The production was never broadcast annually. It was first telecast live on March 7, 1955 as Peter Pan (1955) and re-staged live (by popular demand) on January 3, 1956 as Peter Pan (1956). It was not seen again until this version was videotaped in color and telecast in 1960. Rather than re-broadcast it annually, as CBS began doing with Das zauberhafte Land (1939), NBC repeated the videotaped version in 1963, 1966, and 1973. A long hiatus followed, during which this 1960 production was presumed lost. There was a new production starring Mia Farrow with a new score, Peter Pan (1976). Finally, in 1988, the original 1960 videotape of the Mary Martin version was re-discovered intact, restored and remastered, and telecast in March of 1989 - the production's first TV showing in 16 years.
Cyril Ritchard won the 1955 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical for playing the same roles that he did in this production.
Mary Martin won the 1955 Tony Award (New York City) for Best Actress in a Musical for playing the title role that she recreated in this televised production.
Many of the camera setups, especially during the first fifteen minutes or so, are literal duplicates of the ones in Peter Pan (1955), first telecast in 1955 and now on kinescope. The script also follows the script of the 1955 version nearly word-for-word, and many of the musical orchestrations are virtually the same.