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#1

Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 4:07pm

Anyone here think Ashley Brown (current Broadway Belle in B&B and former star of Disney's "On the Record") will/should be Mary Poppins in the Broadway mounting of the show??

Girls got some awesome pipes!

If not her, who do you think will/should??

Ruthie Henshall? Laura Michelle Kelly who originated in London?

Updated On: 3/29/06 at 04:07 PM

#2

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 4:08pm

Nope.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson
#3

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 4:16pm

Nah, I want Ruthie Henshall!

But she won't because of her kids and all.
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#4

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 4:54pm

The director said that he wants to keep as much of the original London cast as possible, so I'm assuming that Laura Michelle Kelly will be reprising the role.
#5

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 6:29pm

I lvoe Ashley Brown, but I don't think she should be Mary.

If not Laura Michelle Kelly, I'd love to see either Susan Egan or Victoria Clark in the role.
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#7

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 6:40pm

Definitely don't see Victoria Clark in the role. Love her, too...but I'd rather her not. Leave it to Laura Michelle Kelly.
#8

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 6:42pm

Last I heard Laura Michelle Kelly was having some disputes with the producers or something. I was under the assumption that she wasn't doing it.

I saw her in London, and she was phenominal. The role of Mary Poppins, at least in this production, is supposed to come off as very young...if it were a different production, I think Victoria Clark could do it, but she looks a bit old for the role.
#9

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 6:43pm

Definitely don't see Victoria Clark in the role. Love her, too...but I'd rather her not. Leave it to Laura Michelle Kelly.
#11

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 7:54pm

yeah, she probably would be good!

i also would like Laura to come and do it, but I also heard she probably won't do it

i'd love to see sutton foster do it, but that would never happen... :)
#12

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:03pm

DISNEY does not want Laura Michelle Kelly to do the show on Broadway. Laura's contract guarantees her doing the role on Broadway- Disney is paying her a lot of money to buy out her contract. I saw her in London and thought she was excellent. Disney, however, wants a completely different portrayal for the American production- a much warmer and sunnier portrayal than the one in the London production.
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#13

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:19pm

I personally think Susan would be wonderful if it was similiar to Julie Andrew's take on the role, but they're definitely looking for an ingenue and Ms. Egan's a little long in the tooth for that. That said, Vicki is WAY too long in the tooth. A friend of mine who is around Vicki's age (and looks much younger) was asked to come in for Mrs. Banks. Actually, I could see Vicki in THAT role.

I'm over "Ashley Brown does Disney". She needs to break away from that.

Updated On: 3/29/06 at 08:19 PM

#14

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:30pm

someone who can sing it, please.

Updated On: 4/4/06 at 08:30 PM

#15

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:42pm

Of course they're wanting a warmer Mary. They want to make it close to the movie to guarantee ticket sales. Anything "new" (like going back to the way Mary was in the books) would probably cause lack of interest.
#16

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:47pm

Whether or not they cast Laura Michelle Kelly as Mary Poppins, I would like to see Erin Dilly or Susan Egan in the title role sometime.
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#17

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 8:59pm

Erin Dilly could be good.
http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
"And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler
#18

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 9:25pm

doing this role, and all the press that is sure to come with it, with what will be a 6 month old child at home? She'd have to be brave.
#19

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 9:49pm

She is brave and she's up for it! She could do it and I think she'd be brilliant!

As for Ashley, my opinion is a NOOOO!
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My dream role would be to be myself. To be performing at the Hollywood Bowl and to have an audience there just to see me, as Stephanie. They are there because they like what I do as a singer, an artist and a person (the last being the most important). I enjoy escaping and portraying other characters, but to be accepted and wanted as yourself... that's amazing! --Stephanie J. Block Just one of the many reasons I admire and respect Stephanie!!
#20

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 9:58pm

"Disney, however, wants a completely different portrayal for the American production- a much warmer and sunnier portrayal than the one in the London production."

Uh...isn't Mary a much darker character in the book? And plus, I wouldn't exactly call Julie Andrews' Mary warm and sunny...she was stern and smart and that's what was so great about her. If Disney wants Mary to be a pushover, it would ruin the dynamic of the story, IMO.
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#24

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 10:54pm

Does Mary have an age in the "books"?
Though Disney owns the Music Cameron owns the book and is the Lead Producer on this Project.
I'm thinkin' it will someone English or at least dual citizenship.
Disney needs to give Ashley her own re-cording.
I don't see her as Mary.
#25

re: Ashley Brown as Mary Poppins

Posted: 3/29/06 at 10:59pm

I thought I read that Kelly had a fallout with Mackintosh or something like that, but just a rumor; I don't really know what happened.
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