PETER AND THE STARCATCHER MUSICAL


Peter and the Starcatcher: A Grownup’s Prequel to Peter Pan is a wacky play by Rick Elice based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. An ensemble of actors enters a bare stage and addresses the audience. Suddenly, the stage is transformed alternately as a pirate ship–the Neverland and a British frigate–the Wasp. The plot revolves around the contents of two identical trunks–one with magical star material and the other filled with sand. Plenty of silliness follows.

Peter Pan begins the musical as a wretched, frequently beaten orphan. Peter and two Lost Boys–Prentiss and Teddy–are rescued by Molly, the plucky daughter of Lord Leonard Aster. Together the children resist the pirates, but find themselves stranded on a strange island. I enjoyed the wild antics of the pirates and the constant bravery of Molly. If you’re in the mood for something very funny and very different, check out Peter and the Starcatcher if it comes to your neighborhood. GRADE: A-

16 thoughts on “PETER AND THE STARCATCHER MUSICAL

  1. Maggie mason

    The only time I’ve ever gone to an opening night was for Peter/Starcatchers at the La Jolla Playhouse, where it premiered. Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson were in the audience, about 2 rows up from us. I loved it. It was the first time I remember seeing Christian Borle, and he stole the show!!!

    There was to have been a discussion after the performance, but an audience member had a medical emergency, so that didn’t happen. IIRC, I did get Dave and Ridley to sign my Playbill. With Dave Barry, the magic words are: “I’m a friend of Jeff Meyerson”. I sort of knew Ridley from signings, etc, and talked to him about dogs.

    Reply
    1. george Post author

      Maggie, sounds like you enjoyed PETER AND THE STARCATCHER as much as I did. You were very lucky to see the Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (and get them to sign your Playbill!). Christian Borle won a Tony for his role in PETER AND THE STARCATCHER version on Broadway.

      Reply
    1. george Post author

      Patti, Diane and Katie saw PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at the Shaw Festival a couple years ago and loved it. This local production was very good.

      Reply
  2. Jeff Meyerson

    Glad you got to see this. We saw it on Broadway, of course, and as Maggie said, Christian Borle was great. Unfortunately, Dave wasn’t there that night,,

    Reply
      1. Maggie mason

        another actor I liked was a local one, a british guy who I also saw in the Norman conquest (the 3 part play). Ron Charlton. He’s very good, but haven’t seen him recently so he may have moved elsewhere

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *