Mary Poppins

...heroine. The musical's charming book, by Julian Fellowes, puts front and center the children's sad relationship with their father and Mary's efforts to instill a better sense of values in the dysfunctional family, taught in a brisk series...

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...static. (Both actors were in the original Broadway cast, and their comfort with each other shows.) Bert gazes adoringly on Mary as though she were a fetching UFO orbiting benevolently in his airspace while Mary looks back in the knowledge...

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...Photo This undated picture provided by Disney Theatrical Productions shows Laura Michelle Kelly as Mary in the Broadway company of "Mary Poppins," now playing at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York. - Disney Theatrical Productions, Joan...

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...licenses Broadway musicals around the world, including Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida, TARZAN® and Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh and The Little Mermaid . In 2007, Disney...

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...Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story," once you hear a Sherman Brothers song, you remember it the rest of your life. Julie Andrews, who as Mary Poppins sang some of the brothers' most unforgettable songs, points out, though, "So many people...

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...just too cute. This guy was actually really scary. The Magnolia Garden Center bouncy Haunted House was very popular. A very impressive Mary Poppins and Bert. Impressive costumes from the gals at Cocoa and Cream. You gotta love the...

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By EVERETT EVANS Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle Mary Poppins the musical is based on the P.L. Travers books and the Disney movie. "Magical" is the one thing that Mary Poppins has absolutely got to be. Just as P.L. Travers' books and...

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...before moving to England in 1924 and turning to writing. She had her first success with Mary Poppins in 1934 and published the last Poppins book, Mary Poppins and the House Next Door, in 1988. In the books, Poppins is more acerbic, stern...

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...talents. "There is no rule, but there are more dance schools in Melbourne," he says. There is also no rule about whether the Poppins role, to be filled by a 20-something actress, requires a known talent. Laura Michelle Kelly...

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'Mary Poppins' is supercalifragilistic but not quite perfect Mary Poppins: Practically perfect in every way? Not quite. But at its best, it is supercalifragilistic. . . etc., etc. Last week, the Dallas Summer Musicals opened the local...

In this article: George Stiles, Gavin Lee, P.L. Travers, Cameron Mackintosh, Matthew Bourne, and Disney