Best Of Peter Pan-Never Neverland

[missystar013]

We're singing this in the women's chorus I'm in! :D Can't wait!!

[mayorhollywood]

this video will never grow old it will always stay with us

[tigrr10]

This is from the era when musicals were magical... the illusions created by words and music and great actors who knew their craft. A time when cynics and special effects did not exist. Of the most recent ones, the original A Little Night Music and Julie Andrews' Victor Victoria have brought this magic back to the stage. Long live Broadway!

[bcbdrums]

i was raised on this and other musicals. this is the good stuff...

[VermontYESfan]

Never Neverland is one of those melancholy songs that just rips my heart out and brings me to tears...As many times as I've seen Peter Pan including the 1955 and 1956 live broadcasts, since growing up, I'm unable to get thru the play without the sickening feeling of losing youth to adulthood and innocence to being jaded .

It takes me back to my Grandma's living room in front of her RCA color TV and the best years of my life...those were the days !

[RoxyIsInYourHouse]

I grew up watching this version with my Nanna and Pop.

Best version yet with the greatest songs. This one brings tears to my eyes, it's so beautiful.

[chenowethlover]

When I was little, I used to watch this and The Wizard of Oz over and over again. This song and Over the Rainbow were my all time favorites!! RIP Mary Martin & Judy Garland <3

[Elric33239]

It's odd seeing this teleplay now and remembering it from childhood. I was 3 or 4 years old when I first saw it and I was shocked to discover years later that Dinah the Dog was actually two men in a dog costume! When I hear Mary Martin sing this beautiful song, it still puts a tear in my eye. Thanks for posting this classic from The Hallmark Hall of Fame.

[NessAndPorkyLover]

was 8 years old when I first saw this & 64 now. Still have the padge from the TV Guide when it was on. Happy Happy thoughts.

[boombat123]

That's so sweet



[TrippyMcgee22]

my dad sang this to me every night before bedtime when I was a kid. RIP

[NYCprincess7]

@TrippyMcgee22 It was my lullaby too:) It makes me cry now. I'll bet when it was played for me my dad never thought that i would grow up to be obssed with Broadway and try to be in shows.Then it was just a lullaby:) I'm very sorry your father passed away, God bless you both.

[AbOvoII]

I have read some dumb posts about theater and stars and women and weight and dykes and shaving and stage-flying, but some here take the cake! Mary Martin was the star of her day. It began with Maude Adams. That film of a famed star in a famed role exists is a good thing. Many today grew up with Mary as Peter, now more know Cathy as Peter. In time another star will essay the role. Classics live.

[osworth]

The dislike came from Captain Hook, who else.

[Liveactingforever]

i have the movie of the performance, but its Cathy Rigby as Peter Pan

[bgolant]

Peter was played as a woman because at the time they did not have technology strong enough to support a man flying on strings across the stage. Women weigh less.

[kellylindnerful]

I luv mary martin

[lskarin]

Mary Martin is pure Broadway. Often her sexual orientation is brought up. To me, irrelevent.

Ethyl Merman and Mary Martin peformed together on occasion. And Ethyl was said to comment: "Dyke, you know."

I just hope "education" helps patrons of the arts get over this nonsense.

[SupergirlLoisLane17]

Wow I'm teching for a professional kids version of this and the 12 year old girl who plays Peter is better than this lady...

[notyouraveragething]

@SupergirlLoisLane17 How lucky for you, too bad no one cares

[SupergirlLoisLane17]

@notyouraveragething aww you sound like someone who needs a mommy :(

[ilcrox]

@SupergirlLoisLane17 MARY MARTIN IS AMAZING. DON'T YOU EVER DOUBT THAT. EVER. EVER. EVER.

[SupergirlLoisLane17]

@ilcrox oh dont get me wrong, she is good I just have heard younger stronger voices, classics are always good :)

[Dragonrider1227]

One person is too old to go to Neverland

[iLaay31]

@Dragonrider1227 hook and smee xD

[Dragonrider1227]

@iLaay31 LOL that's two ;p

[irishsetterarchie]

I was enchanted by this as a child and I still am!! Mary will always be my Peter Pan. If only we could all go back to remembering what it is like to see the world through a child's eyes...Maybe we can if we try.

[FlemilyEming]

amazing voice. She had real presence. What a star.

[MrsEdwardCullen112]

This song makes me cry. It makes me think of the good ole days when I was little.

