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Grandstreet Theatre will soon begin its greatest story yet when it flies into its 50th season with one of Disney’s most ...
Cameron Mackintosh and Disney Theatrical Group are delighted to announce that international recording artist and actress Lyn ...
Stefanie Jones as Mary Poppins (Picture: Danny Kaan) The show marks the 20th anniversary of the stage debut of the production based on the story by P L Travers and the subsequent Disney film.
Meeting P.L. Travers: Richard Sherman Nearly 50 years after Mary Poppins debuted, the experience of haggling with the story's author still makes composer Richard Sherman shudder.
It is also the fact that this is far from a cut-and-paste version of the Disney movie, as it uncovers far more of the heart of the novel which was penned by PL Travers back in 1934.
When Mary Poppins flies across the auditorium of the Festival Theatre at the culmination of this magnificent touring revival of co-directors Richard Eyre and choreographer Matthew Bourne’s now ...
Winifred Banks may not be a placard-hoisting suffragette here, but a lost housewife still pining for a previous life on the stage (a world that Travers began on). It grounds the fantastical: Mary ...
Sharon Wattis, photo supplied by Mary Poppins Sonia Swaby has withdrawn from the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of Mary Poppins. Originally slated to play Mrs Corry and Miss Smythe, Swaby will be ...
Consider The Great Librarian Revolt. "Mary Poppins," before she was a Disney franchise, had been a series of very popular children's books by P.L. Travers. Kids had been reading about her since 1934.
"Mary Poppins," before she was a Disney franchise, had been a series of very popular children's books by P.L. Travers. Kids had been reading about her since 1934.
Enter Mary Poppins, who solves all of life’s problems with a snap of her fingers and spoonful of sugar, as career-climbing banker George rediscovers his inner child and realizes his family comes ...
The first production of Lyric Theatre's three-show "Summer at the Civic" season, performances of "Mary Poppins" continue ...