Mary Poppins Recoups, Launches Tour in Chicago in 2009

[commasplice]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 1:07am

Performances set to begin March 25, 2009 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. More dates/cities to be announced.

More info (though not much else) at either of the below links

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=23497

https://www.playbill.com/news/article/113285.html

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 1:11am

Congrats, MARY P!

[lite2shine]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 1:19am

I'm so excited. I hope it'll come to SF :)

[Mouses Magic]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 2:00am

Told ya so!

[emo_geek]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 2:38am

Wow...2009 is far away.

[AKDPerformer]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 3:01am

YAY!!!!! :)

MP represent!

[Justin D]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 7:32am

lets hope they dont scale it down too much, that house set is amazing.

[Steve2]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 9:33am

One thing the New York Times says is "In addition, all the New York principals, including Ashley Brown in the title role and Gavin Lee as Bert the chimney sweep, have signed on for another 12 months, something of a rarity these days. 'They love doing it,' Schumacher said."

I didn't see that mentioned anywhere else. Good for them!


New York Times

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:15am

Why in 2009? That's too far away! Xanadu is going to La Jolla next fall and Spring Awakening starts it's tour then. Weird how Blonde and Curtains haven't announced tours. Hopefully they all make it to L.A.!

[Fosse76]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:32am

At first I thought Thomas Schumacher finally realized that Chicago is one of the most important theater markets and then I remembered that Cameron Macintosh is also a producer and he probably insisted it open in Chicago.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:33am

If BLONDE announces a tour now, it will lose all chances of recouping the Broadway production. Those producers know that whether they announce a tour now or if they wait until 2012, there will always be an audience out in Nowheresville for the show.

CURTAINS just signed on DHP through August 2008. He is *the* selling point for that show. Let THEM recoup and hold onto DHP as long as they can before they even think about a tour. They don't exactly have a "wave" that they need to ride by a certain point in time. They can put this unknown, unheard of, no-name show on the road at any time, and it will do so-so. Their best bet is to get people in that Broadway house to see that production with its well-known Tony winning recognizable TV star right now.

[NY_Broadway2]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:20am

BLONDE is doing a tour in 2009. In Dallas, they already announced that we would be getting that then and the tour of CURTAINS as well. Just thought I would let you know.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 11:24am

The LEGALLY BLONDE Tour also has booked dates at the Ruth Eckerd Hall in Tampa, Florida.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 3:25pm

From the Times article listed above:
'We've rebuilt the house,' Mackintosh said. 'It works in a very different way. It still opens up to be more or less what you've seen (on Broadway), but how it does that is different.'

No surprise here. This tour is going to be awesome. How exciting that such a big show has recouped! (I am sure Disney was very eager to reveal this information, given the Tarzan tragedy)

Congratulations!

[Jilani]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 3:33pm

*Spoiler*

Will it be feasible to have Mary Poppins fly out over the audience at the end in a touring production?

[Sondheim_Geek]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 4:00pm

I really hope Tiffany Haas gets the MP role. I remember hearing rumors about her reading for it.

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 4:05pm

Wow, such a huge show recouped in almost exactly a year! That's really great. I'm sure it will also do Boston, LA, Dallas, etc...

[Junior]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 4:12pm

Anyone know what the initial investment was for Broadway? Did I miss that somewhere? Things like that just interest me. Congrats on recouping!

[HBBrock]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 4:15pm

Congrats to Mary Poppins - saw it in January of 07 and LOVED IT. It's an excellent show that I highly recommend.
Updated On: 12/5/07 at 04:15 PM

[Steve2]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 5:25pm

Anyone know what the initial investment was for Broadway? Did I miss that somewhere? Things like that just interest me. Congrats on recouping!

From New York Times (Link above): "Although Disney doesn't reveal the cost of its shows, most large Broadway musicals today cost between $12 million-$15 million and 'Mary Poppins,' with its big cast, lavish sets and period costumes, is larger than most."

[mauriposa]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 5:27pm

Yay, Chicago! Although, I might not still live here in 2009. Figures.

[Toddlin2]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 5:28pm

The Chi engagement is seen as a long run sit-down before launching on tour. It could run at the Palace 9 months or more, meaning the rest of the country won't be seeing it until sometime in 2010.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 5:35pm

"The Chi engagement is seen as a long run sit-down before launching on tour. It could run at the Palace 9 months or more, meaning the rest of the country won't be seeing it until sometime in 2010."

Now I am CONVINCED that Macintosh is the reason the tour will launch in Chicago. Schumacher, for some inexplicable reason, doesn't see Chicago as a big theatre town. He mocked the producers of Wicked for wanting a sit-down, and that was AFTER it celebrated its first anniversary!

[Junior]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 5:38pm

thanks steve! Guess I just missed that...

[AKDPerformer]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 6:29pm

"One thing the New York Times says is "In addition, all the New York principals, including Ashley Brown in the title role and Gavin Lee as Bert the chimney sweep, have signed on for another 12 months, something of a rarity these days. 'They love doing it,' Schumacher said."

YES!!!! Now when I eventually get back to work there sometime next year i'll be able to re-familiarize and revel in the delicious talent that is Gavin Lee :)