"Peter Pan LIVE!" finally debuts tonight on NBC at 8 PM ET (official start time)! Are you excited to see the show that everyone's been talking about for months? Will all the hype be worth it? Starring Allison Williams as Peter Pan, Christopher Walken as Captain Hook, and Minnie Driver as the adult Wendy Darling, the show promises to be as entertaining and exciting as last year's "Sound Of Music" starring Carrie Underwood - if not more. The live show sure to be one of the biggest TV events of the festive season for the whole family. Find out where to watch a live stream here tonight!
What should we expect for tonight's "Peter Pan LIVE!" musical spectacle? According to TV Guide, "Mermaids, fairies and a vile villain named Captain Hook all intertwine in this adaptation of the Broadway musical centering on a playful boy who never wants to grow old. Allison Williams, Christopher Walken and Minnie Driver star."
Not convenient to get to a TV in time? No problem, we've got you covered with live stream links to access the full "Peter Pan LIVE!" 2014 event online at 8 PM (official start time) by clicking here, here or here (one link may work over another due to region restrictions)!
Celebrating the festive season as Christmas trees, lights and decorations are coming up around the country, the "Peter Pan LIVE!" performance spectacular seeks to further spread that holiday cheer for the whole family! Will the stars, crew, and NBC pull off the live show without any hiccups?
Don't miss the classic story, star actors, big song and dance numbers, and amazing special effects!
Check out these behind-the-scenes video previews of the show's rehearsals, including cast interviews:
There's certainly plenty to look forward to!
The A.V. Club chooses the live show as its top pick for Thursday night viewing, explaining "Over 18 million viewers tuned in to see Carrie Underwood belt her face off (and fail to act) in last year's Sound Of Music Live! Now NBC is hoping audiences will do the same when Girls' Allison Williams slips into Peter Pan's pixie cut tonight. Producers have promised the second live musical broadcast will feature more moments of theatricality, several brand new songs, and a CGI Tinker Bell. And in case all of that isn't enough of a draw, the production also boasts high-wire flying, intense choreography, child actors, a real dog, and Christopher Walken. (Feel free to take bets on which one of those will go haywire first.) Musical theater nerd Caroline Siede weighs in on NBC's second attempt to make live musicals an annual tradition."
According to Us Weekly, "Hate-watching -- unlike Allison Williams -- will not fly during NBC's Peter Pan Live! special. The Girls actress is well aware of the public's less-than-favorable reaction to last year's The Sound of Music Live! (despite boffo ratings), but she believes that cynics will eat their words when they're transported to Neverland with her and the rest of the Peter Pan cast on Thursday, Dec. 4. "I will say this about last year: Today's audiences like to watch things cynically. And I'm on a show that's cynical in tone so I'm no stranger to that," Williams, 26, told The Daily Beast ahead of the big event. "Hate-watching is a thing. It's a whole way of watching something, and it's not an audience that's natural to a non-cynical performance." This musical -- which debuted on Broadway in 1954 and has been performed three times for television -- is nothing but non-cynical performances. "Peter Pan, you cannot watch cynically. If you do, you're going to hate it, no question," she said of the production, an adaptation of J.M. Barrie's classic 1904 play and 1911 novel. "It falls apart instantly"...Williams has "full faith" that everything will work out for the best, and that viewers will fall in love with the show just as she has. "People will hear the opening strings of music that they know deep, deep down in their heart, and it will make them nostalgic again," she told The Daily Beast. "And they'll crumble."
Don't forget to watch the entire 3 hour "Peter Pan LIVE!" show tonight at 8 PM (official start time) on NBC, or via the live stream links above!
So, did you crumble? Let us know what you think of the show in the comments section below!
