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Broadway musical ‘Finding Neverland’ stops at Tivoli, tells how ‘Peter Pan’ came to be

Jeff Sullivan, left, plays J.M. Barrie in "Finding Neverland." He is shown in a scene with Conor McGiffin, who plays Charles Frohman/Capt. Hook.
Jeff Sullivan, left, plays J.M. Barrie in "Finding Neverland." He is shown in a scene with Conor McGiffin, who plays Charles Frohman/Capt. Hook. Jeff Sullivan, left, plays J.M. Barrie in "Finding Neverland." He is shown in a scene with Conor McGiffin, who plays Charles Frohman/Capt. Hook.

By Susan Pierce 5 min read

The national tour of the Broadway musical that won Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical stops in the Tivoli Theatre for three performances June 21-22.

“Finding Neverland” is the magical story of how playwright J.M. Barrie’s imagination gave flight to his most famous character, Peter Pan. The musical is filled with special effects, flying and a show-stopping original score, but what audiences may find most astounding is that the story is based on fact.

If you go

› What: “Finding Neverland”› Where: Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St.› When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 21; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 22› Admission: $37, $52, $67, $77› For more information: 423-757-5580

In “Finding Neverland,” Barrie is a playwright of some success looking for inspiration when he meets four young brothers (George, Jack, Peter and Michael Davies) and their widowed mother, Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. Davies’ husband has died from cancer and she is trying to raise the four boys on her own.

Enchanted by the young boys’ make-believe adventures, Barrie sets out to write a play based on those stories that will astound London theater patrons. When the boys learn their mother is ill and slowly dying, Barrie turns imagination and creativity into coping mechanisms to help them deal with grief.