Fear of flying: the perennial Peter Pan is buoyant children's fare, right? Think again. (Critic's Notebook).
American Theatre, February, 2003 by Wren, Celia
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In recent months, American audiences have tasted the anguish of impossible desire, when Edward Albee herded his Goat onto Broadway. They have raged at human faithlessness with an outbreak of Medeas and stared into the abyss of epistemological uncertainty with dozens of stagings of Proof. But let's put this light stuff to the side for a moment and contemplate the most basic human fears--dread about aging, loneliness, time, the libido, family trauma, the gender wars, death. Let us walk on the dark side. Let's discuss Tinker Bell.
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