Mary Poppins Stars Brown & Lee Featured on ABC News, 5/13

Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee who star as Mary Poppins and Bert, respectively, in the hit Broadway musical Mary Poppins will be featured guests on WABC-TV (Channel 7)'s "Eyewitness News This Morning" this Sunday, May 13 between 9:30am and 10:00am.  WABC's Phil Lipoff talks with Brown and Lee about their experiences starring in the most nominated new musical of the 2006-2007 Broadway season.  

Mary Poppins has received 11 Outer Critics Circle, 6 Drama Desk and 3 Drama League nominations and is the biggest hit to open during the 2006-2007 season.

Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 16, 2006. The London production continues its record-setting run as it enters its third year at the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End.  Based on P.L. Travers's cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, the musical features the Academy Award-winning music and lyrics of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.  The stage production has been created, in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who has written the book, and the Olivier Award-winning team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who have composed new songs and additional music and lyrics

Joining Brown and Lee are Daniel Jenkins (Mr. Banks), Rebecca Luker (Mrs. Banks), Jane Carr (Mrs. Brill), Mark Price (Robertson Ay), Cass Morgan (Bird Woman), Ruth Gottschall (Miss Andrew), and Michael McCarty (Admiral Boom/Bank Chairman). Nicole Bocchi, Kathryn Faughnan, and Devynn Pedell alternate in the role of Jane Banks. Matthew Gumley, Henry Hodges and Jacob Levine alternate in the role of Michael Banks.

Visit www.DisneyOnBroadway.com for tickets and more information.

Photo of Ashley Brown by Linda Lenzi

 

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