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'From Peter Pan to Mickey Mouse: These Creative Works are Entering the Public Domain in 2024

This article reviews the new batch of creative works that will be entering the Public Domain this coming 2024, from Mickey Mouse to Peter Pan.
  • 'Sandy Duncan to Replace Carolee Carmello in 'Finding Neverland' Musical

    More than 30-years after being nominated for a Tony Award for playing the titular role in 'Peter Pan,' Sandy Duncan will be returning to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to replace Carolee Carmello in the Broadway production of 'Finding Neverland.' The 69-year-old triple threat recently explained that returning to a Pan oriented show in the same theater that she once played the boy that would not grow up has brought back memories so vivid they borderline on déjà vu. In addition to Duncan, Tony Yazbeck has also joined the cast as a replacement for lead Matthew Morrison, who is going on to take a recurring role in CBS' 'The Good Wife.'
  • 'Children's Theatre Updates 'Peter Pan's' Lost Boys to Girl Gang, NBC to Premiere Thursday

    In these progressive times, concerns over old productions — like the 100-year-old classic "Peter Pan" — are subject to revision. With a live production on NBC this Thursday, Dec. 4, starring Christopher Walken, Music Theatre International is considering updating the play's undertones of post-colonialism to a more politically correct version. Playwright and choreographer Larissa FastHorse felt it fit to produce a counterpoint to the famous "Lost Boys," which some feel is a crude assimilation of early Native American anxieties. Thus, she created a new gang of powerful and diverse girls, per (Minneapolis) "Star Tribune," now known as "The Pounce." Interesting, indeed. But the new idea became so immediately accepted by Music Theatre International, a licensing company that controls the performance rights to "Peter Pan," that it has been adopted as the new standard for any future staging.
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