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Rigby was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her 1990–91 performance as Peter Pan. [1] In 1997, Rigby was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. [1] [2] In 1999, the production of Peter Pan, of which Rigby was a member, was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.
Peter Pan is a 1954 musical based on J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and his 1911 novelization of it, Peter and Wendy.The music is mostly by Moose Charlap, with additional music by Jule Styne, and most of the lyrics were written by Carolyn Leigh, with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Peter Pan, his fellow characters, and the setting of Neverland have appeared in many works since the original books and 1904 play by J. M. Barrie. The earliest were the stage productions of the play, and an adaptation to silent film, done with Barrie's involvement and personal approval. Later works were authorised by Great Ormond Street Hospital, to which Barrie gave the rights to the Peter ...
Nanette Fabray won for Love Life (1949) Mary Martin won three times: for South Pacific (1950), Peter Pan (1955), and The Sound of Music (1960) Gertrude Lawrence won for The King and I (1952) Rosalind Russell won for Wonderful Town (1953) Gwen Verdon won for Damn Yankees (1956) Diahann Carroll won for No Strings (1962) Vivien Leigh won for Tovarich (1963) Carol Channing won for Hello, Dolly!
Cathy Rigby – Peter Pan as Peter Pan; Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play; Kevin Spacey – Lost in Yonkers as "Uncle" Louie. Adam Arkin – I Hate Hamlet as Gary Peter Lefkowitz; Dylan Baker – La Bête as Prince County; Stephen Lang – The Speed of Darkness as Lou
July 20–26: Peter Pan – Cathy Rigby, John Schuck; August 3–9: Around the World in 80 Days – Tony Randall, Robert Clary; August 10–16: Big River MP ^87a My One and Only was based on the Gershwin musical Funny Face, which originally starred Fred Astaire on Broadway in 1927 and in a musical movie of the same name in 1957. This Muny ...
Crosby recently played Mrs. Darling and other characters in the new national tour of Peter Pan alongside Cathy Rigby in the title role, which began performances August 2011 and concluded on April 28, 2013.
This was because a presentation of Peter Pan starring gymnast Cathy Rigby was booked into the Amphitheatre when the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks and the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls had both entered their own playoffs, making the Chicago Stadium unavailable for either the Cougars or Peter Pan.