Darling

Darling is a musical based on the story of Peter and Wendy, set in 1929. It is written by B. T. Ryback (book) and Ryan Scott Oliver (music and lyrics).

Oliver's site describes the story as follows: "Darling follows upper crust teenager Ursula Morgan in 1929 Boston as its society boils in the weeks before the Crash. Neglected by her excessive, self-absorbed parents, Ursula encounters Peter, a charming rent-boy of uncertain age, on the run from the Captain of Police who pursues him for a heinous crime he may or may not have committed.  When she is offered the opportunity to run away with him, she takes it and finds herself swept into a seedy underground of jazz, sex and a mysterious white powder called Fairy Dust..."

The play was presented in a semi-staged reading in January 2009, produced as a theatrical workshop by Pace University's Pace New Musicals program. It was directed by Amy Rogers and music-directed by Rob Meffe. It featured Jennifer DeRosa as Ursula Morgan and Lyle Colby as Peter, with Ally Bonino as Stella, Katy Karr as Lily, Brandon Contreras as Hughes, Joshua Ramos as Smithy, Eric Restivo as Binx, David Piazza as Duke, Kyle Gipson as Slightly, and Chris Brick as Nibs. The ensemble includes Nick Miller, Tal Fox, Andy White, Daniel Berlin, Kris Howard, Jon Karsky, Liz Froio, Abby Stevens, Melanie Burg, and Kate Bristol.