[Magdalen] Please! Clap your hands!

[Jay Weigel]

Part of my (admittedly snarky) argument for having Justin Bieber play
Peter, other than that he obviously hasn't grown up, was that he still
sings soprano (well, sort of, anyway). The tattoos could be easily covered
by body makeup. But of course NBC doesn't have the imagination to think of
that, and Beeb wouldn't have the guts to do the flying thing, most likely.

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, I saw it for the first time when I was about 11. I knew she was a
> woman, but I also remember how perfect she looked for the part--she had a
> real gamin-like face and a pixie haircut.
> Now, I don't especially like to see Amahl played by a girl, but that's
> mostly because I know it wouldn't be that hard to find a boy soprano!
>
> > On Dec 5, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I guess I'm a grinch. I hated it. It was always all wrong to me for a
> woman
> > to be playing Peter. Especially a *grown* woman.
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I absolutely adored the Mary Martin Peter Pan production and watched it
> >> every year for a long time. Even had the soundtrack. For me, that was
> the
> >> ultimate Peter Pan.
> >>
> >>> On Dec 5, 2014, at 8:39 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> A great puzzle piece fell into place after I saw the first televised
> >>> Peter Pan. My mother was putting me to bed, and I asked,
> >>> "He was very beautiful for a boy, wasn't he?"
> >>>
> >>> "That was no boy," my mother replied. "That was a woman."
> >>>
> >>> My whole life changed in that one minute. I remember lying
> >>> awake, full of thought of new possibilities.
> >>>
> >>> That said, I watched a few minutes of last night's show and
> >>> changed the channel. She annoyed me. I hate it when women
> >>> substitute stridency for bravado. It's the director's fault, of
> >>> course.
> >>> -M
> >>
>