Mary Poppins or Die, Mommie, Die?

I saw MARY POPPINS back when it first started its run, and I just got back from seeing DIE MOMMIE DIE! tonight.

As an adult gay male, I can tell you that you will have a much more enjoyable overall experience at DIE MOMMIE DIE! than you will at MARY POPPINS.

POPPINS is a cardboard cut-out Disney show, starring a non-star who was cast for the sole purpose of being easily replaceable.

MOMMIE stars an irreplaceable LEGEND (who also happens to be the playwright), along with a crackling hot cast that completely brings this camp fest to believable life.

POPPINS will always be there, plus even if you're set on seeing Ashley Brown, she has just signed on until the fall of 2008.

MOMMIE is here for a short time, and it is so much freaking fun.

The POPPINS audience is filled with whiny, crying brats and their annoyed parents telling them to shut up and enjoy the show (while you're trying to hear the actors over them and enjoy the show yourself).

The MOMMIE audience (at least tonight) was like a gay men's communion. Truly a spectacular experience and the perfect group with whom to relish this marvelous piece of camp at its finest.

MOMMIE all the way.

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Thanks Wanna Be A Foster--I too am an adult gay male, so it looks like its going to be "Die, Mommie, Die." And thanks for reminding me that Disney shows always have those "whiny, crying brats" in the audience.

The two shows could not be more polar opposites.

Exactly what I was thinking.
While I love Poppins I have to go WBAF on this, see Die Mommie Die. Only because Poppins will be around a lot longer. I highly recommend seeing it your next time here.

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good choice

i have to agree with the lot. Die Mommie Die is HILARIOUS :)

Good for you! Charles Busch is wonderful ineverything he does - hopefully I will get to NYC before it closes.

You made the correct choice. Although, I would kill for a Mary Poppins umbrella.

I liked both shows but Mary Poppins was my least favorite Disney show. I loved Lion King. I also loved Beauty and The Beast.
But Lion King is the greatest Disney show ever created. I adore it!!!!

Updated On: 12/6/07 at 11:20 AM

Charles is my favorite playwright and favorite actor.
Go see it!!! He is hysterical. I need to see it a second time.
The facial expressions he makes made me cry from laughing so hard.

I still prefer Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. I wish Julie was in this one. Busch without Halston is strange. They are like
Lucy and Desi.
Julie, needs to be in all of Charles shows.


Actually, they are more like Ethel and Lucy.

I wish they could do Vampire Lesbians of Sodom in that theater.
Funniest show I have ever seen in my entire life. The benefit a few years ago was the greatest evening of theater.
Halston. Vilanch. Charles. Brent Barrett. I was on a cloud.

Updated On: 12/6/07 at 11:30 AM

These 2 shows couldn't be any different. Ha, ha...

I saw "Mary Poppins" last year right after it opened and really, really enjoyed it. Didn't go in with any pre-conceived notions of how it should or should not be played, like so many people do. I always wonder about that........why would you go to the theatre, all ready in a mind frame, that you're not going to have a good time, and be overly critical or something that you have no say so in? I just don't think that way.

I'll be in NYC between Christmas and New Year's....seeing a ton of shows, including "Die Mommie Die." I'm looking forward to it. It looks like a lot of fun.

And, regarding what WANNA BE A FOSTER said, what does one's sexual orientation have to do with seeing a show? What difference does that make? People of all walks of life enjoy the theatre..........short, tall, black, white, gay, straight, Asian, Jewish, Lutheran, etc........ Who cares if someone is gay or straight? What does that have to do with going to the theatre?

Updated On: 12/6/07 at 05:51 PM

As a gay man (stealing Andy's line above), I'd suggest neither.

I'm a fan of Disney.
I'm a fan of Charles Busch.

Neither Mary Poppins nor Die Mommie Die had me terribly impressed. And I'm easily impressed!

If you're looking for a good show for a good dollar, there are more promising shows to choose from. Roll the dice.