--- description: The story of Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie is bankrolled by Harvey Weinstein and is the veteran producer's first major theatrical project. title: Finding Neverland is bound for Broadway image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57f6bcf7f861de8b/69869f7cadae444dc3544851/450343146.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Finding Neverland_ Will Soar Onto Broadway Next March by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 14, 2014 9:24 AM CUT  Jennifer Hudson performs a song from the musical 'Finding Neverland' at the 68th Annual Tony Awards in New York in June 2014. Jennifer Hudson performs a song from the musical 'Finding Neverland' at the 68th Annual Tony Awards in New York in June 2014.CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 14, 2014 9:24 AM CUT _Finding Neverland,_ the storyof author J.M. Barrie as he sets off to write his opus _Peter Pan_, will open on Broadway in March 2015, a decade after the release of the critically acclaimed film. [The _New York Times_ reports](http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/artsbeat/2014/08/13/finding-neverland-to-come-to-broadway-in-march/ "undefined") that the show, bankrolled by veteran producer Harvey Weinstein, received a trial run at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Wednesday night — the culmination of a lengthy and highly public production process. It is the first major theater project that Weinstein has directly tackled, though he is acquainted with Broadway: [a 2012 story in the ](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/theater/another-multiplex-multitasker.html "undefined")[_Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/theater/another-multiplex-multitasker.html "undefined")described him as a “passive investor” in such successful shows as _The Producers_ and _Billy Elliot._ The original film, which starred Johnny Depp as Barrie and received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Original Score, and others, was produced by Miramax Films, which Weinstein founded and runs with his brother Bob. Much remains up in the air. The show’s creative team, headed by Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus, has yet to announce either a cast or a theater in New York where the show will play. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3110569/finding-neverland-broadway-peter-pan-harvey-weinstein/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3110569/finding-neverland-broadway-peter-pan-harvey-weinstein/"},"headline":"Finding Neverland Will Soar Onto Broadway Next March","datePublished":"2014-08-14T09:24:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:39:40.910Z","description":"The theatrical version comes a decade after the critically acclaimed film about Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie","url":"https://time.com/3110569/finding-neverland-broadway-peter-pan-harvey-weinstein/","keywords":["broadway","Theater","Harvey Weinstein","Peter Pan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57f6bcf7f861de8b/69869f7cadae444dc3544851/450343146.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57f6bcf7f861de8b/69869f7cadae444dc3544851/450343146.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 68th Annual Tony Awards","caption":"The 68th Annual Tony Awards","creditText":"CBS Photo Archive—CBS via 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/3110569/finding-neverland-broadway-peter-pan-harvey-weinstein/","name":"Finding Neverland Will Soar Onto Broadway Next March"}}]}] ```