Okay, Cathy Rigby is really good. Even if she weren't so athletic in the flying sequences, I think she would be really good as Peter Pan. And the flying sequences are exciting even in televised version; they must have been spectacular in person. I seem to remember Ms. Rigby doing the "I'm Flying" song for the Tony Awards one year and kind of performing the fairy dust out of everyone else and then flying halfway into the house at Radio City Music Hall.
And here is the use of Stomp-like percussion in the service of the story, with the Indian and Lost Boy celebration dance! Am I prescient or what?
Well, this 1998 taping of the stage production for A&E seems to capture a lot of the magic of the show. Ms. Rigby sings admirably, although it does look like she's lip-synching to some of the songs on this telecast.
Peter Pan
Music by Mark Charlap
Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh
Book by James Barrie
Additional music by Jule Styne with lyrics by Comden and Green
Filmed for television based on the 1998 Broadway production
Cast: Cathy Rigby, Paul Schoeffler, Drake English, Chase Kniffen (who names these people?), Barbara McCulloh, Elisa Sagardia,
And here is the use of Stomp-like percussion in the service of the story, with the Indian and Lost Boy celebration dance! Am I prescient or what?
Well, this 1998 taping of the stage production for A&E seems to capture a lot of the magic of the show. Ms. Rigby sings admirably, although it does look like she's lip-synching to some of the songs on this telecast.
Peter Pan
Music by Mark Charlap
Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh
Book by James Barrie
Additional music by Jule Styne with lyrics by Comden and Green
Filmed for television based on the 1998 Broadway production
Cast: Cathy Rigby, Paul Schoeffler, Drake English, Chase Kniffen (who names these people?), Barbara McCulloh, Elisa Sagardia,
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