In the round 'Peter Pan' to tour US
In the round 'Peter Pan' to tour US
#1In the round 'Peter Pan' to tour US
Posted: 5/24/10 at 4:50pm
This sounds awesome.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139780-Multimedia-In-the-Round-Peter-Pan-Will-Tour-US
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
Scott Briefer
Broadway Star Joined: 5/3/04
#2In the round 'Peter Pan' to tour US
Posted: 5/24/10 at 5:57pmI thought so too, so I did a Google search on the reviews. Pretty mixed.
#2In the round 'Peter Pan' to tour US
Posted: 5/24/10 at 6:47pmA few of my friends have seen this and they said it was fantastic. Great for adults as well as kids. I can't wait to see it.
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tourboi
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
#3In the round 'Peter Pan' to tour US
Posted: 5/24/10 at 9:13pmThis is not news. LONG before the show opened in San Francisco they announced it would be a tour.
#4In the round 'Peter Pan' to tour US
Posted: 5/24/10 at 9:53pmWell, It's news to me.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#5In the round 'Peter Pan' to tour US
Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:19pm
I saw this in Kensington Gardens when it was in previews and was pretty underwhelmed. There were good elements, but it didn't really work. Hopefully, they got most of the kinks worked out, but the critics had many of the problems I had.
The show was just short on heart, and EVERY good production of Peter Pan should move you close to tears. It really is one of the saddest, most joyful, bittersweet plays ever written. There were cuts to the script that hurt it (Peter doesn't try to shut the window at the Darling House so Wendy and her brothers won't be able to fly back in, et cetera).
And honestly, the physical production was just not that impressive. The CG backdrops looked like something out of PS1 or N64 game, and were often washed out by the lights. I was sitting towards the back of the house, so I completely missed out on being "enveloped" by the screens, so maybe it worked better from the front. The mechanics of the flying had to be done in totally naked view of the audience since it was in-the-round, and it was a bit wobbly at the time. Perhaps it has improved with practice.
The cast was fine except for Tinkerbell, who was woefully misconceived as a sort of firey punk girl or something. The traditional dot of light would have been better. I don't know if any of the cast came over. They had an adult male playing Peter, but it worked alright. Captain Hook stole the show, as he often does.
There was some cool puppetry, especially with the crocidile, but it seemed like they were doing a War Horse imitation and the style did not at all fit in with the rest of the production. That was probably the biggest problem with the production: there was no consistent tone. If there was one, it most often felt like an "On Ice" show that would play at sports arenas.
I'm being awfully negative, but it probably will please most family audiences. It's a fun idea, and it's cool that it's being done in parks and such, slightly open-air. It just has a lot of problems.
