Shows · Finding Neverland
Finding Neverland
Opened 2015
565 performances
Musical, Contemporary
Playwright J.M. Barrie struggles with writer's block and a loveless marriage until he befriends a widowed mother and her four young sons in Kensington Gardens. Through his growing bond with the imaginative Llewelyn Davies boys, Barrie discovers the inspiration to create his masterwork Peter Pan, a story about the boy who never grew up.
- Music
- Gary Barlow & Eliot Kennedy
- Lyrics
- Gary Barlow & Eliot Kennedy
- Book
- James Graham
Productions2 productions: 1 on Broadway, 1 in the West End
Recordings 1 recording
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Finding Neverland matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
Finding Neverland is a musical with music and lyrics by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy and a book by James Graham adapted from the 1998 play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee and its 2004 film version Finding Neverland. An early version of the musical made its world premiere at the Curve Theatre in Leicester in 2012 with a book by Allan Knee, music by Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michael Korie. A reworked version with the current writing team made its world premiere in 2014 at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Following completion of its Cambridge run, the production transferred to Broadway in March 2015. After a 17-month Broadway run, Finding Neverland closed o…
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