Producers Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher are pleased to announce the South Florida return engagement of Disney's MARY POPPINS.The entire original creative team 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.
MARY POPPINS, a co-production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened on Broadway on November 16, 2006 at the legendary New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City.
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 5th smash year at the New Amsterdam Theatre and has already surpassed its 1000th performance – a milestone reached by only a rare few number of shows in Broadway history. The Broadway production has grossed over $200 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 premiered two new major international productions in 2010: the Australian production at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne and an open-ended run at the Circus Theatre in Scheveningen, Holland, outside of Amsterdam.
The US Tour of Disney's MARY POPPINS will be playing at the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Arsht Center in downtown Miami, Florida from January 1 thru 6, 2013.
