PINK would be perfect for PETER PAN!- Page 2

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 4:50pm

Why does Beyonce have to be Tiger Lily? Why can't she be Mrs. Darling/Adult Wendy?

[DAME]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 4:51pm

I hope they stick with tradition and that Peter is played by a girl.

[DAME]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 4:52pm

RUPAUL would be a great Tiger Lily.

[jbroadway4]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 5:47pm

.Pink as Peter Pan (If they choose a girl)
.Ariana Grande as Wendy

[whatacharacter]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 8:14pm

How about Norm Lewis for Hook? He would bring in the "Scandal" fans.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 8:33pm

Superstars. Superstars. Superstars. And Norm Lewis is not a superstar.

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 8:36pm

One superstar, two or three tv favorites with theatre experience, and a handful of theatre folk to round it out. That was the recipe last year at least.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 8:36pm

The network is going to follow the exact same plan-one big name as Peter and pepper the supporting cast with Broadway vets who can really sing and dance and are comfortable live. They need to not break the bank. They will need to find a young man with large appeal and who can really sing live-being able to sing live might be a tall order with all the autotuning going on.

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 8:39pm

Moyer and Audra were theatre vets but much better known for their television work on huge hit shows. Safe picks but audience drawing ones.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 8:41pm

I do not think they will find their superstar in Peter. I think they will find a popular talent who appeals to a wide audience, but that is much different from a "superstar." As many have suggested, Captain Hook is the PERFECT opportunity for a A-list superstar such as Hugh Jackman.

[DAME]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 8:48pm

Not sure why some of you are insisting they will cast a man as Peter. Why wouldn't they honor the tradition in the piece?

Updated On: 1/29/14 at 08:48 PM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 9:00pm

Besides the fact that Norm Lewis isn't a superstar, he appears on an ABC show. There's no way NBC would hire him.

And Dame, the producers stated in an article (linked in one of the other threads) that they were specifically looking for a male to play Peter.

[DAME]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 9:04pm

Oh I did not see that. Yuck.

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 9:09pm

Audra McDonald is an ABC star as well, with two shows to her name there and no major NBC connections that I know of yet.

[DAME]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 9:14pm

@Adam.. so sorry. It might be right under my nose. But I don't see anywhere where it says they want a boy. I googled and all it says is that one of the producers joked about casting Miley Cyrus. Can you throw me a link to where you read that? Probably here somewhere.. but I can't find it.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 9:29pm

Dame- here is a link to the article in the Hollywood Reporter in which Greenblatt says the role of Peter will "likely" go to a male actor. But other press at the same time indicated that no actors had yet been approached so I'd say anything is possible and the possibility of a female star (of which there are many more viable options) shouldn't be ruled out yet...

http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/entry/view/id/26890

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 9:30pm

Here's one.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 9:30pm

MB beat me to it (with some additional wise commentary).

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 9:37pm

Here is a link to an article that came out at the same time in which Greenblatt seems to be very conscious not to comment either way on the gender that will be cast in the role. I think NBC is likely exploring all options...

http://m.hitfix.com/starr-raving/nbc-to-air-peter-pan-live-but-no-room-for-justin-bieber-miley-cyrus

[DAME]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 10:05pm

Thank you. So there is no choice made.

Posted: 1/29/14 at 10:23pm

To me it seemed like they wanted to cast a boy to mix it up but hadn't definitively decided.

The more I think about it I really think they'll cast a woman in the end. Casting Peter as a boy (with this material at least) seems like something of a risk to me, and I would imagine they would play it as safe as possible.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 10:40pm

Unless a major teen idol boy signed on. In which case, a boy as Peter would suddenly become a huge selling point.

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 10:51pm

I'd bet anything they are going after one of the One Direction boys. Mark my words.

Not saying any of them would be great but they are on fire NOW and would draw a larger audience than just about anyone.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 10:53pm

This is for Reggie. A Bulgarian TV production of Peter Pan (it's funny already, no?) with a real little boy as Peter.

The link below starts it at 22 minutes in, at the end of the musical number just before the (cheesy Bulgarian) flying scene commences:

http://youtu.be/rap8JbbZ1tI?t=22m46s

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 1/29/14 at 10:53pm

I mentioned this in another thread, but I think casting a male as Peter in this specific musical adaptation would potentially be really problematic- it was specifically written for a woman and I think a lot of the musical material would come across as rather fey if sung by anything other than a woman or a very young boy and there aren't many of those that are big names out there.

If NBC were interested in casting a man as Peter Pan I think they would be wise to go with a different musical adaptation.

Updated On: 1/29/14 at 10:53 PM