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December 3, 2014 Vol. 7 No. 92
NBC’s Peter Pan
(AP Photo/NBC, Virginia Sherwood). This Nov. 8, 2014 image provided by NBC, shows, from left, Jake Lucas as John Darling, Taylor Louderman as Wendy Darling, Allison Williams as Peter Pan, and John Allyn as Michael Darling from the musical version, “Pet.
NBC’s rendition of ‘Peter Pan’ is broadcasting live and aloft on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The boy who refused to grow up: It sounds like men today in this youthobsessed culture. But nearly a century before his name found its way into pop psychology, Peter Pan was born as the high-flying hero of a play by Scottish writer James M. Barrie.
Many adaptations later, 1954’s Broadway musical version of “Peter Pan” came to TV in a live NBC telecast in 1955, then was re-staged a year later with Mary Martin yet again in the title role. Now NBC is recapturing its youth for a revival of “Peter Pan,” broadcast live Thursday (8 p.m. EST) and starring Allison Williams (“Girls”) as Peter, the cocky
young champion of Neverland, and Christopher Walken as the deliciously evil pirate, Captain Hook. The cast also includes Christian Borle, Kelli O’Hara and Minnie Driver as the narrator. Officially titled “Peter Pan Live!” this three-hour event is a follow-up to last year’s live “The Sound of Music,” which drew an astonishing 18.6 million viewers.
Richard Linklater to Receive PSIFF Award
Filmaker will be honored with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award By KMIR News Staff Critically acclaimed “Boyhood” filmmaker Richard Linklater will be honored with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. “Richard Linklater’s latest feature film, “Boyhood,” is a one-of-a-kind epic undertaking
shot over the course of 12 years with the same cast,” festival Chairman Harold Matzner said. “For his creative innovations in filmmaking, the Palm Springs International Film Festival is proud to present Richard Linklater with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award.’’ Linklater wrote, produced and directed “Boyhood,’’ which
follows a boy named Mason (Ellar Coltrane) as he grows up. The movie includes road trips, family dinners, birthdays and graduations. Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette play Mason’s parents. Some of Linklater’s other film credits include “Dazed and Confused,’’ “Before Sunrise,’’ “School of Rock,’’ “Scanner Darkly,’’ and ``Bernie.’’
Why “Peter Pan” this goaround? “It’s a classic, a really great musical, that has its DNA in live television,” said Neil Meron, who with his partner, Craig Zadan, are back as executive producers. “To follow ‘The Sound of Music’ and create some sort of beachhead for a holiday tradition, you look for titles that can fit into that little box,”
he said, pointing to a nearby TV, “and ‘Peter Pan’ fits very snugly.” More than snug, “Peter Pan” will be bursting wide open with more subtext to the characters and narrative than its Broadway forebear, Meron said. Its glorious score (including “I Won’t Grow Up,” ‘’I’m Flying” and “Never Continues on Page 19