On March 7, 1955 audiences saw Mary Martin soar as 'Peter Pan' live on television, a special episode of NBC’s “Producer’s Showcase”
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Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel in the original Broadway production of R&H’s The Sound of Music, 1959. All of Mary’s beautiful costumes (for most of her shows) were designed by the glamorous Mainbocher.
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Me: Prefers serious versions of Hook
Also me: Fully accepts "Oh My Mysterious Lady" from the Mary Martin version of Peter Pan as a canon depiction of how Hook would react to finding a lady in Neverland. Proceeds to apply this to every version of Captain Hook.
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Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 1
Mary Martin: Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun (1947 National Tour US); Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949 Broadway); Peter in Peter Pan (1954 Broadway); Maria Von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1959 Broadway)
Vivienne Segal: Mizzi in The Blue Paradise (1915 Broadway); Constance Bonacieux in The Three Musketeers (1928 Broadway); Vera Simpson in Pal Joey (1940 Broadway); Vera Simpson in Pal Joey (1952 Broadway)
Propaganda under the cut. Semi-NSFW image below the cut
Mary Martin:
I just know y’all are gay for Peter Pan actresses so you better vote for the og Peter Pan lesbian
Vivienne Segal:
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Mary Martin flying high
Peter Pan (1954)
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“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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“I'll teach you how to jump on the wind's back, and then away we go.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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Groucho Marx and Mary Martin in rehearsal for a two-hour TV special celebrating the then ten-year partnership between composer Richard Rodgers and librettist-lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, March 28, 1954. Groucho hosted the show, which was broadcast live.
Photo: Lawrence Fried via Iconic Images Ltd.
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Why do they deserve to win?
Black Canary
Zed
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James Cagney, Mary Martin, Irene Rich, and Pat O'Brien rehearsing prior to the Red Cross Mercy Radio Broadcast in 1940 to aid the war refugee fund.
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So the Broadway version of Peter Pan is making its rounds in my neck of the woods soon, and while I’m not sure I can justify the expense right now, I am extremely curious about both the restaging since I last saw it and more importantly the fact that PETER IS PLAYED BY A YOUNG MAN. I’ve never seen the Cathy Rigby/Mary Martin version with Peter being played by a dude, and I just wonder why the decision was made and what kind of a singing voice he has where the songs will suit his voice. Like did they pitch the songs down an octave or something to fit him? Or does he just have a higher pitched voice naturally? So many questions…
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In 1959, Broadway star Mary Martin met with members of Austria's von Trapp family - at their home in Vermont - to prepare the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music.
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How come no one in any of the Peter Pan adaptations calls the crocodile "The Clockodile"???
Missed opportunity
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My favorite versions of Peter Pan:
1. Disney version
2. Musical version
3. Hook version
4. 2003 version
5. 2023 version
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