MARY POPPINS revival/tour, possibly in 2027?

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 12/22/25 at 12:38pm

I just received an email from MTI saying new restrictions have been placed on both Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Jr. in North America

According to the email, all licensed productions of the full-length show must be done by December 2026 and no more licenses will be awarded after that. Likewise, only accredited K-9 schools will be able to perform Jr free from restriction, while community theaters, high schools, etc will have until March 2027, after which no more licenses will be given out.

Might this be a sign that there could be a new Broadway revival or tour coming through North America in the next year or two?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 12/22/25 at 12:44pm

I suggested the possibility of this happening back in October.

[James885]

Posted: 12/22/25 at 1:00pm

Semi off - topic, but how does the licensing change for amateur / regional productions whenever there is a Broadway revival and / or tour? For instance, with the recent Music Man revival, did MTI restrict productions nationwide, or just in the New York region? Similarly, if The Music Man had toured, would they have pulled the licenses nationwide or just in the market where the tour plays for the duration of the tour stop?

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 12/22/25 at 1:05pm

James885 said: "Semi off - topic, but how does the licensing changefor amateur / regional productions whenever there is a Broadway revival and / or tour? For instance, with the recent Music Man revival, did MTI restrict productions nationwide, or just in the New York region? Similarly, if The Music Man had toured, would they have pulled the licenses nationwide or just in the market where the tour plays for the duration of the tour stop?"

I think it varies based on the show. I know from personal experience that my community theatre attempted to get a license for Mamma Mia! and we were denied two years in a row because the national tour was coming within 200 miles of us.

[James885]

Posted: 12/22/25 at 1:38pm

Gotcha. I don’t know anything about how this stuff works, but very interesting! A friend of mine is an adjunct theater professor at a community college and a couple years back they were planning on doing Les Miserables, but weren’t able to because of the tour, even though it didn’t play their city.

Taking it back to Mary Poppins, if they do tour again, I hope they use the same set as the original tour. IMO, it was more effective than the broadway set.

Updated On: 12/22/25 at 01:38 PM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 12/22/25 at 1:50pm

Yeah, every commercial rightsholder treats this differently. Disney and Cameron Mackintosh are particularly strict, and for years the Weisslers had that reputation too. Sometime there's not even an actual production happening, just an option for one.

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 12/22/25 at 1:58pm

This show was such a bore with Ashley (no spark)I wish Rebecca (rip) flew around the theater she would of made an amazing Mary. 

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 12/22/25 at 3:02pm

I'd love to see this show-- the last excitingly staged Disney musical--back, but not if it's scaled down to a shell of itself like recent Beauty and the Beast tours.

[theatrekid3302]

Posted: 12/23/25 at 5:46pm

Hope they bring Laura Michelle Kelly back. I also think Kara Lindsay would make a great Mary Poppins. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 12/23/25 at 6:05pm

theatrekid3302 said: "Hope they bring Laura Michelle Kelly back. I also think Kara Lindsay would make a great Mary Poppins."

Not trying to offend them, but these two have graduated on to the roles of Mrs. Banks or Miss Andrew. If The Beauty and the Beast tour casting is any indicator they’d likely cast someone a year or two out of undergrad. 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 12/23/25 at 6:06pm

theatrekid3302 said: "I also think Kara Lindsay would make a great Mary Poppins."

I actually got to see Kara play the role at North Carolina Theatre twice - in 2016 and 2023 - and she was indeed great both times.

Updated On: 12/23/25 at 06:06 PM

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 12/23/25 at 7:02pm

Scarywarhol said: "I'd love to see this show-- the last excitingly staged Disney musical--back, but not if it's scaled down to a shell of itself like recent Beauty and the Beast tours."

It seems like every major production has used the same set design as the original tours (happy to be corrected). Which, if even scaled down from the original sit-downs, is clever and serviceably fun. I don’t think we have to worry about that. 

[Timon3]

Posted: 12/23/25 at 8:07pm

Even if it did come back to Broadway and it should they will use the UK tour set, which went into a sit down production in the West End, then back on the road, which wraps up at the end of January. The tour set is the same way as Mamma Mia and Beetlejuice are running at the moment.

The UK tour set isn’t as big as the original West End/Broadway one, but the tour set is strangely more smarter and better for it. Mary Poppins has the greatest aerial choreography in theatre.

The Majestic being empty is such a waste of a theatre at this time of year, could you imagine a big advert on Broadway with a picture of Mary Poppins and the tagline ‘Mary Poppins flying back into New York for the holidays’. With that Poppins could easily pull a 18 months run, then hit the road.

[Dolly80]

Posted: 12/25/25 at 1:15pm

Yes this is going back out on a US Tour. I know someone who is working on it right now. I think it’s late 2026

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/25/25 at 2:20pm

Dolly80 said: "Yes this is going back out on a US Tour. I know someone who is working on it right now. I think it’s late 2026"

I still say it yours for a year, then does a sit-down on Broadway at the New Amsterdam for 6 months(July 2027-January 2028). Then Disney throws in a new show in Spring 2028(Greatest Showman? Hercules? Beauty and the Beast revival?).

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 12/26/25 at 4:22pm