Peter Pan
noun
Pe·ter Pan
ˈpē-tər-ˈpan 
1
: a boy in Sir James Barrie's play Peter Pan who lives without growing older in a never-never land
2
: an adult who does not want to grow up : one who hangs on to adolescent interests and attitudes
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Raised in the Bronx by a proud feminist mother and a professor father who moonlighted as Peter Pan the Magic Man, Shari became a multitalented dancer, singer, and magician.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
Like Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House stories, J.M Barrie’s Peter Pan, or Lucy Maud Mongomery’s Anne of Green Gables, once read, these tales become part of us, forever linking us back to the wide-eyed child of our first encounter.
—Hazel Gaynor
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
And then a total Peter Pan underneath all the show.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 17 June 2025
Disney’s attempt to update the nearly 90-year-old Snow White failed at the box office earlier this year; the company shuffled efforts such as a new Pinocchio and Peter Pan off to streaming, despite the recognizable directors and casts involved.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
Like Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House stories, J.M Barrie’s Peter Pan, or Lucy Maud Mongomery’s Anne of Green Gables, once read, these tales become part of us, forever linking us back to the wide-eyed child of our first encounter.
—Hazel Gaynor
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
And then a total Peter Pan underneath all the show.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 17 June 2025
Disney’s attempt to update the nearly 90-year-old Snow White failed at the box office earlier this year; the company shuffled efforts such as a new Pinocchio and Peter Pan off to streaming, despite the recognizable directors and casts involved.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
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“Peter Pan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Peter%20Pan. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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