It's Official! Ashley is Mary Poppins!

[Harmondo21]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 3:52pm

She was my pick from the start! Good for her! She's practically perfect for this role and I can't wait to see it!

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 3:57pm

Should be Laura Benanti, IMO.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 3:59pm

What's Mary Poppins?

Is it about Opium?

[theatahguy]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 4:51pm

Yes, it should have been Laura B.

[Holliwoodblonde]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 5:31pm

The poor girl needs to branch out and get away from Disney me thinks.

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 6:31pm

i'm excited for mary poppins!! any other casting news released?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 6:32pm

I hear Rebecca Luker is Mrs. Banks....there goes my theory about her taking over for Laura in Wedding Singer....maybe Laura will take over for her in Poppins.

[myManCape]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 6:35pm

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=896516&dt=20

[TheaterBoy7777]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 7:14pm

Well I am very excited for Ashley!!! Can you imagine how great of an experience this is for her. Going from On the Record, to Beauty and the Beast, and then Mary Poppins. I can't wait to see her do this role.

[broadway_show_fan]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 7:18pm

wonder who the next belle is gonna be...

[Princeton78]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 7:20pm

AMEN iluvtheatertrash!

[EganFan2]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 7:35pm

Hopefully she won't get type cast as a Disney gal after this.

[BtMartin25]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 9:03pm

^^ you look like millie.

[broadwayboy522]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 9:32pm

So when is she leaving BATB because one of the main reasons I'm going to see it is because of her. I'm going Thursday August 3rd. So does anyone know

[broadwayboy522]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 9:32pm

So when is she leaving BATB because one of the main reasons I'm going to see it is because of her. I'm going Thursday August 3rd. So does anyone know

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 10:13pm

Oy. Ashley Brown is way too talented to be pigeon-holed this early in her career.

[gumbo2]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 10:28pm

I think it's fine that she's taking the role. This early in her career it makes sense to take what you can get. After this maybe she should try to branch out, but I think it's good for her.

[BWAYboi_yes]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 11:11pm

To be cast as Mary Poppins is about as grand a thing that could ever happen for anyone at any point in their career. I hardly feel that she should have EVER considered turning it down. It's likely to be the talk of the season and a huge hit. It won Laura M. K. an Olivier and could win her a Tony. It's a major deal and I'm sure she is so thrilled that she's about to die.

[ALWrules]

Posted: 5/8/06 at 11:36pm

Yay for Ashley! Shame it isn't Kelly, who I thought was brilliant, but there is no other person I could think of that could be better. And I'm thrilled that Gavin Lee is coming over too. He stole the show, and even took some of the spotlight away from Kelly at times.

[acrocksyo]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 1:23am

She is going to be a Disney girl all her life, poor thing. She should do like some risque musical after she does Mary, where she sings about drugs and sex. It would be pretty awesome.

[sondwisenheimer]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 1:30am

Yes, she should go straight from this into "Hedwig."

[acrocksyo]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 1:37am

It would be a match made in musical theater heaven, or he**, or something.