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To finally debut in April

- Finding Neverland

, Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein’s first hands-on foray into musical theatre and which follows the British family that inspired Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie’s classic children tale Peter Pan , has staked its place on Broadway.

After the reworking of the 2012 version that played in England and a dispute over publicity in New York, the musical will begin performanc­es in March and open on April 15 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

Finding Neverland, with music and lyrics by Gary Barlow of British pop group Take That, chronicles Barrie’s friendship with the widow Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and her young sons.

Barrie, a playwright, is in the midst of a career slump and suffering from writer’s block when he meets and befriends the family in a London park. They help him find joy again in his life and the imaginatio­n and courage to write his tale about the boy who can fly and who never grows up.

“This is about the power of imaginatio­n, and what better place to explore that than in the theatre,” said Matthew Morrison, the Broadway veteran and star of the hit TV series Glee, who plays Barrie in the musical.

Finding Neverland marks a return to Broadway for Morrison after a seven-year absence. The musical also stars Frasier actor Kelsey Grammer in the dual roles of Captain Hook and Barrie’s theatrical producer Charles Frohman.

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