--- title: Brian Williams Announces Allison's Casting in Peter Pan description: Brian Williams reported his daughter, Allison, was cast in NBC's Peter Pan in the ultimate embarrassing dad way. canonical: https://time.com/3063325/brian-williams-allison-peter-pan-nbc/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-31T13:40:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:03.647Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Brian Williams Announces Allison's Casting in Peter Pan og:description: Adorable. Embarrassing. og:url: https://time.com/3063325/brian-williams-allison-peter-pan-nbc/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Brian Williams Announces Allison's Casting in Peter Pan twitter:description: Adorable. Embarrassing. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Brian Williams Pull The Ultimate Dad Move When Announcing His Daughter's _Peter Pan_ Casting by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 31, 2014 1:40 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 31, 2014 1:40 PM UTC Brian Williams: News anchor, [amateur rapper](http://time.com/71604/brian-williams-rapping-snoop-dogg-jimmy-fallon/), embarrassing dad. Wednesday night, Williams reported his daughter, Allison Williams, was cast in NBC’s _Peter Pan_, the network’s first live musical since the ratings-pulling _Sound of Music_. “The actress and singer is currently in the cast of _Girls_ on HBO,” Williams said, unable to stop himself from putting an image of a young Allison in a _Peter Pan_ costume on screen, adding, “Family members confirm she has been rehearsing for this role since the age of three, and they look forward to seeing her fly.” Embarrassing. Adorable. If only he had made the announcement [while rapping](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F71604%2Fbrian-williams-rapping-snoop-dogg-jimmy-fallon%2F&ei=PkfaU43YKsifyAS7woGQAQ&usg=AFQjCNHFS0AmtNjLs74AIlDw8YaxM8abWw&sig2=qoPo0sAXjWFYqcVi0tVwIQ&bvm=bv.72185853,d.aWw). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3063325/brian-williams-allison-peter-pan-nbc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3063325/brian-williams-allison-peter-pan-nbc/"},"headline":"Watch Brian Williams Pull The Ultimate Dad Move When Announcing His Daughter's Peter Pan Casting","datePublished":"2014-07-31T13:40:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:03.647Z","description":"Adorable. Embarrassing.","url":"https://time.com/3063325/brian-williams-allison-peter-pan-nbc/","keywords":["celebrity","Newsfeed","NBC","Brian Williams","Allison Williams","Peter Pan"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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":"/tag/celebrity/","name":"celebrity"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3063325/brian-williams-allison-peter-pan-nbc/","name":"Watch Brian Williams Pull The Ultimate Dad Move When Announcing His Daughter's Peter Pan Casting"}}]}] ```