[plalelal]

In any case, I loved this version. It was so real to me a s a child. It was fun fun!~

[samyullhorton]

I don't know what it is that makes this version of Peter Pan mean so much to me. I never cared much for the Disney version, or any other version than this. Mary Martin is Peter to me, and anyone else is just knock off. Her voice, and her chipper presence makes me feel like I'm five again, and learning to crow with my great-grandmother.

[kutiexoxo]

@samyullhorton agreed 100%....when I think of peter pan....I think of this broadway and Mary Martin. My mom said I watched it on repeat. :)

[blue1054]

This really takes me back to good times.

[Liveactingforever]

Why is it that every time in peter pan it's always a girl who plays Peter????

[Tonichelle]

@Liveactingforever because women are smaller, and more 'youthful'. you don't have to worry about a shaved face, etc.

[iamnowchristine]

@Tonichelle Also for tradition's sake. All professional performances have a female Peter, because that's how it was first done. It loses something of its original feel when boys play Peter.

[plalelal]

@iamnowchristine SExist!

[iamnowchristine]

@plalelal Not at all. This is the same reason why all productions of Hairspray have a man playing the leading lady's mother.  AKA the reason John Travolta wore a dress. (lol)

[zac613]

@Tonichelle that and they can hit the higher music notes that are in the songs.

[LamourVanity09]

@Liveactingforever because it's been that way since the first performance, a boy has never played Peter, it's always women because they are petite and can look more youthful in older ages than men can, it's just tradition.

[JohnMichaelBradshaw]

This is my favorite version of the musical!

[Serena2009ification]

@JohnMichaelBradshaw

Me, too! The music is amazing, as is Mary Martin's performance of Peter.

[rachlovesmoony]

I will never ever get over this musical and story. It will remain one of my favorites forever <3

[amceagle1]

My mother plopped me and my sister in front of our then new) DuMont TV when this first aired out of NYC. Performances like this stick with you your whole live.

[amceagle1]

My mother plopped me and my sister in front of our DuMont TV when first transmitted out of NYC.

[jooodlez]

best song in the play. and mary martin does it way too amazingly. it was a great song to grow up to.

[TomCollinsgirl]

I saw it when i was a baby and i accidentaly taped over it. one of the biggest regrets in my musical life

[redeye007]

my mom bought this for me on tape when it first was released and i watched it here and there i think i will watch it tomorrow

[jpmimosa0529]

i was a little girl when I watched this on TV when it first was aired, never could forget that song.

[Luluismypomeranian]

This is the best acted version of Peter Pan, in my opinion.

[MCRfan1323]

what key is this song in?

[broadwaymaniac92]

@MCRfan1323 B flat.

[resings44]

@MCRfan1323 itS in B-fLAT MAJOR : )

[pronyma]

i love todd rundgrens version more!

[ichatwithyou]

Aww, amazing memories. I was John for my schools production...My heart will always fly on wings, forever in nevernever land.

[Doxygurl]

This is my absolute favorite musical. I've never seen the Disney version, but it seems different. I remember watching this tape over and over when I was little, so much I've memorized the Raisinettes jingle that came before it. It's weird, I forgot the lyrics for a long time, but now that I watch it again I hear myself singing along. Truly a classic.

[Sybella0988]

I could've wrote this myself. I used to watch it at least three times a week; whenever I was being babysat by my grandparents. I, too, remember commercial.

[xosophie11]

im one of twins in my production our names are This and That

[Ecdysiast96]

this is my favorite song in the show. I'm a gleek. I'd like to sing again someday in front of people. I'm too shy at the moment. Anyway, I love this song and I need to go call my mother

[anitababi37]

i sang this for my audition :D

[TheNextIdinaMenzel]

god, mary martin is the BOMB

[Operalover12002]

If we compare Ethel Merman to the sun, Mary Martin can be the moon. I find her voice really enchanting and comforting for the audience. Thanks for posting this clip.

[iaminthburg]

I really appreciate your comment. Check out Miss Mary and Ezio Pinza, doing SOME ENCHANTED EVENING........she is doing some awesomely talented acting in that clip. Love Mary. ( Ethel..er, I don't know 'bout Ethel......she's a bit of a Diesel )

[IDR34M]

:) Wow this is forever ago it seems.

i wish i was still little haha greattt movie :D

[TomCollinsgirl]

I remember this. i watched it as a kid over and over. Is this on DVD?

[erinrg]

this takes me back to my childhood. wow. I used to watch this every day.

[youlldietrying]

Well, lets consider how they would really do it. or at least, used to do it. During the Baroque period male sopranos and altos comprised about 70 percent of all operatic singers. Male sopranos in opera were a matter of necessity. Women, were often forbidden on the stage so castrati played both the womens parts and the hero as well. Church choirs used pre-pubescent boys to sing the high parts in choral works because women were also not allowed to participate in church services. it gets worse.

