Exciting news: my latest endeavor as a Broadway producer includes Peter and the StarCatcher, which will be co-produced with Disney. Like Wicked, Rick Elice’s fantastical play is based on Pulitzer Prize winning humorist’s Dave Barry‘s book, Peter and the StarCatcher, a wildly popular bestseller by Hyperion/Disney. It’s the semi-irreverent prequel to the beloved children’s classic, Peter Pan, that provides the backstory of Peter Pan and Captain Hook. Roger Rees and Alex Timbers direct the production, in which 12 actors play scores of vibrant characters. Nancy Nagel Gibbs from Wicked is General Manager, and the cast includes Christian Borle, who’s also currently starring in NBC’s Smash!
“SENSATIONAL!
Showbiz at its most brazenly infectious.”
Ben Brantley, The New York Times
Mark – this is one of my family’s favorite books. Soon after its release, my kids and I saw Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson talk about it at Book Passage in Corte Madera. We’ve read all the others in the series too – all good. Congratulations! – Lauren Joyce
Congratulations! Wonderful acknowledgment via the Tonys.
Maybe the Guthrie? The Children’s Theatre?