Sherman Brothers still writing?

[BroadwayAbridged]

Posted: 5/16/07 at 5:46pm

I assumed that the new Mary Poppins numbers weren't written by the Sherman Brothers because they'd retired.

Then I saw this:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108119.html

And then I remembered that the Sherman Brothers also wrote the new Chitty numbers.

So why didn't they write the new Poppins numbers??

[Sorry if this has been discussed; couldn't find it in a search.]

[Julian2]

Posted: 5/16/07 at 6:08pm

I beleive it had something to do with CM coming with Drewe and Stiles already attached.

[musicalkid]

Posted: 5/16/07 at 6:11pm

I believe that their old songs, as beautiful as they are, neede some refreshment towards the new approach to mary poppins, and the musical STAGE.

i believe that had the new MP songs been written by the Sherman brothers, Mary Poppins would have been another "Chitty"- bloated and sugary movie-on-stage.

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 5/16/07 at 6:15pm

The must be up there in years by now.

Love the Brothers. They have written some of my all time favorites songs. Too bad Busker Alley was such a mess.

They really do write broadway worthy stuff.

[clarkstallings]

Posted: 5/16/07 at 6:15pm

Ms. Travers and later her estate mandated that the songwriting team for any further development of a "Mary Poppins" musical be British. This is why the Sherman Brothers weren't allowed to write the new songs for the show.

[EganFan2]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 1:06pm

They may write sugary sweet stuff, but they had some clever lyrics. An underrated score is "The Slipper and the Rose". Great stuff.

[Piercemn]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 2:01pm

Last summer the Fringe Festival in Minneapolis presented Jungle Mary Bang Bang, a revue of Sherman Bros. songs. It was the best show I saw last summer. They did Sisters Suffragette as an Andrews Sisters number and It's a Small World in 4 part harmony.

I recommended to the musical director that they expand the hour long show and open it for an extended run, but that hasn't happened yet.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/17/07 at 5:47pm

Their score for Over Here is fun

The show was also quite entertaining with than unknowns Marilu henner & John Travolta.