Mary Poppins News

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 12:43pm

For those that speak French:
DtD) MARY POPPINS s’achemine également vers de nouveaux développements, sur scène, en Angleterre.
RMS) Beaucoup de choses excellentes à leur sortie sont tout aussi excellentes aujourd’hui. J’ai eu beaucoup de chance cette année avec mon spectacle CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG à Londres qui est le plus grand succès de l’année et qui est basé sur un film que nous avons fait il y a 35 ans ! Si l’on refait les choses bien, tout en conservant leur intégrité, la magie peut recommencer. Concernant MARY POPPINS, nous sommes en train d’y travailler et cela semble plutôt bon. Ce sera une association entre le grand producteur anglais Cameron Macintosh et Disney.

DtD) Il est d’ailleurs amusant de penser que LE LIVRE DE LA JUNGLE possède une chanson originellement prévue pour MARY POPPINS.
RMS) Vous parlez certainement de The Land Of Sand. Elle était prévue en tant que mélodie instrumentale pour une séquence dans laquelle Mary Poppins emmène les enfants dans un voyage imaginaire autour du monde. Il arrivent au milieu du désert du Sahara et c’est là qu’elle se met à la chanter sur cette même mélodie. Mais la séquence a été abandonnée et il nous restait ce thème hypnotique. C’est alors que nous sommes dits que nous pourrions l’utiliser pour Kaa, ce que nous avons fait en changeant simplement les paroles.

For those that don't, a summary of this says that Richard M. Sherman is working on the stage musical of Mary Poppins and it is coming along pretty damn well.

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 12:44pm

Oh man, I dropped French because I was so horrible at it.

[Deannaizme]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 12:45pm

Well! Three years of high school French obviously did me no good at all! :)

~D

[theaterbuff]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 12:54pm

Warning - makes only little bits of sense.

DTD) MARY POPPINS s?achemine also worms of new developments, on scene, in England. RMS) Beaucoup of excellent things at their exit are quite as excellent aujourd?hui. J?ai have much chance this year with my spectacle CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG in London which is the greatest success of l?année and which is based on a film that we made 35 years ago! If l?on remakes the things well, while preserving their integrity, the magic can start again. Concerning MARY POPPINS, we are in the train d?y working and that seems rather good. It will be an association between the large English producer Cameron Macintosh and Disney. DTD) It is d?ailleurs amusing to think that the BOOK OF the JUNGLE has a song originally planned for MARY POPPINS. RMS) You speak certainly about The Land Of Sand. It was envisaged as an instrumental melody for a sequence in which Mary Poppins takes along the children in an imaginary voyage around the world. It arrive at the medium of the desert of the Sahara and c?est there qu?elle starts to sing it on this same melody. But the sequence was given up and there remained to us this hypnotic topic. C?est whereas we are known as that we could l?utiliser for Kaa, which we did by changing the words simply.

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 12:58pm

I really hope they cast Ruthie Henshall in the lead. I would take a trip to London to see that.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 1:00pm

Ah, I understand about the Land Of Sand bit. The Book Of The Jungle is Disney's THE JUNGLE BOOK. In it, a snake named Kaa sings a song "Trust In Me." That song was originally written for Disney's MARY POPPINS. She would sing that song to get the children to fall asleep, then, the Land of Sand scene would happen, where in the children's dreams, Mary Poppins takes them around the world. When the children wake up, they tell their father about it, but he says that it was just a dream. This was cut from the film for whatever reason.

In that interview, I believe they were asking if the song would be included.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 1:07pm

Better translation:

DTD) MARY POPPINS also sets out worms of new developments, for scene, in England.

RMS) Lots of excellent things at their exit are quite as excellent today. I had much chance this year with my spectacle
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG in London which is the greatest success of the year and which is based on a film that we made 35 years ago! If one remakes the things well, while preserving their integrity, the magic can start again. Concerning MARY POPPINS, we are working there and that seems rather good. It will be an association between the large English producer Cameron Macintosh and Disney.

DTD) It is very amusing to think that THE JUNGLE BOOK has a song originally planned for MARY POPPINS.

RMS) You speaking certainly about "The Land Of Sand." It was envisioned as an instrumental melody for a sequence in which Mary Poppins takes along the children in an imaginary voyage around the world. They arrive at the medium of a desert of the Sahara and it is there that she starts to sing it on this same melody. But the sequence was given up and there remained to us this hypnotic tune. At that point in time we are known as that we
could use it for Kaa, which we did by simply changing the words.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 1:36pm

theatrebaby! you took the words right outta my mouth!!

you MUST have read my other post where I said ruthie should play mary, OR you just love ruthie that much too! lol

RUTHIE WOULD ROCK!

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 1:39pm

I do love Ruthie too! lol I saw her at the Broadway flea market last year and I was gonna go say hi, but my feet wouldn't move. LOL Same thing happened when I saw Tony Bennett at Liza's Christmas Concert. It's rare, but it sometimes happens to me.

[kec]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 4:06pm

Word is that Jo Riding, recently in the West End as Eliza Dolittle, has gotten the role of the magical nanny.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 4:11pm

oh, joanna? she's really good!!! great voice, but

WE WANT RUTHIE!

[sharon1]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 4:33pm

Sorry,
It's Joanna Riding
But who's goin to be Bert

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 4:38pm

dunno, prolly some amazing unknown physical actor in london. london does GREAT casting, I'll sit back and wait.

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 6/10/03 at 5:34pm

I've always thought a great onstage Bert would be Tommy Tune. Or he'd be a good lead for a Yank version of CHITTY CHITTY. Just don't let him direct it; those shows only fit his performing style. He already followed Dick in BIRDIE (pun intended).