[GCheetham]

gay.

[babyfacefreeman]

thanks, i'll check that out

[babyfacefreeman]

why do girls sing so high!!!!!! i'm a girl and i have a really low voice. i'm a pretty good singer but i can't find songs to song for auditions because all girl songs are high all guy songs talk about girls...that would be wierd...

[vivaelphaba]

this song is totally not high...check out Distant Melody, if you like this show.

[babyfacefreeman]

Haha! It's high for me! Like I said LOW voice. Not like man-low but it's definitly much lower than hers :)

[vivaelphaba]

wow, if your voice is lower than hers then you is craaaazy girl!!

[babyfacefreeman]

thaaaaaaanks :)

[AnotherSpecialEdMom]

One way to bring your voice up -- over a longer period of time -- is to try to speak in a slightly higher register. Also, if you practice increasing your range note by note (or half note by half note), you can bring your range up. Good luck.

[jobroluvractresskewl]

shes old, not young... sorry, that was really mean

[Acidosis2006]

I think I remember seeing this on television when I was 4 years old.

[CorsoBersaglieri]

Vince Guaraldi plays a great version of this song on his 1965 recording Vince Guaraldi Trio

[SpinDashpro]

I love this song. One of the best!

[joanso2008]

I haven't heard this song for so very long. I love it.

[hiptrip99]

I know this from Todd Rundgren.

[blue21495]

We are doing this play at my acting school. i hope we do justice to it.

[timmchap35]

you won;t

[Starlysh]

The best.

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[fallen1love]

i love this movie it was always my favorite but i don't have it any more and i want to find it

[QueenWebster]

come visit me and we can watch it lol

[musicsavage]

I prefer Todd Rundgren version.

[molly8337]

i live in weatherford, where she grew up and my skool is called mary martin

[Feathersandploom]

This was my favorite childhood movie.

It really made an impact on me.

I still love it to this day.

It's always stuck with me.

Thank you for posting this!!!

[bjcota50]

Wow, I love all the comments of how this song was so special during childhood. I watched this with my younger brothers, and passed it on to my daughters. I remember feeling, at about age 8 or so that maybe, just maybe, I won't get old like my parents. Through her eyes, I believed I could really find that place. I think of this song alot, how, attitude and faith is everything in life!!

The comment from Dorianslover gave me chills. My daughters were born in Weatherford, Tx,Mary Martin's home

[kylekubrick]

old school talent and one of the all time greatest songs ever written. Mary Martin was wonderful in Peter Pan.

[secondchild0011]

i've never seen this version of peter pan. it looks really good, much better than the remakes. i saw peter pan on broadway when i was very young. i think wen Cathy Rigby was peter pan? and i remember that i loved it so much.

[jpmimosa0529]

I saw the very first Peter Pan with Mary Martin. I was a child and it was years before anyone could convince me that she was not a boy. This song always haunted me, I loved it so. How lovely to see and hear Peter Pan again, thank you so mucy

[NessAndPorkyLover]

OH - I so much agree with you. I was 8 years old when I first saw this.Still have the TV Guide it was in. Am 60 now & will always love it & to hell with people than don`t.

[langtongirl]

this was always my favourite song growing up out of my favourite film, thanks, i'm kind of welling up right now....sigh

[jofobu1950]

I fondly remember watching Peter Pan starring Mary Martin on television as I was growing up. I think it is a shame that I never see it anymore. What a wonderful, enchanting story it is. I think today's kids are really missing sometime special.

[vSHADOWFAXv]

Yes you are probably right and I don't doubt you but, we're not in Germany we are in America and we spell it like this "theatre", so if she was in Germany she would be spelling it right, but because she's in America she is spelling it wrong.

[maximillian235]

vSHADOWFAXv what are you talking about??. Theatre and Theater are both correct spellings. Theatre (meaning the general art of singing, dancing and acting) and theater the actual building. You claim to have theatre experience, well if that was true - you would know that Peter is always played by a girl in the broadway version. DUH!

[vSHADOWFAXv]

i honestly could care less now, I can't believe people care that much to keep harrassing its called a fucking opinion, and by the way ask anybody in theatre , that is dedicated to theatre and they are in a theatre and are involved with theatre everyday of there life, and they will say that the correct way to spell the art form of theatre would be T-H-E-A-T-R-E, I don't even fucking care people, get a fucking life!

