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Peter Pan   

 
Imperial Theatre , (4/24/1950 - 9/30/1950)
St. James Theatre , (10/02/1950 - 1/27/1951)
First Preview: Total Previews:
Opening Date:Apr 24, 1950   
Closing Date:Jan 27, 1951 Total Performances:321

Category: Play, Revival, Broadway
Setting: The Nursery; The Never Land; The Mermaids' Lagoon; The Home Under the Ground; The Pirate Ship; Under the Sea; The Treetops


Production Staff
Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization; Theatre Operated by Select Operating Corporation
Produced by Peter Lawrence, R. L. Stevens, Peter Lawrence, R. L. Stevens and The Shubert Organization; Produced by arrangement with The Hospital for Sick Children, London ("Peter Pan's Hospital")
Written by James M. Barrie and James M. Barrie; Music and lyrics by Leonard Bernstein; Music arranged by Trude Rittman and Trude Rittman; Music orchestrated by Hershy Kay and Hershy Kay; Music and Lyrics by Leonard Bernstein
Staged by John Burrell and John Burrell; Associate Director: Wendy Toye and Wendy Toye
Scenic Design by Ralph Alswang and Ralph Alswang; Lighting Design by Ralph Alswang and Ralph Alswang; Costume Design by Motley and Motley
General Manager: Al Goldin and Al Goldin
Stage Manager: Phil Stein and Phil Stein; Production Stage Manager: Mortimer Halpern and Mortimer Halpern; Assistant Stage Mgr: Kenneth Utt and Kenneth Utt
Musical Coordinator: Trude Rittman and Trude Rittman; Conducted by Ben Steinberg and Ben Steinberg; Orchestra Personnel Manager: Gerald Rudy and Gerald Rudy
Flying Supervisor: Peter Foy and Peter Foy
Press Representative: William Fields, Walter Alford, Arthur Cantor, Arthur Cantor, William Fields and Walter Alford
Cast
Jean Arthur Peter Pan
Peter Pan
Boris Karloff Mr. Darling
James Hook
aka "Captain Hook"
Mr. Darling
James Hook
aka "Captain Hook"
Marcia Henderson Wendy Moira Angela Darling
Wendy Moira Angela Darling
Peg Hillias Mrs. Darling
Joe E. Marks Smee
Smee
Harry Allen Mullins
Mullins
Stephanie Augustine Mermaid
Mermaid
Ronnie Aul Big Chief Panther
Big Chief Panther
Lee Barnett Tootles
Tootles
Vincent Beck Whibbles
Whibbles
Edward Benjamin Second Twin
Second Twin
Charles Brill First Twin
First Twin
Kenneth Davis Indian
Alf Mason
pirate
Indian
Alf Mason
pirate
Norman DeJoie Indian
Indian
John Dennis Noodles
also credited as "noodler"
Jack Dimond John Napoleon Darling
Philip Hepburn Curly
Curly
Richard Knox Slightly
Slightly
David Kurlan Gentleman Starkey
Gentleman Starkey
William Marshall Cookson
Cookson
Buzzy Martin Nibs
Nibs
Fred Neal Indian
Indian
Gloria Patrice Liza
Tiger Lilly
Liza
Tiger Lilly
Nehemiah Persoff Cecco
Cecco
Jay Riley Indian
Flash McCready
pirate
Indian
Flash McCready
pirate
Will Scholz Jukes
Jukes
Norman Shelley Nana
The Crocodile
Nana
The Crocodile
William Sumner Indian
Canary Robb
pirate
Indian
Canary Robb
pirate
Charles Taylor Michael Nicolas Darling
Michael Nicolas Darling
Eleanor Winter Mermaid
Mermaid
Understudies: Stephanie Augustine (Wendy Moira Angela Darling, Wendy Moira Angela Darling), Barbara Baxley (Peter Pan, Peter Pan), Vincent Beck (Mr. Darling, Mr. Darling), Lucy Hillary (Mermaid, Mermaid, Tiger Lilly, Tiger Lilly), William Marshall (James Hook, James Hook), Alan Jay Shnapier (Lost Boy, Lost Boy), Kenneth Utt (Pirate, Pirate) and Eleanor Winter (Mrs. Darling, Mrs. Darling)
1950 Theatre World Award
winnerMarcia Henderson [winner]
music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Leonard Bernstein 

Who Am I? Wendy Moira Angela Darling
My House Wendy Moira Angela Darling
Peter, Peter Wendy Moira Angela Darling
The Pirate Song James Hook (aka "Captain Hook")
The Plank James Hook (aka "Captain Hook")
The Pirate Song Pirates
The Plank Pirates
Never Land Mermaids