Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS- Page 2

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 7:59pm

I'm glad Sean McCourt finally found something to do other than "Wicked."

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 8:04pm

Baritone, I was about to post the same thing! I was always hoping Sean would stay long enough to be offered the opportunity to be a full-time Wizard, as he's been the understudy for it forever (and has performed dozens of times). Shame, though, that's he was never given the role, as it always went to a bigger name. He was a much better Wizard than George Hearn, at least.

[ILoveMyDictionary]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 10:14pm

Awesome. Mark Price is gonna be in it! Does he have a contract with Disney now? Because he was Lefou in Beauty and the Beast right after All Shook Up.

[carymetorent2]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 10:18pm

According to Tyler, he is understudying Mark Price :)

[WhenURScrap]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 10:19pm

Okay. Can someone or many people post one or two shows that all of these ensemble members were in ...? Who is Tyler Mainard (spelling I know ...) ... I'm excited to see a full cast list, althought it seems small to me when I look at the London cast.

[overthemoon419]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 10:45pm

Two words:

MARK PRICE

I'm there.

[broadway_show_fan]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 12:56am

AHASDFASKDJFLAKSDFKJ!!!!!

MARK PRICE!
HENRY HODGES!!! I <3 HENRY! I swear I KNEW he was gonna get this role.... =D
Sean McCourt! He was my Wizard! =)
will finally get to see Rebecca Luker in something...

maybe i'll like mary poppins after all. as a small child i was terrified of her! =(

[WhenURScrap]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 1:47am

How could you be terrified of Mary Poppins? She's practically perfect in every way!

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 7:42am

I am thrilled that Daniel Jenkins will be back on stage!

[Princeton78]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 9:53am

I think Rebecca Luker can do better. She's so talented.

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 11:53am

I love Daniel Jenkins! I love him in the Big River and Big! The Musical recordings! I never thought of him as Mr. Banks, but i'm sure he'll be great at it. I'm overall very pleased with the cast. But I'll also miss Linzi Hateley as well.

[WickedRentEder]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 1:45pm

Me too!!! I loved Rebecca in the Sound of Music and in the Music Man!! This is the 2nd Julie Andrews movie she does on Bway (granted it's not the lead role, but...)

I was hoping for Rebecca to be Mary but alas, I dig her singing "Sister Suffragette".

[WhenURScrap]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 2:41pm

Maybe if 'Sister Suffrogete' was in the show, she'd be amazing at singing it... I think the only song Luker has is Being Mrs. Banks.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 2:54pm

"Nicolas Dromard".

Saw him in "Mamma Mia" in the pre-Broadway San Francisco premiere, then "Oklahoma!" and "The Boy From Oz". I can't wait to see "Mary Poppins" on stage. I'm sorry "Sister Suffragette" is not in it, but this is finally a Disney show I want to see.

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 3:11pm

Maybe they'll add Sister Suffragettes to the bway version. I really wish they would put in the I Love to Laugh scene too! that was one of my faves in the movie growing up.

[mrkringas]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 3:33pm

Sorry but unless they change the era that the stage show is set, then forget about seeing Sister Suffragette. You see this version is set after women got the vote (well those over 30) in 1918. Mrs Banks is now a retired actress. She left the world of the theatre to raise a family etc. However her conflict is with George and his desire to see them entertain the "right" people. Move in the correct circles and not with tacky showbiz people.

You see Mary Poppins on stage is really about George Banks and his family. Not the kids, though they are a big part. Mary is the catalyst for this family to reconnect. Its a truley touching story and exceeds the film in my opinion. The emotional climax to me is when George Banks is on that bench and singing "A Man Has Dreams". Perhaps this is not what people wanted but I would suggest they go and keep Beauty and the Beast running for another decade.

[Calvin]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 3:37pm

Wasn't Sister Suffragette added pretty much as an afterthought to the movie in the first place, to beef up the role and give Glynis Johns a song of her own?

[mrkringas]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 3:41pm

It may well have been but there are plenty of references to the Suffragette movement in the film and its clearly set pre First World War.

[megan_b86]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 3:51pm

Baritone- couldn't agree with you more. Sean is such a great talent. I started to feel like it was going to waste while he was stagnat in Wicked for so long.... good for him!

[carymetorent2]

Posted: 6/3/06 at 1:47am

Tyler is most well-known for originating Mark in the off-Broadway show, "Altar Boyz"

You can find more about him at www.tylermaynard.com

This ensemble is relatively empty of well-knowns, so I don't really know much about anyone besides Tyler and sean.

[maybethistime]

Posted: 6/3/06 at 2:00am

I'm glad Danny and Rebecca are both working now! What a family - Good for them!

[lite2shine]

Posted: 6/3/06 at 2:29am

maybethistime, when you said "Danny," I thought you meant Danny Jenkins (LOL) and thought why she/he calls Danny and Rebecca a family? Then I realized you meant Danny, the real husband of Rebecca! Yes I saw him in DC in L.A., and thoroughly enjoyed his performance.

[Johnnytoc]

Posted: 6/3/06 at 9:09am

It's good to see so many great actors wrking again/in something different.
After seeing the show this past Monday, I'm Very excited to get to see Gavin Lee as Bert again, he's absolutely wonderful.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/3/06 at 9:17am

Sean McCourt is playing Von Hossler and understudying Daniel Jenkins.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/3/06 at 10:11am

I just don't care for Luker. She acts from the neck up. You can always see every vein.