[NEohioPAL] Mercury Summer Stock presents PETER PAN: A MUSICAL ADVENTURE. An event not to be missed!

[Mercury Summer Stock]

For Immediate Release

Mercury Summer Stock’s

“Just Beyond the Stars” Gala

Featuring the Ohio Premiere of the New Musical version of

PETER PAN
A MUSICAL ADVENTURE

Music by George Stiles      Lyrics by Anthony Drewe

Book by Willis Hall, based on “Peter Pan” by JM Barrie

By Special Arrangement with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s  
Charity



February 20, 2010, 7:30 pm

At The Breen Center for the Performing Arts

St. Ignatius High School: 2008 West 30th Street, Cleveland 44113


Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure flies into town for its second North  
American production February 20th, 2010, as part of Mercury Summer  
Stock’s “Just Beyond The Stars” Gala. Sir James Barrie’s timeless tale  
of the boy who never grew up is reborn as a spectacular musical by  
George Stiles & Anthony Drewe, composers of the new Mary Poppins, with  
an innovative book by the late Willis Hall. The staged reading of this  
spectacular musical will be the culminating event in Mercury Summer  
Stock’s “Just Beyond the Stars” Gala being held at the newly completed  
Breen Center for the Performing Arts on the St. Ignatius campus.

PETER PAN  - A Musical Adventure first saw light of day in Denmark, at  
the International Musical Of The Year in 1996, where it won two top  
awards for Best Song (WHEN I KILL PETER PAN) and The Orchestra's  
Award. In 1999 it was seen in a full production at Det Ny Teater in  
Copenhagen, performed in Danish. Under the direction of Julia McKenzie  
and Jonathan Butterell a staged concert, with the BBC Symphony  
Orchestra, was produced as a one-off event at the Royal Festival Hall  
in 2001 - which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. A fuller semi-staged  
version, with the London Symphony Orchestra, was mounted at the Royal  
Festival Hall over Christmas 2002. That same winter it was also seen  
for the first time in the USA, at the Prince Theatre in Philadelphia.  
Sadly bookwriter, Willis Hall, died in March 2005, aged 75. The show  
received it`s first fully-staged British production at Birmingham  
Repertory Theatre in December 2007 and was revived for Christmas 2008  
at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

The Mercury Summer Stock production will mark only the second time the  
musical will have played in the States and will feature a cast of 60  
and an orchestra of 8. Among those taking on familiar roles are  
Cleveland Favorites: Matthew Wright as Captain Jas. Hook, Maria Thomas  
Lister as The Storyteller, Natalie Green as Tiger Lily, Arthur Wise as  
Smee, Jeff Grover as Mr. Darling, Jen Myor as Mrs. Darling, Kelly  
Monaghan as Wendy Darling, Corey Mach as Tootles, Jason Samuel as  
Nibs, John Paul Soto as Slightly Soiled, Alex Arroyo as Curly and  
Brian Marshall as Peter Pan with musical direction by Bill Corcoran  
and staging under the direction of Pierre-Jacques Brault. It is an  
event the whole family won’t want to miss!

For reservations please call (216) 771-5862 or order online at www.mercurysummerstock.com

Admission: $25 each, $5 for Children 12 and under (each $5 child’s  
ticket sponsors another child to attend their first live musical  
theatre performance under the My First Musical Program.

All proceeds from the "Just Beyond the Stars" gala will be used to  
support Mercury Summer Stock’s “My First Musical” program, allowing  
300 children 12 and under free admission to each show throughout the  
2010 season.


Mercury Summer Stock is generously funded by the Ohio Arts Council and  
by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.






At A Glance:



What: Mercury Summer Stock’s JUST BEYOND THE STARS GALA presents:  
Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure

When: Saturday February 20th, 7:30 PM

Where: Breen Center for the Performing Arts, St, Ignatius High School,  
2008 West 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113

Who: The Whole Family!

Cost: $25 for Adults and $5.00 for Children 12 and under.

For reservations and information please call (216) 771-5862 or visit www.mercurysummerstock.com
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