.
This Year's NBC Musical...#221
Posted: 1/21/14 at 12:36amI still think the visible wires and actors in dog and crocodile costumes is going to look ridiculous for a television production in 2014. The two times this was done in the past they were based on stage productions so it was somewhat acceptable and the Rigby production even digitally removed the wires. This is a completely new production made specifically for television and I fear that it will look too unrealistic.
This Year's NBC Musical...#222
Posted: 1/21/14 at 12:37am
I still think it's insane that we're discussing A-list young male stars as possibilities for Peter. Unless the young male star is openly... effete like Chris Colfer, what agent or manager in his right mind would put them up for the role?
I completely agree.
This Year's NBC Musical...#223
Posted: 1/21/14 at 11:29am
I still think it's insane that we're discussing A-list young male stars as possibilities for Peter. Unless the young male star is openly... effete like Chris Colfer, what agent or manager in his right mind would put them up for the role?
My initial instinct is also to agree with this. And its not the idea of a young male actor playing Peter Pan, it's the idea of a young male actor playing Peter Pan in the Styne/Charlap musical of PETER PAN which was very specifically composed for the 1954 sensibilities of a woman playing the role. It's possible that there could be a young male actor who could pull it off beautifully, but I would be initially skeptical that the 'gay' (in the traditional sense of the word) sensibility of songs like "I've Gotta Crow" and "I'm Flying" would, by contemporary audiences seem 'gay' in the modern sense of the word when assigned to anything other than a woman or pre-pubsecent boy, and its hard for me to think of any male child star with enough clout to ensure the bonanza ratings to justify it.
Especially when you think about all the A-list female stars out there who could conceivably pull it off. I could see Amy Adams, Ann Hathaway, Renee Zelwegger, Anna Kendrick, Jennifer Lawrence, etc. all potentially being delightful in the part and not at odds with the tone of the score.
I also continue to believe that no amount of 'goosing' up the special effects or production values is going to make the Charlap/Styne version of PETER PAN seem anything other than what it is - a wonderfully, old fashioned, highly 'theatrical' stagebound version of the story.
Why fight that? Nana is going to be a man in a dog suit. What could they possibly do to make the 1954 musical version of PETER PAN more 'hip' or realistic? Why would they even want to try? Since this is the version of the story they've committed to producing, I think they'd be wise to simply embrace it.
NBC completely embraced everything about THE SOUND OF MUSIC that was old fashioned and did nothing to try to gloss over that it was a television adaptation of a play. If anything they seemed to celebrate it - from the design, the videography, the direction and the casting of much of the supporting cast. They may have taken criticisms for the execution of something so 'stage bound' in the after fact - but what does that matter? It didn't keep huge numbers of viewers from watching the entire telecast as it was happening-- in fact, perhaps the feeling that THE SOUND OF MUSIC live was unique, old fashioned and not an overly polished television film was ultimately part of what kept viewers tuned in. The executives won't fail to notice that.
Updated On: 1/21/14 at 11:29 AM
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This Year's NBC Musical...#224
Posted: 1/21/14 at 7:26pmIf Nolan Gould was not busy with 'Modern Family' I'd like to see what he could do with the role. I just don't think Chris Colfer is the best actor or singer. All he's been lately is overrated.
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