Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels, the play was conceived for the stage by directors, Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, and written by Rick Elice, with music by Wayne Barker. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty and love.
A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain’s cabin, which contains a precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure.
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Downstairs Theater At Steppenwolf Theatre (6/13 - 7/21) | ||
The Sarcoma Cycle
Color Club (6/5 - 7/13) | ||
Queens of Rock and Soul
The Center for Performing Arts (10/6 - 10/6) | ||
Music & Magic
Chicago Magic Lounge (4/9 - 7/29) | ||
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Mercury Theater Chicago (3/15 - 7/28) | ||
Romeo and Juliet
Kelvyn Park (7/19 - 7/21) | ||
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The Center for Performing Arts (5/11 - 5/11) | ||
Bandstand
Raue Center For The Arts (9/13 - 10/20) | ||
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