The Providence Performing Arts Center is having another fabulous Broadway touring show coming Feb 25- March 2, 2014- Peter and The Starcatcher!
The producers of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, the five-time Tony Award®–winning musical play written by Tony Award® nominee Rick Elice and directed by Tony® Award winner Roger Rees and Tony® Award nominee Alex Timbers, are pleased to announce casting for the National Tour, which will be at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) February 25 – March 2, 2014.
The Wednesday, February 26, 2014 performance of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at 7PM is Family Night on Broadway. With the purchase of a regularly-priced ticket, receive a FREE ticket for a child eighteen-years-old or younger (please note: Golden Circle is excluded).
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER is part of the Contemporary Classics Series. Cox is the media sponsor of PPAC’s 2013/2014 Contemporary Classics Series.
The PETER AND THE STARCATCHER National Tour cast features Joey deBettencourt (Boy), Megan Stern (Molly), John Sanders (Black Stache) Harter Clingman (Alf), Jimonn Cole (Slank), Nathan Hosner (Lord Aster), Carl Howell (Prentiss), Ian Michael Stuart (Captain Scott), Benjamin Schrader (Mrs. Bumbrake) Luke Smith (Smee), Edward Tournier (Ted), Lee Zarrett (Fighting Prawn), Ben Beckley, Robert Franklin Neill, Rachel Prather and Nick Vidal.
In the spirit of the PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Tony Award®–winning sustainable set design, the producers invited the venues on the tour route to contribute reusable items to help build the tour proscenium. Denver sent in Coors bottle caps, Seattle collected wine corks from the bars at their theater and Dallas arranged a special collection drive at Klyde Warren Park to collect items.
Additional items donated by the PETER AND THE STARCATCHER tour markets include small children’s toy figures, old silverware, used rope, buttons and whopper poppers, cords, aluminum can lids, old cooking tools, tin can tops, balls and paper tubes.
Set Designer Donyale Werle, who won the 2012 Tony Award® for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, is a leader at the Broadway Green Alliance and has gained much acclaim for her use of salvaged materials in her sets. The Broadway set for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER was made almost entirely of recycled materials.
The rest of the design team for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER includes Paloma Young (Costume Design), Jeff Croiter (Lighting Design), Darron L West (Sound Design), who all won Tony Awards® for their work on the show, along with Steven Hoggett (Movement), Wayne Barker (Music), Jacob Grigolia‐Rosenbaum (Fight Direction), and Marco Paguia (Music Supervision).
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, a grown up’s prequel to Peter Pan, is the innovative and imaginative musical play based on the best‐selling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. A company of a dozen actors play more than a hundred unforgettable characters, all on a journey to answer the century‐old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Never Grew Up? This epic origin story of popular culture’s most enduring and beloved character proves that your imagination is the most captivating place in the world.
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER won five 2012 Tony Awards® (the most of any play of the 2011-2012 season) and was named one of The New York Times, New York Magazine and The New Yorker’s Top 10 Shows of the Year.
The New York Times hails PETER AND THE STARCATCHER as “the most exhilarating storytelling on Broadway in decades,” New York Post exclaims it is “the gold standard of Peter Pan shows,” and Entertainment Weekly calls the show “an absurdly funny fantastical journey.”
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER is produced by Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Greg Schaffert, Eva Price, Tom Smedes and Disney Theatrical Productions.
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER is suitable for younger audiences but most enjoyable for those 10 and up.
Additional show information can be found at www.peterandthestarcatcher.com
Tickets for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER are $69 – $32; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge and are subject to change without notice. Tickets are available at the PPACRI.org.
Win it: One winner will receive a 4 pack for the Thursday Feb 27 show at 7:30 PM. For this giveaway, tell me why you want to see this show and who you want to bring in the comment section proceeding the post. For an additional +2 entries, tweet about this giveaway mentioning @dentistmel and @PPACRI. Winner chosen on Feb 21 at 9 AM by random.org. Good luck!
*I received tickets in exchange for this post. All my opinions are my own and not swayed by outside sources.*
I have a friend that has seen the show and highly recommend it. I’m sure you’ll have a great time!
My husband would love this! He’s a huge Peter Pan fan!
This looks like a great family friendly show. My youngest loves to watch shows on stage so he would love this.
I would love to take my daughters to this show!
I would love to take my boys to this. We went to see something there last winter (I can’t remember what it was lol), but it’s an awesome little theater!
This looks like an interesting show. I have never heard of the novel but it looks like I will be adding that to my to read list. I love peter pan and anything related.
I don’t think I have ever heard of this, but it definitely looks entertaining.
I read the title and Thought to myself, 5 tony awards..is it sad that I’ve never heard of this show? I see I am not the only one. Sure does look like it’s quite a show. Adding it to my list. Thanks for sharing!
Looks like a great show. I always liked Peter Pan.
The salvaged items is an interesting twist!! I’d love to see the show.
Always like the Peter Pan story. I’m intrigued to see how the grown up version would be like.
Peter pan story sounds fun to see on broadway. This is the first I have heard about Peter pan on broadway.
Sounds like a lot of fun! Peter Pan is one of my hubs favorite from childhood, so I wish we could have seen it together.
Looks really interesting! I love getting to see live plays.
Love Peter Pan and would absolutely love going to see this play!
I have heard good things about this show from a friend. It sounds like fun and I would love to see it.
Peter Pan has always been a fav of mine. I like this.
Would love to take my son and husband! Just came across your blog, can’t wait to check out more.
I haven’t heard of this show before but it looks like it would be a great girls night out.
I have always wanted to go to see a musical. This looks like a really good one.
Sounds like a great show. It’s the first time I’m hearing about it though. I wonder if it’ll ever make its way here.