[MuSiCalTheaterLoveR]

Auditions for this show coming up...director said Wendy's younger brothers would probably be girls. I don't have my exact high and low notes, but I'm a high soprano that can sing pretty low. What should my audition song be?

[DramaFreak84]

If you wanna go with a song from the show I have heard girl (a friend of mine) with a low range sing "I Won't Grow Up" and she landed a part of one of the lost boys. I was Schme it was a fun show.

[MuSiCalTheaterLoveR]

Well, since its a school show our director doesn't mind if we sing a song from the show, but I tend to try not to do that seeing as it is some kind of an audition rule. Thank you though.

[what_the_heck013]

Any up-beat Rogers and Hammerstein song should do fine.

[MuSiCalTheaterLoveR]

In My Own Little Corner? Its not too upbeat but its theonly one I can think of that I have the sheet music to. It's kinda...eh...but you know.

[what_the_heck013]

[barbe]

hi, i played Peter in Peter Pan last year.It was a panto. Not sure if yours is a show. What a fantastic part it was.

What part do you want to go for and i'll try and think what songs they all sang.

It got rave reviews.

ps. No kidding, im a 5ft10 blonde and i pulled it off.

[Guest]

why not try ....

'you can fly' its a great song. Think it's the original from the show.

[what_the_heck013]

[Brother Marvin Hinten, S.]

If you really want Peter, do a really good version of any Michael Jackson tune.

Yeah, bad joke, I know, yeesh.

[broadwayprincess]

i want to be tinkerbell

[Timmy_Wishes he was Quast]

This is something i object too!!! Casting girls in male parts...ARGH!!!!

[Timmy_Wishes he was Quast]

This is something i object too!!! Casting girls in male parts...ARGH!!!!

[what_the_heck013]

[Baker]

Tinker Bell is played by a small spotlight in the stage version.

[Gwen]

How sad.
Look at Mary Martin!! She was brilliant!!
It's been a traditional thing to have Peter played by a girl.
There's nothing really wrong about it.

[zigfreid]

I usually do not like it when girls are cast in roles that should go to young boys. I was an actor as a youngster and I resented losing parts to girls. However, as someone who has played Michael Darling in PETR PAN, there are special circumstances that might cause a director to cast girls in the role. Those circumstances being mainly the harness used for fllying and the PAIN it can sometimes cause even a very little teeny boy (if you know what I mean) like myself. I played Michael when I was 8 and when that harness got pulled at the wrong time it was like certain body parts were in a vice! OUCH!! Giving the Darling boys to girls might be saving a youngster from some serious discomfort.

[Luc]

[Tinker Rigger]

If your harness is on correctly, there's no problem like that possible. Sounds like somebody's flying crew was asleep during harness instructions.

[broadway_bound]

[forget_regret]

That's interesting. I never knew that girls would be playing boy parts for something as awesome as Peter Pan. It's too bad that this dude is sorta into acting, but is limited.

http://telenovela.heyfash.com

I saw this clip and felt bad that this Fash puppet couldn't talk because his mouth is possibly sealed shut. SO much for dialogue. If Fash were to participate in a Peter Pan show, he'd have to be a character that doesn't talk. Maybe a male version of Tinkerbell? hmm no.

[Baker]

I've always been obsessed with Peter Pan... I have a Peter Pan collection of things from around the world, including books from China and a mashushka doll (is that spelled right? probably not) from Russia and a million other things... but anyway, the point is, when I saw Peter Pan onstage for the first time when I was about... 7 maybe? I got so upset at the end of the show when the cast came out and I realized that Peter Pan was played by a girl! To make matters worse, Michael was played by a girl too! I was crying because I was so upset... yeah...

Now that I've done the show as John and I'm older and such, I think it definitely makes sense for Peter to be played by a woman... although I see no reason why a boy who can still sing the part and can act it well enough should be denied if he's better than a woman. But I don't see any reason to make John and Michael girls, they can easily be played by young boys. (I was 10 when I was John and our Michael was about 7 or 8... our Wendy was 13.)