Then There Were Books - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson are longtime friends, but the Peter and the Starcatchers book series is their first writing collaboration and their first foray into children’s literature. The stories are a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and explain how Peter, Hook, Tinkerbell, and Neverland came to be. Dave and Ridley not only write together, they also play together – in a band, that is. Dave plays lead guitar and Ridley plays bass guitar in the literary all-star garage band, the Rock Bottom Remainders. The band is comprised of some of the country’s most popular writers, including Stephen King, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, and Mitch Albom.
Took the stage - Barry and Pearson’s Peter and the Starcatchers was adapted for the stage by playwright Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, The Addams Family). Directors Roger Rees (Nicholas Nickleby, Waiting for Godot) and Alex Timbers (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Pee-Wee Herman Show) first brought the story to life on stage at La Jolla Playhouse, before a successful off-Broadway run at New York Theatre Workshop. With music by Wayne Barker, movement by Steven Hoggett, scenic design by Donyale Werle, costumes by Paloma Young, lighting design by Jeff Croiter, and sound design by Darron L. West, Peter and the Starcatcher is now delighting audiences from around the world on Broadway.
