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Dave Barry joins a rock band, Rock Bottom Remainders, where Ridley Pearson and him would come up with the idea of Peter and the Starcatcher.

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The original Peter and the Starcatcher novel is published.

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Born on July 3, 1947 in Armonk, New York, Dave Barry is a famous author and comedy writer. He made many comic strips and novels and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. He wrote alongside fellow author Ridley Pearson for the broadway adapted novel, Peter and the Starcatcher, released in 2004.

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Peter and the Starcatcher was co-directed by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers. It opened on February 13, 2009 at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, CA. It would then close its run there on March 8, 2009.

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Ridley Pearson was born March 13, 1953 in Glen Cove, New York. He has written over sixty novels with two New York Times #1 best sellers. He wrote alongside Pulitzer Prize winner, Dave Barry, for the broadway adapted novel, Peter and the Starcatcher, published in 2004.

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Rick Elice was born in Manhatten, New York, on November 17, 1956. He is a writer and former actor. Elice grew up doing theatre and is the book writer for Jersey Boys and The Addams Family. When Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry were starting to adapt their novel, Peter and the Starcatcher, into a play, they asked Elice to come and supply material. When Barry asked who wrote something, Tom Schumacher who is the head of Disney Theatrical Productions said that it was Elice and told him he would be writing the play. He wrote the play and it premiered on February 13, 2009.

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Peter and the Starcatcher premiers at the La Jolla Playhouse in California.

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Peter and the Starcatcher opens up on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

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The show would opened Off Broadway on February 18, 2011 at the New York Theatre Workshop. After receiving several extensions, it would close on April 24, 2011.

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The show would continue to be opened on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Previews would start on March 28, 2012. However the official run was from April 15, 2012 to January 20, 2013. There were a total 18 previews and 319 regular performances.

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It would have a second run on Off-Broadway at New World Stages. This run lasted from March 18, 2013 to January 12, 2014.

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The character of Peter Pan was based on the creator of the character, J.M. Barrie's, younger brother. His brother, David Barrie, passed away when he was just 14 years old. It was said that his mother and father thought of David as a forever boy.

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There were two national tours for Peter and the Starcatcher. The first show began in Denver, CO on August 15, 2013 and ended on May 25, 2014 while in Pittsburgh, PA. The second national tour would start in Toledo, OH on February 5, 2015 and would end April 14, 2015 in Burlington, VT.