MARY POPPINS closes today — Page 2

This show's done well!

It's certainly one of the best British musicals to come along in a long time - and well done to Disney for being so open to let the Brits take control!

Let's hope Disney replace it with someone equally as amazing!

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"but why are people hating TLM?"

The costumes and sets were disappointing. Flounder wore a yellow t-shirt and shorts. Carlotta and the maids looked like half-people, half-chicken. Ariel's grotto did not look very nice and there WAY TOO MANY changes to the book. It just seemed to lack the charm and heart that the film had.

ETA: As I mentioned earlier I hope Disney is not making the same mistake they made 7 years ago when they closed 'Beauty and the Beast' to make room for a show that did not turn out so great.

Updated On: 3/3/13 at 07:36 PM

DId anyone go to the final performance today? If so did anything special occur? I was kind of hoping they would make a special closing Showbill for it.

"but why are people hating TLM?"

Because it was the definition it "theatrical trash". It took something fantastic and reduced it to less than acceptable levels for a 2nd rate theme park.

BTW, I didn't attempt it but did they happen to sell SRO for the final show today??

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sorry, but I wasn't looking to pay the big $$$ to see this again. I should have seen this show again a few weeks ago where I could have got tickets for about half price.

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" The tour sets were wonderful in their own right but nowhere near as magical as that on Broadway. And sadly one we won't likely see on stage again in future revivals. "

I'm sure this was mentioned before, somewhere--but having only seen the tour this past year (I mostly enjoyed it--and was impressed with the set)--just how much of the set was changed?

It's had a good run. In all honesty, I was more surprised when it closed in London when it did.

And yes, Little Mermaid was a mess--though I admit I like the new music (at least for Ariel and Eric, less keen on the added comic numbers)--though Menken did what he did with Hunchback and Beauty and the Beast and based those songs on music from his incidental score for the movies, and having grown up with the soundtracks, I already knew the melodies by heart.

I heard they brought Julie Andrews in and she flew over the crowd as Mary Poppins exited.

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Trust me - If that happened, you'd have heard about it by now.

Were any speeches given after the performance? Special guests?

Saw the final performance that was open to the public, Saturday night (the 2nd). THOROUGHLY ENJOYED all the way around! This was my third Disney show (Beauty and the Beast in April '07, Mermaid in January '08 before it). Jonathan Freeman (Jafar in the ALADDIN films) was my Cogworth, my Grimsby, and now, Admiral Boom and Bank Chairman! It was SO ridiculously charming. My sister and I had a blast! ALADDIN, my favorite Disney feature from boyhood, I hope, holds up its end and provides the magic!

I went to the box office a few hours prior to showtime to see if they were doing standing room (something that I know that this theatre does, having stood a few years ago for this amazing show.) When I got to the box office window and asked the guy there, his response was "we've never done standing room for this show." Something that I found a little odd, only because like I said, awhile back I did do standing room for this show and I know that The New Amsterdam offers it.

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Updated On: 3/4/13 at 11:09 PM