Five-Time Tony Nominee Kelli O'Hara Will Play Mrs. Darling on NBC's Peter Pan Live!

Kelli O'Hara will play Mrs. Darling, the wife of George Darling and mother of the Darling children—Wendy, John and Michael, on NBC's Peter Pan Live!. Starring the previously announced Allison Williams as Pan and Christopher Walken as Captain Hook, the December 4 telecast is the Peacock Network's follow-up to the highly rated Sound of Music Live!, which featured Carrie Underwood along with many Broadway favorites.

O’Hara received Tony nods for her performances in The Bridges of Madison County, Nice Work If You Can Get It, South Pacific, The Pajama Game and The Light in the Piazza. Her other Great White Way credits include Follies, Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical and Jekyll & Hyde. She will headline the Broadway revival of The King and I in Spring 2015.

A Great White Way family classic, Peter Pan premiered on October 20, 1954 at the Winter Garden Theatre, featuring a book by J.M. Barrie, music by Mark “Moose” Charlap and Jule Style, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, direction and choreography by Jerome Robbins and Mary Martin in the lead role of the boy who won’t grow up. NBC has broadcast the musical live a total of three times previously: in 1955 (when it reached 65 million viewers), 1956 and 1960. The show has been revived five times on Broadway since. The tuner's classic songs include “I’m Flying,” “I’ve Gotta Crow,” “I Won’t Grow Up” and “Never Never Land.”