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The trappings of a modern musical extravaganza can only serve to enhance Peter Pan, for the libretto is still by Barrie and the humor is lasting. Peter's permanence lies in the fact that he is every small child crying out against the unfairness of the big people world. He is every adult, wishing he were a child again. The difference between ordinary mortals and the winsome Peter is that he approaches the problem with a good deal more grace. His resolve to remain a boy cannot be shaken, and he is so captivating, so smiling, so affectionate and so happy that none can quarrel with his decision in favor of continuous childhood. Audiences love Peter because they find a bit of themselves- often a bit they thought they had lost- in his joyous, soaring personality.
Mary Martin, the first of the musical Peter Pans, once commented that it was like having a beehive out front. There was the famous incident-- during a dramatic moment with the audience temporarily silent-- of the clear, piping voice that inquired, "Peter Pan, will you come home with me?" And there was another delightful episode when a voice suddenly announced, "Peter, I am marvelous of you!"
One of the most fitting tributes to Peter Pan came from its originator's will, which decreed that royalty payments go to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London. In 1987, when the copyright had run out in the United Kingdom, Parliament voted approval of a special amendment that guarantees the hospital its royalty payments in perpetuity. Now Peter smiles over the Lords of London every time he takes flight.
Artistic director Michael Cripe makes his debut as Choreographer and Director. Mr. Cripe has acted in the Cathy Rigby production of Peter Pan. Sherry K will provide musical direction. The sets are designed by Steve Shumaker of Philadelphia whose most recent work is for Hershey Park. Ike Foust is Technical Director, Tim Bennett is Sound Designer, Costumes are by Jennifer Weaver and David Castaneda will design the lighting.
People that fly like birds and animals that behave like people are among the fascinating features awaiting Round Barn Theatre audiences when Peter Pan flies through the rafters.
Jennifer Grace is Tiger Lily
Adult cast for Peter Pan
Aaron Fuksa is Captain Hook Children's Cast for Peter Pan
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The
old axiom that humor changes every fifty years is dashed by Barrie's
delightful brand of whimsy about the boy who wouldn't grow up. In 1954,
the fiftieth anniversary of its first presentation, the first musical
edition of Peter Pan was produced and became a great hit. It
was then that Peter Pan proved his own argument in favor of perpetual
youth; Sir James Barrie's fantasy hadn't aged a bit!
The
lavish additions of music and ballet to a time-honored classic had many
theatrical prophets dourly predicting the doom of Peter Pan.
The trouble was, they just didn't know Peter. No additions, no deletions,
neither height nor depth, can touch the spirit of the gleeful sprite
who is Barrie's contribution to immortality, summed up when Peter cries
out exuberantly, "I'm youth and joy and freedom!"
Actresses
playing the role through the years have all had one particular experience
in common-they cease to be themselves, they become Peter Pan. This is
not the Stanislavsky method, but rather the righteous demand of the
under-seven set to whom Peter Pan is not all make-believe. Children's
absorption in the play is always so intense that they are apt to speak
their thoughts right out loud in the middle of a performance.
Miss
DiGregorio, once the musical has opened in November, has been advised
that she had better make plans to relinquish her own personality for
the duration of the run and simply become Peter Pan. She has been advised
to carry large amounts of the show's prop "fairy dust" with
her at all times-one never knows when one will meet a Peter Pan admirer-and
to plan to stay hours after each matinee teaching little children to
fly, to crow, and reassuring them that neither Captain Hook or the man-eating
crocodile would really hurt them at all.
ZFX
Flying will be responsible for the intricate aerial choreography that
finds Peter, John, Michael and Wendy flying throughout the Round Barn
Theatre. The tradition of actually flying Peter was begun in England
when Peter first took to the stage in live performance. An entire industry
has grown around the rigging that makes magic every time Peter flies.
The company specializes in custom rigging the theatre to elevate the
imagination of actors and audience together. The four-man firm has been
responsible for Cathy Rigby's 1990 Broadway Peter Pan production and
has visited the theatre at Amish Acres to take measurements, photographs
and blueprints back to the office in Las Vegas to prepare their magic
in time for opening night.
Musical
collaboration among composer Mark Charlap and lyricist Carolyn Leigh
with the famous team of Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green becomes
seamless for this show. The music includes "I've Got to Crow"
and "I'm Flying." Styne wrote "Never Never Land"
for Mary Martin, who starred for over a year on Broadway as Peter in
1954, and the rebellious "I Won't Grow Up." 
Stephanie
Steidley will portray Wendy, the winning and gentle little girl who
becomes mother to the little lost boys of Never Land. Tiger Lily will
be played by Jennifer Grace, Smee by Rick Dakota Hart, Mrs. Darling
by Jennifer Weaver. The monumentally sinful Captain Hook will be played
by Aaron Fuksa. Tinker Bell will be played by herself, of course., A
ferocious group of pirates and a band of Indian children along with
the lion, the kangaroo, ostrich and crocodile, who by biting off his
hand, gives Captain Hook his name, make a magical menagerie for even
the most imaginative audience members.
The
show opens in previews November 14, with opening night scheduled for
Saturday night, November 18, and will run through December 31. Evening
performances are at 8 p.m. and matinees are at 2 p.m. Theme buffets
are served each Friday night by reservation only. Threshers Dinner served
daily. For tickets, dinner-theatre and lodging packages, go to www.AmishAcres.com
or call the box office at 1-800-800-4942.
