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This is Extraordinary Things, a fansite dedicated to the Practically Perfect Nanny's on-stage incarnation. Disney Theatrical and Cameron MacKintosh worked together to create a wonderful new adaptation of Pamela Travers' Mary Poppins books (using material made famous in the Disney film). This new stage musical first opened in West End, and is now on Broadway and due to make her appearance all over the world.

40 years after the Disney movie first charmed audiences the worldwide over, Mary Poppins finally arrived on stage. The Mary Poppins stage musical had its world premier in September 2004 at the Bristol Hippodrome, and in December 2004 officially moved to The Prince Edward Theatre in West End, London.

The first thing anyone watching the musical would notice is that it is not a direct translation of the movie. Instead it borrows more from the books by P.L. Travers, with familiar aspects of the movie and a little original Cameron MacKintosh interpretation thrown in. New music was written by the creative team of Anthony Drewe and George Stiles to compliment the songs written by for the movie. The result is a clever, sharp and sometimes even a little scary story about a nanny who has taken it upon herself to help a dysfunctional British family.

The success of the West End production made it (perhaps inevitable) that it would be transferred to Broadway. The Broadway version of Mary Poppins debuted at the New Amsterdam Theatre in October 2006, taking on a few changes from the West End version. The Broadway version was also a resounding success, and now there are a number of new productions in the works.


29th April 2009
Updated the US tour cast list. Additional corrections are welcome. Also listed out a whole bunch of just announced US tour stops.

24th March 2009
Added a page for pictures from the Swedish production.

3rd February 2009
Updated the US tour cast list with a more names.

14th April 2009:
The Broadway production recently celebrated its 1000th show, so there was a celebration. Pictures HERE, HERE and HERE.

7th April 2009:
The Chicago Tribune has more pictures from the US tour HERE.

29th March 2009:
Broadwayworld.com and Playbill.com have pictures from the new US tour HERE and HERE.

Story
Songs
Fan Reviews

Roll call
Mary Poppins
Bert
George Banks
Winifred Banks

The original production opened in September 2004 at the Bristol Hippodrome, and in December of the same year moved to the Prince Edward Theatre in West End, London.
Status: Closed (January 2008)
Original London cast
Final London cast
London: Principals Chart
Images

The Broadway production opened in November 2006 at the New Amsterdam Theatre in Broadway, New York.
Status: Active
Original Broadway cast
Current Broadway cast
Images

The UK National Tour launched in June 2008.
Status: Closed (April 2009)
Original UK tour cast
Final UK tour cast
Images
Venues:
  1. Theatre Royal, Plymouth (4 Jun 2008 to 5 Jul 2008)
  2. The Hippodrome, Birmingham (10 Jul 2008 to 27 Sep 2008)
  3. The Playhouse, Edinburgh (2 Oct 2008 to 6 Dec 2008)
  4. The Palace Theatre, Manchester (11 Dec 2008 to 7 Mar 2009)
  5. The Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (11 Mar 2009 to 18 Apr 2009)

The Swedish production opened at the Göteborg Opera in October 2008. The entire show is performed in Swedish.
Status: Closed (March 2009)
Original Swedish cast
Images

The US National Tour was launched in March 2009.
Status: Active
Original US tour cast
Final US tour cast
Venues:
  1. Cadillac Palace Theatre, Chicago (11 Mar 2009 to 12 Jul 2009)
  2. The State Theatre, Cleveland (17 Jul 2009 to 9 Aug 2009)
  3. Fox Theatre, St. Louis (13 Aug 2009 to 30 Aug 2009)
  4. Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis (3 Sep to 20 Sep 2009)
  5. Music Hall @ Fair Park, Dallas (24 Sep to 18 Oct 2009)
  6. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston (22 Oct to 8 Nov 2009)
  7. The Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles (13 Nov 2009 to 9 Jan 2010)
  8. ASU Gammage, Arizona (11 Feb to 28 Feb 2010)
  9. Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati (8 April 2010)
  10. Fox Theatre, Atlanta (29 April 2010)
  11. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa (20 May 2010)
  12. Broward Center Opera House, Washington D.C. (1 July 2010)
  13. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Charlotte (26 Aug 2010)

The Sydney production will open tentatively in 2009. P.L. Travers was Australian so in a way, Mary is coming home.
Status: Coming soon
Original Sydney cast
Current Sydney cast

The Dutch production will open at Circus Theatre in Scheveningen, Holland in April 2010.
Status: Coming soon
Original Dutch cast

Other productions in the works, possible 2009/10 debuts.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Budapest, Hungary
Shanghai, China
Johannesberg, South Africa
Helsinki, Finland
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Must have for the Mary Poppins stage musical fan:

Mary Poppins: Anything Can Happen If You Let It, by Brian Sibley

Official book chronicling the transfer of Mary Poppins from the Pamela Travers book and Disney film to the stage.

amazon.co.uk // amazon.com

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Disclaimer: Various incarnations of Mary Poppins are © to P.L. Travers, the Walt Disney company and/or Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. I am merely a common fan and am gaining no profit from this site. Besides the satisfied fangirlism thing.

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