Mary Poppins closing in March!

[tking001]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 4:55pm

The show will be closing on March 3rd 2013

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 4:59pm

NOT OFFICIAL, just according to Michael Riedel. Though I think we all know what that means...love him or hate him, he's pretty spot on.


EXCLUSIVE: ‘Mary Poppins’ to close, ‘Aladdin’ to open

[tking001]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:02pm

The NY times also reported it

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:06pm

Hasn't the show been doing pretty good business lately? I don't remember reading if this ever recouped. I'm sure it did though.

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:08pm

^ It doesn't matter how well a show is doing. It's not doing crazy business like Lion King is and if they have something lined up, Disney will pull the plug on one show to let another show open. Mary Poppins also has had a lot of low weeks this past year. It's not a cheap show to run.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:13pm

It's also insanely boring. Y'know, so there's that.

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:23pm

I don't remember reading if this ever recouped. I'm sure it did though.


According to the official BWW article, the show recouped with 52 weeks of opening.

[RENT_is_Wicked2]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:25pm

Kind of funny that a Disney show is closing with another Disney show moving in...

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:26pm

^ Why is that funny? Disney has a lease on the theater so only their shows can go in there.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:29pm

And they are closing Poppins so that they CAN bring Aladdin into the space.

Cause and Effect.

[jbm2]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:32pm

Aladin is awful- close to the worst show I saw in 2012

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:34pm

"Kind of funny that a Disney show is closing with another Disney show moving in..."

They made that mistake 6 years ago around this month. It was very sad to see a wonderful show like 'Beauty and the Beast' and to see it be replaced by a mess of a show like 'The Little Mermaid'. They only redeemable things about it were Sierra Boggess and Sherie Rene Scott. But Disney did not own the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Anyway, I'll miss 'Mary Poppins' but I am looking forward to 'Aladdin'.

[finebydesign]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:36pm

It's time for an Aida revival. I wouldn't be shocked if it was a Beauty they were bringing back.

[bdn223]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:48pm

I feel bad for Gavin Lee. He has been with the show since it opened in London, opened the show on Broadway, did the tour and then came back to broadway. He just took off for a few month to do Top Hat in London for a few months and was to return to Mary Poppins over the summer. I honestly wonder if Disney will try to bring him back for the final show.

[Kelly2]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:51pm

OMG, please bring Aida back. I am so down for that.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:51pm

I'd love an Aida revival in five years that focuses a little less on spectacle. Would Disney ever NOT produce a revival of one of their shows, or at least co-produce?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 5:56pm

Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay...

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 6:01pm

Think closing before Easter is a big mistake.

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 6:24pm

I do enjoy Michael Ridel, but Disney hasn't set a closing date, and tickets are still on sale until Aug. 18th.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 1/7/13 at 6:48pm

Frank Dilella of NY1 is reporting March 3.