Mary Poppins Arrives on Broadway Oct 2006, Lion King Moves to Minskoff June 2006 — Page 2

Thank god its official. I am so tired of the whats going to be at the minskoff? lion king wont move, that's stupid BS. ANd about disney having 4 theaters, get OFF IT!! look at your playbills and discover how many other producers have numerous shows at once. Besides who knows this might actually hurt beast. People will want to see the new tarzan musical, the hot ticket poppins, and the reliable lion king. Beast will only benefit if the three mentioned above are all sold out.

To Theater Boy

You have a short memory . Not too many years ago we had a slew of empty theaters. We could very easily have them again with escalating prices and/or a drop in tourism.Do you seriously believe a producer would have spent his money to renovate the New Amsterdam ? If that is all they did, it was worth it

I doubt the New Amsterdam would have been in continuous use. Ditto the Lunt Fontanne. There would have been dark periods. You just have it in for Disney which is your problem. Think what you want but on balance Disney was good for Broadway. So they did not bring in a Sondheim show & brought in family shows. The nerve of these guys . I think they should be boiled in oil for having the audacity to make musicals the people like. They probably did not do a Sondheim show as they wanted to see a profit

Nothing against Sondhem but his shows rarely make money. Last time I heard that was a main reason producers put on a show

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Its a load of tosh bout laura and cameron mackintosh falling out! Poppy Tierney performed at the Childrens BBC proms in the park and possibly one other event as Laura had other commitments. A professional such as cameron mackintosh would not let a falling out get in the way of publicising his show with his OLIVER AWARD WINNING actress in the lead!

About the Children in Needs show, so it was poppy tierney who I saw performing Supercalifragilistic and Practically perfect? I thought it was laura
I'm not fond of TV...so Is children in needs is the same as the program you mentioned? Thanks

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Updated On: 11/10/05 at 07:12 PM

No that WAS laura, the proms in the park were a couple of months ago and supercali was performed. Children in need was about this time last year :)

Theaters play shows from new & established composers. A show that puts fannies in the seats & keeps them there is what makes successful theater which helps everyone

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Bernadette Peters as Mary Poppins?

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neither, it went to The Producers.

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Damn was just listening to Laura on the Original London Cast. She sounds wonderful. Too bad we will not have her here.

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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001813/ (I think he still alive), and he still dance if you have Mary Poppins special edition DVD, see the interview with julie andrews

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It's a shame Lion King will be in the Minskoff; I hate that theater.

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Laura Michelle Kelly was probably not going to play Mary on Broadway regardless of any spat with Cameron for two reasons:

1. She would have to be approved by American Equity. Yes, she has appeared on Broadway before, but that was as part of a trade. She would have to be submitted and approved again, and regardless of her Olivier win, she doesn't necessarily qualify as either a "star" or uniquely qualified.

2. I have it on pretty good authority that Disney/Cameron both feel that a name of sorts might be really, really beneficial to the show, which as Michael Riedel recently commented on, opened big in London, but has turned into a "soft" hit -- meaning it's not the total sell out they thought it would be. Kate Winslet, Keira Knightly and Minnie Driver were all supposedly mentioned as possible "names" that might be approached.

And on a side note, yes, the show is going to be revamped slightly for Broadway. Expect it to be a little less dark and a tad more faithful to the film.

Updated On: 11/10/05 at 08:32 PM

I am really glad that my American friends are getting mary Poppins. I saw it in London and it's a fantastic show !
And for the Disney haters, well, I'll gladly pay to see ANY Disney show than see again "new" shows like BKLYN !!