VIDEO: From Mary Martin to Robin Williams, 13 Actors Who Played Peter Pan In 2017, she directed a revival of My Fair Lady at the Sydney Opera House for Opera Australia. Julie Andrews | Biography, Movies, & Facts | Britannica Loftus had just seen the Maude Adams production on Broadway when she was called to audition for the upcoming seasons production in London. Gymnast and Olympic medal winner Cathy Rigby was 21 when she began playing Peter Pan in another revival of the musical off-Broadway in 1974. I still like both, but I feel this shouldnt be forgotten. New photos from inside the event taping in Los Angeles feature Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, Jane Lynch, Katy Perry, Kristin Chenoweth, Sutton Foster and Darren Criss filming musical numbers, plus special guests like Cher, Julie Andrews, Allison Janney, Aileen Quinn, Amy Poehler, Bob Mackie, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and more. Over time, it became just tradition to cast a female as Peter. She made her film debut voice-dubbing the role of Princess Zeila in the 1949 animated film La Rosa di Bagdad. This VHS is my root, too! there were also some rumours about Veronica Lake too. In 1954, Peter Pan debuted asa stage musical starring Mary Martin, who was already a well-established Broadway star. After performing in several other pantomimes, Andrews played the featured role in a pantomime of Cinderella in 1953, and in this capacity she caught the attention of director Vida Hope, who was working on the London production of Sandy Wilsons musical about the 1920s, The Boy Friend. Hope brought this discovery to the United States to shine on Broadway, where she won rave reviews portraying Polly Brown, an earnest young British flapper. Although Mary Martin married twice, she was involved with actress Janet Gaynor, according to Lillian Faderman and Stuart TimmonsGay L.A.,in which it is noted that: When Janet Gaynor and Mary Martin, who were also lovers, took a vacation together (leaving their homosexual husbands at home), fan magazines considered it charming for them to enjoy some time for girl talk as their desire to be alone was naively dubbed. I love the panto and Peter Pan traditions, but I feel its a bit naive to ignore that one of the major reasons for the gender-bending is to titillate male audience members. Shes become iconically associated with the role, which she has played as recently as last year at the age of 60. From her 1954 Broadway debut as Polly in "The Boy Friend," she has received rave reviews . She appears in many adaptations of the story, (1986) and Duet for One (1986). Mary Martin as Peter Pan, with the Darling children Maureen Bailey, Kent Fletcher and Joey Trent in a 1960 TV special. There is no other way.. After retiring, she waspicked up for an NBC Arena Touring Production of Peter Pan that same year, going on to play the role on out west in 1986. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway attend MONTBLANC Launches Collection Princesse Grace De Monaco at the Princess Grace Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on November 1, 201, Julie Andrews - Julie Andrews Photo: Don Hunstein / Sony Music Archives, Julie Andrews with Director Christopher Ashley, Charles Busch, Julie Andrews and Julie Halston, (From bottom row) Cast and spellers, including Jared Gertner, Julie Andrews, Sarah Saltzberg, Deborah S. Craig, Emma Walton Hamilton, Jose Llana and Barrett Foa, Cast and spellers, including (from bottom row) Julie Andrews, Sarah Saltzberg, Deborah S. Craig and Emma Walton Hamilton, Cast and spellers, including (from bottom row) Jared Gertner, Julie Andrews, Sarah Saltzberg and Deborah S. Craig, Derrick Baskin with (from bottom row) cast and spellers, including Jessica-Snow Wilson, Jared Gertner, Julie Andrews, Sarah Saltzberg, Deborah S. Craig, Emma Walton Hamilton, Jose Llana and Barrett Foa, (At desk) Lisa Howard and Greg Stuhr with cast and spellers, including (from bottom row) Jessica-Snow Wilson, Jared Gertner, Julie Andrews, Sarah Saltzberg, Deborah S. Craig, Emma Walton Hamilton, Jose Llana and Barrett Foa, Greg Sturh with Spelling Bee stars and guest spellers, including Jessica-Snow Wilson, Jared Gertner, Julie Andrews, Sarah Saltzberg, Deborah S. Craig, Emma Walton Hamilton and Jose Llana, Lisa Howard with cast members and guest spellers, including Jared Gertner, Julie Andrews, Sarah Saltzberg, Deborah S. Craig, Emma Walton Hamilton, Jose Llana and Barrett Foa, Lisa Howard with cast members and guest spellers, including Jared Gertner, Julie Andrews, Sarah Saltzberg, Deborah S. Craig, Emma Walton Hamilton and Jose Llana, (Bottom row) Derrick Baskin, Jessica-Snow Wilson, Sarah Saltzberg and Jared Gertner; (Middle row) Deborah S. Craig, Emma Walton Hamilton, Julie Andrews, Barrett Foa; (Top row) Jose Llana, Greg Stuhr and Lisa Howard, Cast and spellers, including (from bottom row) Julie Andrews, Sarah Saltzberg and Deborah S. Craig, Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Andrews with Justin Martin (The Lion King), Dylan Riley Snyder (Tarzan), Kelsey Fowler (Grey Gardens), Trevor Braun (Beauty and the Beast), Abigail Ferenczy (Grey Gardens) and Ashley Renee Jordan (The Lion King), Julie Andrews and daughter Emma Walton Hamilton watch from the sidelines, Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Andrews take the podium.