I always visit the Broadway in Bryant Park shows every Thursday. I am very sad that one of my favorites, "Mary Poppins" will not be performing this year after such a long time. Why is this? Is the show closing or is there another reason? I always found this performance to be delightful and "Practically Perfect".
Welcome back to BWW, Myron. Enjoy the summer series.
All shows get invited, it's up to them to decide whether or not to particpate. There is nothing that points to Poppins closing.
Things change as the season moves on. They might still end up performing.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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I'm curious about this series, and I plan to attend, if work doesn't intervene.
How is it set up? Performers come out and sing? Are they in costume? What could War Horse perform? There is music in the play, but I would peg it as incidental.
There is a stage set up in Bryant Park. Each show performs all of thier numbers (usually 2 or 3) in a clump, then another show takes over. You never know if you will have leads, understudies or any combination. I think each week has 3 shows performing. NO costumes or set. The whole thing is very casual. (except the fangirls that scream)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
July 2012 Thursday, July 12, 2012 Broadway in Bryant Park Stomp | The Phantom of the Opera | SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off The Dark | War Horse | The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lawn Thursday, July 19, 2012 Broadway in Bryant Park Wicked | Memphis | Zarkana | Ghost | Sister Act 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lawn Thursday, July 26, 2012 Broadway in Bryant Park Voca People | Traces | The Fantasticks | Jersey Boys 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lawn
August 2012 Thursday, August 2, 2012 Broadway in Bryant Park Chaplin, The Musical | Mamma Mia! | One Man, Two Guvnors | Silence, The Musical 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lawn Thursday, August 9, 2012 Broadway in Bryant Park Chicago | Rebecca | Evita | Rent 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lawn Thursday, August 16, 2012 Broadway in Bryant Park Nice Work If You Can Get It | Avenue Q | Bring It On: The Musical | Rock of Ages | A Christmas Story 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lawn
BwayEqs: Wicked has not and probably will not perform Defying Gravity. They usually do The Wizard and I, Popular, As Long As You're Mine, and sometimes For Good.
Myron: The schedule might change and Mary Poppins might get added. The schedule has changed already. (Sister Act got moved to a different date).
