NEWS FROM MARY POPPINS

BROADWAY’S CLASSIC MUSICAL, MARY POPPINS
FEATURED ON ABC’s “THE VIEW”
TOMORROW
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18

Broadway’s classic musical, MARY POPPINS, will be featured on “The View” tomorrow, Tuesday, December 18 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon) on the ABC Television Network. On the segment, co-host Sherry Shepherd goes backstage at MARY POPPINS to fly high above the glorious orchestra of Disney’s New Amsterdam Theater. And, MARY POPPINS producer and President of Disney Theatrical Group, Thomas Schumacher, will sit down with all of “The View” co-hosts to talk about his new book, “How Does The Show Go On? An Introduction To The Theatre.”

MARY POPPINS is the biggest hit to open during the 2006-2007 season and is a must-see musical for theatergoers of all ages. MARY POPPINS received seven 2007 Tony® Award nominations, including Best Musical. The musical also won two Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Gavin Lee) and Outstanding Set Design of a Musical (Bob Crowley), as well as a Theatre World Award (for Gavin Lee).

MARY POPPINS, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 16, 2006, and quickly proved to be a hit with audience members and critics alike.

The London production continues its record-setting run as it enters its third year at the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End.

Based on P.L. Travers’s cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, MARY POPPINS features the Academy Awardâ-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.
Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre leads the award-winning creative team assembled for MARY POPPINS with co-direction and choreography by Tonyâ and Olivier Award winner Matthew Bourne. MARY POPPINS features set and costume design by Tony Awardâ winner Bob Crowley, co-choreography by Olivier Award winner Stephen Mear, lighting design by Howard Harrison, sound design by Steve Canyon Kennedy, orchestrations by William David Brohn, music supervision by David Caddick, and music direction by Brad Haak.

Tickets for MARY POPPINS are available at www.DisneyOnBroadway.com, the New Amsterdam Theatre Box Office, and all Ticketmaster outlets or by calling Ticketmaster’s Disney on Broadway hotline at (212) 307-4747. Prices range from $25 - $120. For group sales and information please call (800) 439-9000.

www.DisneyOnBroadway.com

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