Margaret Kerry, the early sitcom actor and dancer who modeled the movements and expressions for Disney animators as they drew Peter Pan‘s pixie Tinker Bell into being, died of lung cancer on Thursday, June 11, in Wilmington, North Carolina. She was 97. Her death was announced by her family in…

Sondra Lee, a Broadway actor whose petit size allowed her, at 26, to convincingly play the Native American child princess Tiger Lily in Peter Pan opposite Mary Martin on Broadway and in the treasured 1955 TV presentation, died Monday, February 23, of natural causes in her New York City apartment. She…

A scene in one of Disneyland’s original rides is getting a modern makeover. Peter Pan’s Flight has been a staple at Disneyland since opening day in 1955, and is one of Walt Disney’s few original attractions that remains operational. One portion of the ride is getting a makeover, however…

EXCLUSIVE: British comedy legend Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous, French and Saunders) will make her pantomime debut as Captain Hook in Peter Pan this winter holiday season at the world famous London Palladium. The top-of-the-bill casting coup was the brainchild of Michael Harrison, of…

Broadway in Hollywood has tuned up the slate of musicals for its 2023-24 season. Headed to the Pantages Theatre stage starting late this year are the touring productions of MJ The Musical, The Wiz, Chicago The Musical, Girl from the North Country, Mrs. Doubtfire, Peter Pan and Company. "We're…

Alice in Neverland, an original musical that imagines a meeting between Lewis Carroll’s Alice and J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, is under development, with actors Christy Altomare (Anastasia), Heath Saunders (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) and Will Swenson (Waitress) set to lead a developmental reading…

Racist imagery and cultural stereotypes in six Disney animated classics including Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, Lady and the Tramp, The Aristocats, Dumbo and Swiss Family Robinson are being flagged on the Disney+ streaming site with warnings and detailed explanations of the “negative depictions” in each…

Marsha Kramer, a theater and television actress who most recently played Margaret an assistant to Ed O’Neill’s character on the ABC sitcom Modern Family, has died. She was 74. Modern Family director Jeff Greenberg shared the news of Kramer’s death Friday on Twitter. “So sad to hear that my long time friend…

Blair Brown, whose credits range from Orange Is The New Black to her Tony Award-winning performance in Copenhagen and the title role in the seminal TV series The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, has signed on with Uma Thurman and Josh Lucas to co-star in Beau Willimon‘s The Parisian Woman. The political drama from…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney will make its own live-action Peter Pan film, and has set David Lowery to direct a script that he will write with Toby Halbrooks. They teamed to write and Lowery directed Pete’s Dragon, a new version of Disney’s 1977 live action/animated musical. It will be the second effort in the family film…

Girls star Allison Williams finally has joined Facebook, just days ahead of Thursday night’s live broadcast of the Peter Pan musical on NBC. Her accession to the biggest social media platform out there is further boosting a burgeoning online presence for the updated show featuring Williams as Pan and Christopher W…

EXCLUSIVE: Neil Meron and Craig Zadan's temporary command center at the Grumman Studios on Long Island has all the charm and none of the warmth of a military bunker. Down the hall, a vast soundstage has been tricked out into the essential locales of Peter Pan: the Darling family nursery in London; Captain Hook's…