Cathy Rigby is 54 and Nancy and I watched her fly around stage at the Tallahassee Civic Center from the front row. She is truly amazing - I was dazzled. I got the tickets about 3 months ago - waiting in line as the box office opened - thus the front row for all of the shows - King and I - Will Rogers Revue - and Peter Pan.
When I told Nancy that Cathy Rigby has been doing Peter Pan for 33 years - as long as I was teaching - Nancy said, "Talk about having the same lesson plan." End of my Review.
Review in USA Today in 2004 - Cathy Rigby begins last hurrah as Peter Pan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — He's the boy who won't grow up — but the actress who has played Peter Pan for 30 years finally has.
Cathy Rigby was barely out of her teens the first time she strapped on a sword and flew off a stage to do battle with the evil Capt. Hook in James Barrie's enduring children's classic, Peter Pan.
She's 51 now, and although the trim, youthful Rigby can soar across a stage better than ever, she has decided the time is right to hang up her sword, say goodbye to the Lost Boys and leave Neverland behind.
Not that the ending will come quickly.
Cathy Rigby Is Peter Pan just opened at Southern California's La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. It is scheduled to visit more than two dozen other cities before arriving on Broadway in time for the Christmas 2005 season.
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Peter Pan is one of my favorite books/plays... I'm exceptionally jealous!
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