NewsPHOTO CALL: Once and Peter and the Starcatcher Casts Celebrate New York Theatre WorkshopCast members from Once and Peter and the Starcatcher came together at Sardi's the evening of April 24 to celebrate New York Theatre Workshop.
By
Matthew Blank
April 26, 2012
Both shows received acclaimed 2011 stagings at the downtown venue prior to their Broadway transfers.
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Once and Peter and the Starcatcher Casts Celebrate New York Theatre Workshop
Once and Peter and the Starcatcher Casts Celebrate New York Theatre Workshop
Cast members from Once and Peter and the Starcatcher came together at Sardi's the evening of April 24 to celebrate New York Theatre Workshop. Both shows received acclaimed 2011 stagings at the downtown venue prior to their Broadway transfers.
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Rick Elice, Heather Randall and Roger Rees
New York Theatre Workshop
Roger Rees, Rick Elice, Heather Randall and Tony Napoli
New York Theatre Workshop
Elizabeth A. Davis, Ripley Sobo and Lisa Schwartz
New York Theatre Workshop
Ripley Sobo gets Stached!
New York Theatre Workshop
David Abeles and Elizabeth A. Davis
New York Theatre Workshop
David Rossmer, Andy Taylor and Lucas Papaelias
New York Theatre Workshop
Erikka Walsh, Lucas Papaelias, Paul Whitty, Steve Kazee and Will Connolly
New York Theatre Workshop
Teddy Bergman and Greg Hildreth
New York Theatre Workshop
Christian Borle and David Rossmer
New York Theatre Workshop
Christian Borle and Celia Keenan-Bolger
New York Theatre Workshop
Steve Kazee and Celia Keenan-Bolger
New York Theatre Workshop
David Rossmer, Steve Kazee and Christian Borle
New York Theatre Workshop
Ripley Sobo and Celia Keenan Bolger
New York Theatre Workshop
Teddy Bergman and Celia Keenan-Bolger
New York Theatre Workshop
Will Connolly, Elizabeth A. Davis and Paul Whitty
New York Theatre Workshop
Carson Elrod, Kathrine Shea and Bess Glorioso
New York Theatre Workshop
Betsy Hogg, Lillian King, Jason Ralph and Paloma Young
Once borrows the 2007 movie's songs by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, who also played the would-be lovers in the film. The stage experience offers two additional numbers — "Abandoned in Bandon" and the Czech folk song "Ej Pada Pada Rosicka."
A company of 13 actor-musicians performs all roles and serves as the on-stage orchestra in the fable about a stuck troubadour fearful about moving forward.
Once has a book by Irish playwright Enda Walsh (Penelope), direction by John Tiffany (Black Watch), movement by Steven Hoggett (American Idiot, Black Watch) and set and costume design by Tony Award winner Bob Crowley (The Coast of Utopia, Mary Poppins).
Tickets for the Broadway production are on sale via Telecharge.com or by phone at (212) 239-6200.
The origins of Peter Pan, his nemesis Captain Hook and the enchanted island of Neverland come to life in Peter and the Starcatcher, the wildly imaginative stage production helmed by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers.
A feat of theatrical storytelling, language and stagecraft, Peter and the Starcatcher is based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Tony Award winner Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, The Addams Family) authored the stage adaptation that uses 12 actors to recount the tale of adventure.
