--- description: The 'Girls' star will play Peter Pan title: NBC Casts Girls' Allison Williams in Peter Pan with Christopher Walken image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bcde44a411b3f04/69869dc61eebf75431372125/87ba250fc3078f28_org.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Allison Williams Cast as Peter Pan in NBC's Live Musical  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 30, 2014 2:09 PM CUT  Allison Williams Allison WilliamsKevin Mazur—NBC/Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 30, 2014 2:09 PM CUT NBC has cast Allison Williams, who plays Marnie on _Girls_, in the titular role of its live-action Dec. 4 performance of _Peter Pan_. Williams will star alongside Christopher Walken who will play Captain Hook. “I have wanted to play Peter Pan since I was about three years old, so this is a dream come true,” Williams said in a statement. “It’s such an honor to be a part of this adventure, and I’m very excited to get to work with this extraordinarily talented team. And besides what could go wrong in a live televised production with simultaneous flying, sword fighting and singing?” Building on the success of its live _The Sound of Music_ broadcast starring Carrie Underwood—which brought the network some of its [best numbers in years](http://tvline.com/2013/12/06/sound-of-music-live-ratings-nbc/ "undefined")—NBC announced two other live musical events for this year: this production of _Peter Pan_ and another of [_The Music Man_. ](http://time.com/96305/the-music-man-nbc/ "undefined") “We couldn’t be happier that Allison Williams is our Peter Pan,” Robert Greenblatt, the chairman of NBC Entertainment, said in a statement. “She’s a lovely rising star on the award-winning show _Girls_ — where she occasionally shows off her incredible vocal talent — and we think she will bring the perfect blend of ‘boyish’ vulnerability and bravado to save the day against Christopher Walken’s powerful Captain Hook.” Though some fans on Twitter have[ questioned ](https://twitter.com/nbc/status/494475820447322112 "undefined")why NBC cast a female actress to play the boy who never grew up, Peter Pan has traditionally been played by a woman in the musical ([most famously by Mary Martin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJFtCfHDFfw "undefined")). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3057698/allison-williams-peter-pan-nbc-musical/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3057698/allison-williams-peter-pan-nbc-musical/"},"headline":"Allison Williams Cast as Peter Pan in NBC's Live Musical","datePublished":"2014-07-30T14:09:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:24:58.606Z","description":"The Girls star will play the boy who never grew up opposite Christopher Walken as Captain Hook","url":"https://time.com/3057698/allison-williams-peter-pan-nbc-musical/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bcde44a411b3f04/69869dc61eebf75431372125/87ba250fc3078f28_org.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bcde44a411b3f04/69869dc61eebf75431372125/87ba250fc3078f28_org.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Peter Pan - Season 2015","caption":"Peter Pan - Season 2015","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3057698/allison-williams-peter-pan-nbc-musical/","name":"Allison Williams Cast as Peter Pan in NBC's Live Musical"}}]}] ```