Thank you so much for the reply. I appreciate it. I guess this means Jim really hasn't been in London all these years writing the play? His legend is growing as far as confidentiality goes. He may be the next Howard Hughes in that regard.
God love him. I hope he's doing well.
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> > but the legal situation has now changed (as the article
> > points out) and anyone can do a Peter Pan show without
> > permission but they still have to pay royalties to the
> > hospital.
> >
> > Could you expand on this a bit? I see that 'Peter And The
> > Starcatcher', a prequel to Barrie's play is now a musical
> > on Broadway. How is it they had no problems with the
> > estate?
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> I imagine it's because "Peter and the Starcatcher" wasn't
> as dark as Jim's vision, which probably would have worried
> them. They probably saw that quote back in the day about
> "J.M. Barrie rolling in his grave" when one of the
> articles talked about Jim writing a screenplay for
> "Neverland" which he mentioned while he was promoting "Bad
> for Good".
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> There are four young adult prequel novels written
> > by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson out plus a few preteen
> > volumes as well. I saw a scene done on this years Tony
> > awards.
> > By the way, could anyone explain why they would change the
> > original name Peter and the Starcatchers, to a single
> > Starcatcher?
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> That's interesting. I want to know also.
>
> Makes no sense to me.
> > If this show does indeed come to pass, I plan on being
> > there as early as possible after how quickly Dance of the
> > Vampires folded.
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