He Can Fly! Jesse Tyler Ferguson Auditions for PETER PAN, LIVE!

By: Aug. 02, 2014
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It seems that Jesse Tyler Ferguson hopes to be a movie musical star in the near future.

The Broadway vet and Modern Family star recently posted a funny video of his PETER PAN, LIVE! audition- with flying and everything!- to his Instagram (Instagram.com/JesseTyler).

Check out the video!

BroadwayWorld.com reported this week that the title role will be played by Girls star Allison Williams, who joins a previously announced Christopher Walken as Captain Hook.

The original Broadway production of "Peter Pan," directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins and featuring the iconic songs "I'm Flying," "I've Gotta Crow," "I Won't Grow Up," and "Never Never Land," opened on Broadway in 1954. The show had a book by J.M. Barrie and a score by Mark "Moose" Charlap & Carolyn Lee, with additional songs byJule Styne & Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

It starred Mary Martin as Peter and Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook, both of whom won Tony Awards for their performances. While Martin earned a Tony playing Peter on Broadway, other actresses have taken on the role for different Broadway productions. Sandy Duncan was the title character in the 1979 stage version and Cathy Rigbyportrayed Peter throughout the 1990s on the Great White Way.

Martin and Ritchard reprised their Broadway roles in a live telecast of the production which aired on NBC in 1955. The production was so popular that NBC followed it in 1956 with a second live telecast -- and in 1960 with a videotaped version, both also starring Martin and Ritchard. The 1960 videotaped version was rebroadcast in 1963, 1966 and 1973 and was released on home video in 1990.



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