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Peter and the Starcatchers is a play based off the novel of the same name by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, adapted for the stage by Rick Elice. The play provides a backstory for the character Peter Pan, and serves as a prequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy. After a premiere in California, Peter transfered off-Broadway in New York.

Productions
The play premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse in California, running from February 13 to March 8, 2009. It was directed by Elice's partner Roger Rees, and co-directed by Alex Timbers. An instrumental score was written by Wayne Barker. This cast starred Adam Green as Peter Pan.

Peter and the Starcatchers then began a commercial run off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop, beginning performances on February 18, 2011. The cast stars Celia Keenan-Bolger as Molly, Christian Borle as Black Stache (who becomes Captain Hook), and Adam Chanler-Berat as Peter. The show received a two-week extension, now set to close on April 7, 2011.

Response
Although Peter garnered mixed to negative reviews by most critics, the play received a rave review from The New York Times, with Ben Brantley writing:
 * "When the H.M.S. Neverland goes down in "Peter and the Starcatcher," it’s the most enthralling shipwreck since James Cameron sent the Titanic to her watery grave in the late 1990s . . . The cast is, with no exceptions, wonderful . . . It’s a performance that you might classify as over the top, but only in the sense that the entire production is. With grown-up theatrical savvy and a child’s wonder at what it can achieve, "Peter and the Starcatcher" floats right through the ceiling of the physical limits imposed by a three-dimensional stage. While there’s not a body harness in sight, like those used to hoist the title characters of "Mary Poppins" and "Spider-Man," this show never stops flying."