Mary Poppins - No Laura Michelle Kelly- Page 2

[ThePinballWizard]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:21pm

Why don't we just dress up a zygote in a nanny dress and give it a spoonful of sugar? If she gets any younger we're going to need to birth us a Mary Poppins to star in this show.

[deck925]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:23pm

Hahaha doodle, thank you I needed a laugh!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:27pm

"just remembah...get down on hiz levow!" Nanny Jo

[ThePinballWizard]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:29pm

LOL Doodle! Next thing you know we'll all go to see the show and she's going to be putting the Banks children in the Nawtay Cornuh.

[landryjames]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:38pm

I think that the greatest and near perfect choice would be Kristin Chenoweth. In my opinion, she is the most supremely talented Broadway actress there is today. She is so very funny and has great dramatic chops. Her singing voice is extraordinary, and she has far more stage presence than all of the aforementioned actresses for the role.

Although I will be happy to see Kristin in anything, I wish Apple Tree and Pirates talk would cease to pave the way for Poppins. But of course, this is my pipe dream.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:48pm

What about alternating Mary's?

[ThePinballWizard]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:50pm

Oh s***,
FOA you just made my day. I almost peed myself.

[EganFan2]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 2:58pm

I'd have to say no to Kristin Chenoweth. Her distinctive speaking voice would be too distracting.

[timote316]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 3:07pm

I'm pulling for JLT or Erin Dilly. Love them both.

[mikeyb16]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 3:08pm

i think ashley brown could pull it off if she manages to put on a julie andrew accent

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 3:09pm

Why do you cast Ashley Brown in everything?

I think you're just PhantomMag with a different alias. He loves to cast Emmy Rossum in everything.

[Jilani]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 3:11pm

In the books, Poppins is much older than that. It took a lot of convincing to let someone of Julie's age play the part.


Just wondering where that information comes from. I recall (and unfortunately, I'm not exactly sure where I got this from - possibly on the special edition DVD?) learning that although the Disney people were nervous P.L. Travers wouldn't approve of Julie Andrews's age, she (Travers) actually stated that in her mind, Mary Poppins was in her late 20's (as was Julie Andrews at the time, much to Disney's relief).

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 3:19pm

Okay I must be the only person here who thinks:
#1. Erin Dilly isn't that great of an actress or singer. She honestly didn't impress me in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
#2. Erin Dilly's British accent sucked big time.

Hate me for this but I can't help but think that.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 3:20pm

Laura Benanti couldn't be more perfect for this show.

This would win her the TONY she deserves.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 3:58pm

Look across the street and snag Kelli O'Hara please for the role...

[EganFan2]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 4:22pm

>>i think ashley brown could pull it off if she manages to put on a julie andrew accent

You mean...an English accent? ;D

My vote is for Laura Benanti all the way. If not Marla Schaffel.

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 4:25pm

"Look across the street and snag Kelli O'Hara please for the role..."

I hear she really wants it! Here's hoping Cookie!

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 4:26pm

I hope she gets it!

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 4:34pm

Marla Schaffel is the ideal Mary, in my opinion.

[buffyactsing]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 4:38pm

I'm really hung up on that early 20's thing too. I mean, there are plently of women in their late 20s, 30's and perhaps into the 40's who would be a great, youthful Poppins. I'm in my early 20's and unless they found someone both mature a la Benanti, who reads much older anyway, I think it would be pretty awkward.

[buffyactsing]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 4:39pm

I'm weird...I keep picturing Donna Lynne Champlin as Mary. I know, it seems out of left field, but the idea just won't go away.

[ThePinballWizard]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 4:41pm

I personally am hoping that Bea Arthur lands the role. She'll scare those children back into proper shape. And her rendition of Spoonful of Sugar would be timeless right along with Old Man River.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 4:50pm

with Betty White as Mrs. Banks.

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 4:53pm

Susan Egan, please.

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/18/06 at 4:53pm

Susan Egan, please.