4 Chances to See MARY POPPINS and THE LITTLE MERMAID Performances on TV During Holiday Season 2008/11/21

DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, producer of Broadway's Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid and The Lion King, proudly celebrates the 2008 holiday season with four nationally televised performances from two of its three smash hit Broadway shows. Beginning this Saturday, November 22, viewers *nationwide can tune-in to see Mary Poppins and The Little Mermaid on the following holiday specials:

Chicago's "Magnificent Mile Lights Festival" on ABC
Saturday, November 22 from 6PM-7PM CST - with repeat airings in select ABC markets nationwide

(Live performance of "Practically Perfect" by Ashley Brown of the Mary Poppins' national tour)

"Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" on NBC
Thursday, November 27 from 9AM-12PM EST

(Live performance of "Under the Sea" by the cast of Broadway's The Little Mermaid)

"The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS"
Thursday, November 27 from 9AM-12PM EST

(Performance of "Spoonful of Sugar" by Scarlett Strallen & Adam Fiorentino of Broadway's Mary Poppins)

"Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade" on ABC
Thursday, December 25 from 10AM-12PM EST

(Performance of "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" by Ashley Brown & Gavin Lee of the Mary Poppins' National Tour)

*Check local television listings for station and related broadcast information. For ticketing, theater venues and additional information regarding Mary Poppins, the Mary Poppins national tour,

The Little Mermaid and The Lion King, visit DisneyonBroadway.com, or call the Disney on Broadway hotline at 212-307-4747 (toll free at 866-870-2717).

Disney Theatrical Productions (DTP), a division of Disney Theatrical Group, operates under the direction of Thomas Schumacher and is among the world's most successful commercial theatre enterprises. Reaching a global annual audience of more than 10 million people in over 40 countries, DTP produces and licenses Broadway musicals around the world including Grammy®, Tony® and Olivier-award winning The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida, TARZAN ® and Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh which is about to launch its national touring engagement. Its most recent Broadway production, The Little Mermaid, debuted in 2007 and immediately became a Broadway sensation. That same year, DTP launched the professional touring stage version of Disney's High School Musical. In addition, DTP licenses musical titles for local schools and community productions through Musical Theatre International and on its recently launched website, DisneyMusicals.com.

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