Peter Pan Live!
| Peter Pan Live! | |
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Promotional Poster
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| Genre | Musical drama |
| Based on |
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie |
| Written by | Irene Mecchi |
| Directed by |
Rob Ashford Glenn Weiss |
| Presented by | NBC |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Minnie Driver |
| Composer(s) |
Moose Charlap Jule Styne Carolyn Leigh Betty Comden Adolph Green Amanda Green |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | |
| Producer(s) | Donna Suchan Smeland |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | December 4, 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Sound of Music Live! |
| Followed by | The Wiz Live! |
Peter Pan Live! is a television special that was broadcast by NBC on December 4, 2014. The special featured a live production of the 1954 musical adaptation of Peter Pan, televised from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York, starring Allison Williams in the title role and Christopher Walken as Captain Hook.
The production was a follow-up to The Sound of Music Live!—a similar adaptation of The Sound of Music which aired on NBC in December 2013 and brought the network's highest Thursday-night ratings since 2004. NBC's entertainment head Bob Greenblatt would sign Craig Zadan and Neil Meron—who served as the executive producers of the special, to produce another live musical for the 2014 holiday season. Additionally, the production served as a follow-up to three productions of Peter Pan produced for NBC in 1955, 1956, and 1960 that featured cast members from its original Broadway run. While similar in content to the original, the version of Peter Pan featured in the special contained revisions to its book to emphasize the character of Captain Hook, along with additional songs from its revivals, new songs adapted from the musicals Do Re Mi and Say, Darling, and the restoration of a song that had been cut from the musical before its original Broadway premiere.
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