Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers at 2nd Stage Theatre

Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers

2nd Stage Theatre
6500 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles

This radically fresh retelling of the JM Barrie classic explores the original ideas and inspirations behind the iconic fantasy of Peter Pan. Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers is a dark new retelling of the story of the boy who wouldn't grow up. This is ‘Peter Pan' as you have never seen it before, but how it was always meant to be told. "This dark, disturbing, yet magical adaptation based on JM Barrie's original ideas behind Peter Pan is one of the most thrilling scripts I have read in years," said The Blank Artistic Director Henning. "Michael Lluberes' adaptation and Michael Matthews' visionary direction are a perfect match. I am excited for our audiences to experience Peter Pan as they have never experienced it before."

Thru - Jun 2, 2013

Price: $30

Box Office: 323-462-9707

Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers Reviews

Average Rating based on 9 reviews

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Los Angeles Times - Recommended

"...In fact, in this charming production directed by the deft Michael Matthews, Lluberes has stripped off the well-intentioned Disney and Broadway varnishes to restore Barrie's unique voice and his great subject, the horror of growing up, which is a version of the horror of death."

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- Margaret Gray

LA Weekly - Recommended

"...But here imagination, ingenuity, exuberance and the spirit of make-believe transcend literal reality, and the result is sweet, touching and magical. Lluberes' script simplifies the play but preserves most of its values and ideas."

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- Neal Weaver

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

"...Most of the seven actors play multiple roles. They are all gifted with physical agility, grace, and easily switch between different realities and characters. As important is their ability to communicate wonder and joy believably - particularly as adults playing children - and the cast at the Blank Theatre is more than up to the task and gets it just right. Their English accents are a little non-specific, and occasionally go wonky, but their commitment to the material sees them through, under the inventive direction of Michael Matthews."

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- Samuel Bernstein

Stage Scene LA - Recommended

"...Though there may be some who'll carp that "We don't need another Peter Pan" or that they are simply too "grown-up" to enjoy two hours with the boy who refused to do precisely that, for those like this reviewer who are willing and eager to let their childhood selves rise from the ashes and fly free, Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers offers innumerable pleasures and rewards."

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- Steven Stanley

StageHappenings.com - Recommended

"...What this is, is a very good production without gimmicks or songs but pure theatricality to tell this familiar story."

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- Robert Machray

BlogCritics.org - Recommended

"...The Blank Theatre has done a superb job of bringing the show to the 2nd Stage with a polished production highlighted by solid performances."

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- Kurt Gardner

ArtsInLA - Recommended

"...Bursts of joyful theatricality turn the West Coast premiere of this Michael Lluberes play into something not to be missed."

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- Bob Verini

Campus Circle - Recommended

"...So when the moment comes, and Tinkerbell's light is about to die out, as it inevitably does, and you feel the heavy silence surround you, think of the play you've sat and watched, the emotions it's stirred in you and how you actually want to cry out for Tinkerbell to live; and in that moment, don't let anything stop you. It's a childhood favorite, and dark as this version may be, it's still Peter Pan. It's incredible."

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- Laura Cueva

Grigware Blogspot - Somewhat Recommended

"...The latest incarnation of the J. M. Barrie classic Peter Pan by Michael Lluberes entitled Peter Pan The Boy Who Hated Mothers, now onstage at the Blank Theatre Company, has stellar production values, including imaginative staging by prolific director Michael Matthews and a delightfully versatile cast of actors, but bottom line – what's the point of Lluberes' adaptation?"

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- Don Grigware