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performed H. M. S. Pinafore on a tiny, makeshift stage. For Peter Pan they are now able to have several set changes, adequate room for more ambitious choreography. and the technical capability to have several children flying about.
Director Pali Delevitt has assembled a cast whose talents will surprise anyone who is expecting amateur night: this is not just an evening out for the kids—to be politely endured by the parents. The truth is the actors (including the children) can act. and they can sing and they can dance.
There is a very funny scene in the first act involving Mr. Darling and the children as they go through their bedtime ritual. The interplay is wonderful, and Delevitt’s hard work with the children is especially evident here. Waldron O’Connor is a splendid Mr. Darling with his dry. put-upon demeanor, and surely O’Connor’s voice was made to deliver that famous line: “A little less noise there!” Wendy (Nancy Proctor). John (David Fisher), and Michael (Willie Arias) are all effective in their portrayals of the Darling children. The lullaby in the first act is lovely—all have pretty voices that are equal to the harmony part that each must take. Arias has a particularly good, strong voice: listen for him later when all the children in the cast are singing. Nancy Proctor obviously takes her craft
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