Peter Pan
This SECOND live broadcast aired a year after the success of the first. Utilizing much of the same cast, it nevertheless is its own unique performance which charmed millions of households in 1956.
Cast
Mary Martin
Peter Pan
Cyril Ritchard
Mr. Darling / Captain Hook
Kathleen Nolan
Wendy / Jane
Margalo Gillmore
Mrs. Darling
Sondra Lee
Tiger Lily
Heller Halliday
Liza
Joe E. Marks
Smee
Norman Shelly
Nana / Crocodile
Michael Allen
John
Tom Halloran
Michael
David Bean
Slightly
Stanley Stenner
Curly
Alan Sutherland
First Twin
Harold Daye
Second Twin
Ian Tucker
Tootles
Paris Theodore
Nibs
Richard Wyatt
Lion
Joan Tewkesbury
Ostrich
Peggy Maurer
Wendy Grown-Up
Robert Vanselow
Starkey
Richard Winter
Cecco
Frank Lindsay
Noodler
Carl Erbele
Kangaroo
Patricia Wheel
Narrator
Crew
Sophie Devine
Costume Design
Albert Sendrey
Orchestrator
Jerome Robbins
Stage Director
Peter Larkin
Set Designer
Jerome Robbins
Choreographer
Jerome Robbins
Adaptation
J.M. Barrie
Theatre Play
Betty Comden
Lyricist
Jule Styne
Songs
Moose Charlap
Songs
Carolyn Leigh
Lyricist
Adolph Green
Lyricist
Moose Charlap
Original Music Composer
Carolyn Leigh
Writer
Adolph Green
Writer
Betty Comden
Writer