They're Flying! Ryan Steele, Bryce Ryness, Jason Gotay & More Broadway Faves Join Peter Pan Live!
A host of Broadway (Newsies) favorites complete the casting for Peter Pan Live!. Ryan Steele will play Lost Boy Curly, with Bryce Ryness as Pirate Starkey and Jason Gotay as Lost Boy Tootles. They join the previously announced Allison Williams as Pan, Christopher Walken as Captain Hook, Christian Borle as Mr. Darling/Smee, Kelli O'Hara as Mrs. Darling, Taylor Louderman as Wendy Darling and Alanna Saunders as Tiger Lily. The telecast will air on December 4 at 8PM EST.
We now know that the company will also feature Michael Park (Pirate Cecco), Caitlin Houlahan (Jane), Jake Lucas (John Darling), John Allyn (Michael Darling), Jacob Guzman (Lost Boy Twin 1), David Guzman (Lost Boy Twin 2), Chris McCarrell (Lost Boy Nibs), F. Michael Haynie (Lost Boy Sniffler), Dyllon Burnside (Lost Boy Prickles), Daniel Quadrino (Lost Boy Bunting), Garett Hawe (Lost Boy Patches), Michael Hartung (Lost Boy Sniffler), Chris Sullivan (Pirate Noodler), Alan H. Green (Pirate Cookson), Austin Lesch (Pirate Bill Jukes), T. Oliver Reid (Pirate Oliver Shreeks/Islander), Gary Milner (Pirate The Vicar/Islander), Matt Wall (Pirate Skylights/Islander), Ryan Andes (Pirate Admirable Chrichton) and John Arthur Greene (Pirate Robert Mullins/Islander). Other Pirates and Islanders include Dominique Kelley, Marty Lawson, Charlie Williams, Michael Munday, CJ Tyson, Alex Wong, Andrew Pirozzi, James Brown III and Keenan Washington.
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.”
The broadcast is the Peacock Network's follow-up to the highly rated Sound of Music Live!, which featured Carrie Underwood along with many Broadway favorites.