[3goodtimes]

*dreamy sigh* I love this play. Mary Martin rocks my socks. I bet I watched the video of this a billion times as a kid. I wish I could find the soundtrack. Thanks so much for posting this! <3

[TomasEsquelles]

nice job! congratulations

hey, check my Peter Pan Theatre!

[vSHADOWFAXv]

Why is PETER Pan being played by a girl that may be the dumbest thing i've ever heard considering peter pan is a guy and therefore should be played by a guy.

[XxbornloserxX]

wow, why is peter pan being played by a girl? because guys rarely have voices that can hit the notes, and girls can.

[vSHADOWFAXv]

wow, why can't you let a person have an opinion, Prick!

[XxbornloserxX]

i never said you couldn't have an opinion, you just have no theater experience if you don't know why Peter Pan is being played by a girl

[vSHADOWFAXv]

Well obviously you have no theatre experience at all, and much less than I do if you're spelling theatre like this "theater" that is wrong, you would use that as if you were going to a movie theater, understand? "I feel like I'm talking to a little kid." Also, you're not letting someone have an opinion because you're harassing someone because of what they said, people like you, are what make youtube stupid, it's called an opinion get used to it, because the world is full of them.

[thespian1o1]

Actually, "theatre" is the french & british spelling and "theater" is the german spelling...so they're both correct.(I'm a drama major)And as for the girl, back in the early 1900s they had the old harnesses and they needed a petite woman to to be able to lift and fly freely around also it was a decision driven primarily by the difficulty of casting actors even younger than the one playing Peter for the other children, so Peter's appearance has never been implied.

[fontenayperi]

I totally agree!! furthermore why is peter pan always being played by a non-flying person??

[vSHADOWFAXv]

And plus the woman playing her doesn't even look like a little boy, sure i can see them wanting someone with a higher pitched voice but she just looks like a woman with really short hair.

[emilytheflowerchildd]

i take singing lessons and i'm practicing this song

the ending is tricky, but it is a beutiful song

[Dorianslover]

I love Mary Martin. She was from my hometown. (There's a statue of Peter Pan in front of our public library.)But I just love this song...And Distant Melody. My mom used to sing them to me.

[brutalyzedbytv]

This is it. What life's all about, in a nutshell. I saw this performance as a young boy in its earlier live incarnation on a b&w telly, and it has never left me.

[m4modern]

Whenever I see Mary Martin, I think of "Peter Pan." I saw a rebroadcast of this 1960 videotape version of the musical--it was probably 1966 and I was four years old. I have loved it, and her, ever since. That voice, as clear as a bell, and that score, so lilting and so perfect for the story. Whomever thinks that television has "evolved" in the past forty years is sorely mistaken. It has de-volved. Just try to find talent and class like this on television today. Good luck!

[siamdesperado]

my favorite song and favorite voice singing it

[Gymnastics1220]

wth? ummmmmm was this the Broadway musical, hopefully not, Wendy looks like an old lady and peter is like 40 years old...some help this play!!!!!!

[steffiem87]

okay, holy crap. You need to learn your musical theatre lesson, so it's time to get schooled. the woman playing peter pan is Mary Martin, one of the most talented and respected women on broadway, who will be forever cherished for her role as Peter Pan, among other things. This was a made-for-tv recording of the play, which was also distributed on VHS about a thousand years ago (I have owned it all my life) This musical doesn't need any help.

[iNFAMOUSZLOSER]

Oh my God. You don't know ANYTHING about Broadway, do you?

[ctv89]

why peter is always played by a woman?

[moonspirityue]

Peter is always played by a woman because they need to find someone who is old ebough to take it seriously. It's really hard to find a guy at that age who's voice hasn't changed, can sing, dance, and act. The people depend on a girl with that. For petes sake my school is doing peter pan and they got their eye on me for it. It is so much fun to act like a 10 year old boy.

[jkoncz]

your quite right and I hope you get the part! For me I never want to grow up either but it didnt work for me...must have been those darn Pirates?

[sktralternative]

awesome, paul gilberts version is awesome as well

[neverlandandpeter]

Thanks sooo much!!(:

[momderose]

I love this song. What a beautiful voice!

[jkoncz]

what a talent that woman had in south pacific and in this play about the boy who wouldnt grow up!

[eppiemarner101]

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favorite, definitely.

[egraceq]

WHEE! I love this song! o.O I'm always singing it, and I probably kill my family with it... heh

[Lizawhizz]

I love this song so much.

[hinomiko16]

My favorite song from this movie.

[jkoncz]

this was taken from the tv production sometime in the 1950-s and repeated almost yearly on NBC! I know as a kid I watched it till I grew up, darn!