Producers Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher are pleased to announce the South Florida engagement of MARY POPPINS.The entire original creative team has reunited to bring this magical story of the world's most famous nanny to audiences around North America. Since the tour's launch in Chicago in March 2009, MARY POPPINS has earned continuous critical praise and box-office success.
Original UK Tour star Caroline Sheen reprises her role as "Mary Poppins" while original London and Broadway star Gavin Lee assumes the role of "Bert."
MARY POPPINS, a co-production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened on Broadway on November 16, 2006. Based on P.L. Travers' cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, MARY POPPINS the stage play features the Academy Award®-winning music and lyrics of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The stage production has been created, in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, by Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who has written the book, and the Olivier Award-winning team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who have composed new songs and additional music and lyrics.
Consistently among the top-grossing shows on Broadway, MARY POPPINS continues in its 3rd smash year at the New Amsterdam Theatre and recently celebrated its 1000th performance – a milestone reached by only a rare few number of shows in Broadway history. The Broadway production has grossed over $168 million to date and been seen by over 2.1 million theatergoers.
Simultaneously, the show's popularity grows around the globe. Following a successful three year run (December 2004 - January 2008) at the Prince Edward Theatre on London's West End, a UK tour of MARY POPPINS commenced in summer 2008 and concluded its acclaimed run in Cardiff in April 2009. MARY POPPINS premieres two new major international productions in 2010: the Australian production at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne, which begins on July 29th and an open-ended run at the Circus Theatre in Scheveningen, Holland, outside of Amsterdam which began on April 11th. MARY POPPINS will be produced in Holland by Stage Entertainment in association with Disney and Cameron Mackintosh.
The US Tour of Disney's MARY POPPINS will be playing at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from Wednesday June 9th thru Sunday June 27th, 2010.
