<p>Exactly, teriwitt. They also frequently do stories on other programs their networks are broadcasting. </p>
<p>Of course, they do fluff pieces but someone upthread said it was 10 minutes of a 23 minute program, that’s what I was reacting to. Also, he’s the managing editor so it’s not as though anyone needs to nicely let him promote his kid. I didn’t watch and have no opinion on Peter Pan. </p>
<p>2:56 seconds. Here is the video. </p>
<p><a href=“'I Would Watch It Every Day': Allison Williams Dreamed of Being Peter Pan”>http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/i-would-watch-it-every-day-allison-williams-dreamed-being-n261651</a></p>
<p>Thanks, now I understand why Woody thought it was 10 minutes.</p>
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<p>That would likely require hiring a minor-aged child…and all the difficulties surrounding that. Not impossible, but certainly extra hurdles which are easily avoided by using an adult woman.</p>
<p>The other problem with casting a young boy as Peter is that the rest of the Lost Boys would also have to be young or it’s just “off”. (Yes, it was a bit off in this version too, as the Lost Boys were quite a bit bigger than Williams. But they were obviously cast for their dancing abilities!)</p>
<p>“Thanks, now I understand why Woody thought it was 10 minutes.”</p>
<p>That you think it was silly and a waste of time is not the point. They did not do a 10 minute story on it out of a 23 minute broadcast. This was no different than any other fluff piece network news run at the end of their evening news program. </p>
<p>So reading this thread again today, I decided to check out what Tom and Lorenzo had to say about it. If you are not familiar with their site, <a href=“http://www.tomandlorenzo.com”>www.tomandlorenzo.com</a>. </p>
<p>Anyway, whether or not people loved it or hated it or thought NBC miscast Allison Williams and Christopher Walken as it turns out or casting Christian Borle as both Mr. Darling and Smee, I still think it is a nice trend for NBC to have a broadcast of a live production… and far better than just about anything else most networks are offering, except for PBS and some cable networks. </p>
<p>So it is December 6th and next month brings us the return of Downtown Abbey. I already watched the first episode … pretty exciting ending. I will say no more. </p>
<p>Actually too bad I don’t have Brian Williams perch… as I am about to head into NYC to see younger d and her theatre company performing Shakespeare tonight off-off-Broadway and again tomorrow in modern drama that relates to this Shakespearean comedy.</p>
<p>Well, I didn’t cringe while watching like I did during Sound of Music. Allison WIlliams was good but she doesn’t have the stage presence needed to be able to completely pull it off.</p>
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<p>Perhaps, but why not broadcast this type of show at a “family” time when the target audience can be introduced to this type of “magic”. The risk, of course, remains that it might also develop a generation of kids underwhelmed by the limitations of musical theatre. Fwiw, it might be a better idea to have real theatre and classical music on regular channels as opposed to glorified Broadway MT. </p>
<p>It seems that TV executives abroad are smarter with their choices, and seem to offer plenty of smart pieces for specific audiences. </p>
<p>Well I, for one, appreciate these shows as someone who can’t afford Broadway shows but still likes theater. Was it perfect? No. Was Walken terrible? Yes. Did I enjoy it? Immensely.</p>
<p>This show should have been broadcast on a Friday or Saturday night. </p>
<p>OR the prime time folks should have agreed that this is a family show…and it should have started no later than 7.</p>
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Thank you for the heads up. I think it’ll be more enjoyable for me to rewatch the Disney version or the 2003 movie version instead. </p>
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<p>Why then are children cast in the Broadway play Annie? </p>
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