Watch out Allison Williams: Jane Krakowski is gunning for your role.
The “30 Rock” actress stars in a Funny or Die video that purports to be a “leaked” clip of her audition for “Peter Pan Live!”, the live NBC musical starring Williams.
Krakowski, wearing a cropped blond wig and Peter Pan’s signature green garb, exhibits outrageous behavior in her audition, including flaunting her Tony Award, delivering a sexualized version of “I Won’t Grow Up” and speaking with a bad British accent. She even suggests that Peter Pan has an addiction – to pixie dust.
The clip then shows the Emmy nominee attempting to fly, but instead falls dramatically to the ground. Showing how little she knows about the musical, she tells the producer she can be awakened with applause, which is a characteristic of Tinkerbell, not Peter Pan.
Krakowski finally exits the audition, only to return to burst into song one last time, this time singing a tune from “Cabaret.”
The clip has received more than 220,000 views so far, but one person who might not be a fan is actress Laura Benanti. The Broadway star, who appeared in NBC’s “The Sound of Music Live!” last year, posted a humorous video of herself auditioning for various roles in “Peter Pan Live!” several months ago.
“Few things make me angrier than ripped off ideas. Poverty, violence, homelessness, frosted hair, supermodels, soy cheese…,” Benanti tweeted Tuesday.
As for the actual “Peter Pan Live!”, the telecast airs Thursday at 8 p.m. on NBC.
