PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Comes to the Van Wezel Tonight

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, the five-time Tony Award-winning musical, will play the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall tonight, February 12 at 8pm. Tickets for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER are $15-$45 and are available at VanWezel.org, the Box Office, or by calling 941-953-3368.

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, the swashbuckling prequel to Peter Pan, takes a hilarious romp through the Neverland you never knew. PETER AND THE STARCATCHER is the innovative and imaginative comedy based on the best-selling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. A company of a dozen actors play more than a hundred unforgettable characters, all on a journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Never Grew Up? This epic origin story of popular culture's most enduring and beloved character proves that your imagination is the most captivating place in the world.

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER won five 2012 Tony Awards (the most of any play of the 2011-2012 season) and was named one of New York Times, New York Magazine and New Yorker's Top 10 Shows of the Year.

Written by Tony Award nominee Rick Elice, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER is based on the original direction by by Tony Award winner Roger Rees and Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers, recreated by Shawn Pennington and original Movement by Steven Hoggett, recreated by Patrick McCollum.