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Here's a theme story with no theme, just a coincidence: two new Broadway musicals based on movies that couldn't be more different. One, Mary Poppins is from the P.L. Travers books that inspired the 1964 Walt Disney boxofficepalooza. The other, Grey Gardens, stitches songs onto the true saga...
I could try to lend this piece some heft by confecting a lofty theory - say, on the lure of stories about families in turmoil who live in haunted houses and are visited by strangers who change the families' lives. But this time, I'll get straight to the assessments. For...
And yet, when it finally opens on Broadway next week, the lavish and lovely stage version of Mary Poppins will be flying into a stiffer headwind than it could ever have expected. Here's the medicine with the spoonful of sugar: a lot has changed in the nine years since...
So, can a big, square, family-friendly show like Mary Poppins make it in a season in which hip curios are in vogue? Poor Mary has already got some preopening scolding. Despite its two-year, nearly sold-out run in London (and an advance sale of more than $20 million...
In fact, Mary Poppins is not just a big, eye-pleasing production; it's Disney's most endearing, human-scaled and emotionally satisfying musical yet. The familiar Sherman Brothers score has been updated with seven new tunes (by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe), which blend in seamlessly--in some cases...