Mary Poppins

I read further down someone talking about Mary Poppins to stage. Luckily for us lot in England, it's happening! The creative team is being assembled and details should be springing up in the next six months. The script is also being finalised, there was a documentary showing Cameron Mackintosh in a day of his life and he was talking about it.

I'm looking forward to it so bad - so many London actresses are reportedly trying out for the lead role! How do you think they'll handle the flying? I hope it's tasteful.. also the cartoony bit?! How??? I hope it doesn't try and do that, just makes it normal.

For those of you sad about not seeing Chitty, it's really not that great.. it's a bit of fun and a tad impressive but nothing to get annoyed about missing.

Jake.

God o God I hope they cast RUTHIE HENSHALL as Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way!

I thought RUTHIE would've been a great Eliza, in London's My Fair Lady but they didn't cast her, it's her dream role too!

Maria's ok, she's got a very unique voice, to unique for my liking. Actually rather whiny and breathy. I couldn't stand her performance on the Joseph video, although her rendition of Sally Bowles on the double Cabaret cd isn't bad, plus Maria's not an attractive looking woman...

I'm not bagging on Miss Friedman, just voicing my opinion.

Stiles and Drewe and writing the score for the stage version, so I am very excited. I oove their score for their version of Peter Pan.

It will be interesting to see what the people who criticize Chitty for being a spectacle childrens show make of Mary Poppins.
There are a lot of similarities between it and Chitty in that they're both classic films,filled with songs that people remember
from their own childhoods.Both shows would have a high percentage
of children in their audiences and by the very nature of the films,the stage shows would be equally filled with special
effects.

I have to disagree with Jake about Chitty (but that isn't the first time) :) Chitty is great fun.I'm not seeing the new cast until later this week but the original cast all gave accomplished
performances and the car flying is very impressive.

George Stiles also wrote HONK! which beat the LION KING for best musical at the Olivier Awards.

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Ruthie said that she wanted to play Eliza in MFL, however it's closing in August.

Yah Jake B, but too bad she couldn't create the role when it opened, instead of following in the line of women who have played it over the past 2 years...

She's just about to go into Chicago.

Please nobody kill me when I say this...but I think Sutton Foster would make an awesome Mary Poppins...I haven't thought of Ruthie Henshall yet, but now that you mention it she seems pretty darn perfect for the role.