“Come on.”. Peter climbs out of the grotto and bolts back up to the mountaintop. 6. Arnie Burton scores steady laughs as Molly’s pert nanny, Mrs. Bumbrake. At the climax, Molly blurts out that the boys have ruined the story. One of them, Pirate Pete, strikes a chord with the Boy and he chooses a name for himself: Peter. The first is fun, frolic, anarchy and mischief - all things a boy likes. A group of Mermaids recount in vaudevillian song their experience of being transformed from regular fish after swimming in the wake of the starstuff. The Boy imagines having a family. Molly explains that a Starcatcher's primary duty to collect starstuff as it falls to earth and dispose of it in the world's hottest active volcano, Mount Jalapeño, which is on Rundoon. They encourage the audience to use their imaginations to visualize the British Empire. On his way to feed the pigs, Alf checks in on the ladies and flirts with Mrs. Bumbrake. THE MEANING OR EMOTION CONVEYED IN THE STORY, FIND On the way, she discovers sailors gambling, singing hymns, and torturing Mack, the world's most inept sailor. YOUR OWN STUDENT FRIENDLY DEFINITIONS: MAKE SURE YOU CHECK TO SEE HOW THE Find the word in the book and describe how the word used reveals meaning about the event in the story. Greggors escorts Lord Aster inside the ship and then reveals that his real name is Smee and the seamen are pirates. [16][17], The show re-opened Off-Broadway at New World Stages beginning on March 18, 2013. All rights reserved. Words can be semantically related (synonyms), but convey A gang of malnourished sailors prepares The Neverland for the Rundoon voyage. [11][12] The original Broadway cast included Christian Borle (Black Stache), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Molly), Adam Chanler-Berat (Boy), Teddy Bergman (Fighting Prawn), Arnie Burton (Mrs. Bumbrake), Matt D’Amico (Slank), Kevin Del Aguila (Smee), Carson Elrod (Prentiss), Greg Hildreth (Alf), Rick Holmes (Lord Aster), Isaiah Johnson (Captain Scott) and David Rossmer (Ted). She then dashes off to get the trunk from Slank's cabin; the Boy realizes that there are more important things than saving his own neck and runs to help Molly. Molly drags the Boy back on board and revives him. 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 . Molly divulges that her father is on a secret mission for the Queen. . . Bolstered by wide readership of the bestselling novels, Peter might find more traction and draw young theatergoers, possibly benefiting from its Disney pedigree. Just then, the Mollusks enter with prisoners of their own — Lord Aster and Captain Scott. Before he departs, Lord Aster confides the mission's details to Molly, speaking in Dodo, a language known only to dodo birds and a handful of very special humans. The show is co-directed with a frantic mix of old-fashioned story-theater tricks and hipster humor by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers. 5. The cruel master would beat the cook, an island boy who was an artist in the kitchen. When Aster refuses, he steals the trunk key from his pocket. Smee elaborately introduces the most feared pirate captain on the high seas, Black Stache, who dramatically enters, then immediately vomits into a bucket. Authors choose synonyms carefully to convey emotions of characters. He warns her never to take it off or let anyone else touch it, and charges her to use it if she is ever in trouble. Alf is staring at Peter. They are quickly separated and soon realize that they are not alone. Peter and the Starcatcher Borle - H 2012 This adaptation of the Peter Pan origin story is rich in antic humor and theatrical invention, but the stardust loses potency and becomes a … The Mollusks are furious and pursue them. An ensemble of actors enters a bare stage. The other trunk, a decoy full of sand, will be carried by the old, weather-beaten ship The Neverland, captained by the sinister Bill Slank. 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. [21], Although the show garnered positive-to-mixed reviews by most critics,[22] it received a rave review from The New York Times, with Ben Brantley writing: "When the H.M.S. The three filthy orphans gather around Alf and his bucket of food. The first in a series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, it concocts a fanciful backstory for the Peter Pan tale. Featuring a dozen actors portraying more than 100 unforgettable characters, Peter and the Starcatcher uses ingenious stagecraft and the limitless possibilities of imagination to bring the story to life.