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.

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Finding Neverland (Broadway, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 2015) | Playbill.

"Finding Neverland" has some great performances but never finds its groove. Finding Neverland purports to be historical: the true tale of how Barrie, inspired by his dealings with the family of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, created the boy who wouldn't grow up. It also purports to be a singing-dancing family entertainment.

- "Based on the Miramax motion picture written by David Magee and the play The man who was Peter Pan by Alan Knee"--Insert. - Melanie Moore (Peter Pan), Matthew Morrison (J.M. Barrie), Teal Wicks (Mary Barrie), Kelsey Grammer (Charles Frohman), Laura Michelle Kelly (Sylvia Llewelyn Davies), Carolee Carmello (Mrs.

Finding Neverland is based on the life of JM Barrie, author of Peter Pan and is inspired by true events. It is a charming movie set in London 1903, and relates the story of the relationship between Barrie and the widowed Sylvia Llewellyn Davies and her four sons.

While inking this island into existence, Barrie began conceiving another island: Neverland rose from the sea of his friendship with the Llewellyn Davies boys, an imaginary Eden for their summertime adventures. It was inspired, of course, by Stevenson's Treasured paradise.

It is an imaginary faraway place where Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, the Lost Boys, and some other imaginary beings and creatures live. Although not all people who come to Neverland cease to age, its best-known resident famously refused to grow up.

outer space Walt Disney's 1953 Peter Pan suggests Neverland is located in outer space, adding a "star" to Peter's directions: "second star to the right, and straight on till morning." From afar, these stars depict Neverland in the distance.

Although not all people who come to Neverland cease to age, its best-known resident famously refused to grow up. Thus, the term is often used as a metaphor for eternal childhood (and childishness), as well as immortality and escapism.

And the big message is to be a child, to never grow up. Find the child within and free it." Like the movie of the same name, "Finding Neverland" is based on Allan Knee's 1998 play "The Man Who Was Peter Pan." It has a book by James Graham, music and lyrics by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy.

Thus, the term is often used as a metaphor for eternal childhood (and childishness), as well as immortality and escapism. The concept was first introduced as "the Never Never Land" in Barrie's theatre play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, first staged in 1904.

Finding Neverland is based on the life of JM Barrie, author of Peter Pan and is inspired by true events. It is a charming movie set in London 1903, and relates the story of the relationship between Barrie and the widowed Sylvia Llewellyn Davies and her four sons.