In this innovative and imaginative new play, a company of twelve actors plays some 50 characters, all on a journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up? This epic origin story of one of popular culture's most enduring and beloved characters proves that an audience's imagination can be the most captivating place in the world.
Peter and the Starcatcher opened to rave reviews last March in its premiere Off Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop. The sold out run was extended by popular demand and set a record for the highest grossing single day in NYTW's history. The production went on to receive five Drama Desk nominations (and a win for Outstanding Music in a Play); two Obie Awards (for Direction and Design) and two Lucille Lortel Awards (for Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Choreography).
An extended hit last year at New York Theatre Workshop, Peter and the Starcatcher opened Sunday night on Broadway, a Broadway show suitable for families. Adults will enjoy its complex theatricality (an enormous crocodile made from found objects, electrified touches of acting through movement choreographed by Steven Hoggett,sound design by Darron L West that puts us squarely in different places and situations). Kids will follow it for its bizarre and hammy characters and its constant sense of adventure.
Once the entire gang of orphans, pirates, and aristocrats get caught up in a doozy of a sea storm, the show starts to get a little bumpy as well. (Directors Roger Rees and Alex Timbers’ deliberately low-tech staging — think spray bottles, sticks, and wires — is terribly clever and impeccably paced, but that is one looong shipwreck scene.) And when everyone finds themselves wandering through a jungle, your mind may begin to wander as well. A bunch of savages with names like Fighting Prawn and Hawking Clam who want to 'butterfly and deep-fat fry' Peter & Co. definitely overstay their welcome.
| 2011 | Off-Broadway |
New York Theatre Workshop Production Off-Broadway |
| 2012 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2013 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway Transfer Off-Broadway |
| 2013 | US Tour |
US National Tour US Tour |
| 2015 | US Tour |
US Non-Equity Tour US Tour |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Alex Timbers |
| 2012 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Roger Rees |
| 2012 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Christian Borle |
| 2012 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Celia Keenan-Bolger |
| 2012 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Play | Peter and the Starcatcher |
| 2012 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Darron L. West |
| 2012 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Christian Borle |
| 2012 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Celia Keenan-Bolger |
| 2012 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Production of a Play | 0 |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Paloma Young |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Roger Rees |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Alex Timbers |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Jeff Croiter |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Rick Elice |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Wayne Barker |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Christian Borle |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Celia Keenan-Bolger |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Rick Elice |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Donyale Werle |
| 2012 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Darron L. West |
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