Showcase Productions, Inc. was the original packager/producer of much of the prime time, live, dramatic, color, 60 minute and 90 minute programming which appeared primarily on NBC during the period between September 1954 and September 1957.

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"Peter Pan"

Directed By: Clark Jones
Written By: Jerome Robbins
Produced by: Fred Coe
Air Date: 3/7/55
Stars: Mary Martin as Peter Pan, Cyril Ritchard as Mr. Darling and Capt. Hook, Kathy Nolan as Wendy (as a child) and Jane, Margalo Gillmore as Mrs. Darling, Sondra Lee as Tiger Lily, and (Mary Martin daughter) Heller Halliday as Liza
Show: first television version of stage play by James M. Barrie, as presented on Broadway, adapted, staged, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins as a musical, directed by Clark Jones, produced by Fred Coe, Associate Director Dominick Dunne, edited for TV by Sumner Locke Elliott, music supervision by Harry Sosnik, with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, music by Mark Charlap, additional music by Jule Styne, incidental music by Trude Rittman and Elmer Bernstein, additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, featuring Mary Martin as Peter Pan, Cyril Ritchard as Mr. Darling and Capt. Hook, Kathy Nolan as Wendy (as a child) and Jane, Margalo Gillmore as Mrs. Darling, Sondra Lee as Tiger Lily, and (Mary Martin daughter) Heller Halliday as Liza.

Notes: This version was restaged by Showcase as part of the series on 1/9/56, and was restaged several years later by NBC and Mary Martin. The video version which reportedly has sold several million copies, is from the latter; the original two broadcasts have not been seen since their respective broadcasts.