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 December 2008 Added the following pictures to the gallery:
4th December 2008 I've put up a page for images from the UK tour
production. More pics to follow eventually.
29th December 2008:
There was a special performance of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious at Disney
World Resort on Christmas day, with Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee momentarily surfacing
to play Mary and Bert. There's a promo video HERE
and pictures of the performance HERE.
For the Dutch production, there will be reality show auditions in deciding
on the miss who will play their Mary Poppins. Sign-ups
HERE.
22nd November 2008:
Broadway.com has a backstage video feature
with Scarlett and Adam at the
New Amsterdam Theatre.
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)
Cadillac Palace Theatre, Chicago (11 Mar 2009 to 17 May 2009)
The State Theatre, Cleveland (17 Jul 2009 to 9 Aug 2009)
Fox Theatre, St. Louis (13 Aug 2009 to 30 Aug 2009)
Music Hall @ Fair Park, Dallas, Texas (24 Sep to 18 Oct 2009)
The Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles (13 Nov 2009 to 9 Jan 2010)
The Sydney production will open
at the Capitol Theatre in October 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.
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.
Must have for the Mary Poppins stage musical fan: