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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This side-splitting comedy follows the same well-meaning troupe from The Play That Goes Wrong, whose latest attempt at staging Peter Pan quickly collapses into chaos.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2026
And Calvin Coolidge’s fox terrier, Peter Pan, ripped the skirt off of a woman, and was eventually given away to Coolidge’s secretary.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
Sondra Lee, a Broadway actor whose petit size allowed her, at 26, to convincingly play the Native American child princess Tiger Lily in Peter Pan opposite Mary Martin on Broadway and in the treasured 1955 TV presentation, died Monday, February 23, of natural causes in her New York City apartment.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
The 4-foot-10½ Lee made her Broadway debut for choreographer Jerome Robbins in the 1947 musical High Bottom Shoes, starring Phil Silvers and Nanette Fabray, and the two would reunite in 1954 for Peter Pan.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 Feb. 2026
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2026
And Calvin Coolidge’s fox terrier, Peter Pan, ripped the skirt off of a woman, and was eventually given away to Coolidge’s secretary.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
Sondra Lee, a Broadway actor whose petit size allowed her, at 26, to convincingly play the Native American child princess Tiger Lily in Peter Pan opposite Mary Martin on Broadway and in the treasured 1955 TV presentation, died Monday, February 23, of natural causes in her New York City apartment.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
The 4-foot-10½ Lee made her Broadway debut for choreographer Jerome Robbins in the 1947 musical High Bottom Shoes, starring Phil Silvers and Nanette Fabray, and the two would reunite in 1954 for Peter Pan.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Peter Pan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Peter%20Pan. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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