Tickets for Australian Premiere of MARY POPPINS Are On Sale Now

Producers Thomas Schumacher and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that tickets for the highly anticipated Australian premiere of MARY POPPINS are now on sale to the public at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne.  The show will officially open on July 29, 2010.
 
Produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher for Disney Theatrical Productions, the Australian production of MARY POPPINS is among the first of many planned internationally.  The musical recently opened in Helsinki and will begin a new production in Holland next year.
 
Meanwhile, the Broadway production is now in its fourth smash year and the North American tour, which grossed $18 million in its first engagement in Chicago, continues its acclaimed run. To date, MARY POPPINS has been seen by 4.6 million theatergoers worldwide.
 
The Melbourne engagement is a homecoming for the beloved character.  MARY POPPINS was born in the pen of author P.L. Travers, who herself was born in Maryborough, Queensland, grew up there and in Bowral, NSW, and was an actor and journalist in Sydney before moving to London.  The first Mary Poppins book was published in 1934 and the enduring story of the 'practically perfect nanny' enchanted millions of readers of all ages.
 
It has been 75 years since P.L. Travers first wrote about the magic of Mary Poppins in her cherished novels, and the tale remains fresh and resonant to so many generations today.  MARY POPPINS the stage 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 wrote the book, and the Olivier Award-winning team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who composed new songs and additional music and lyrics.
 
Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre led the MARY POPPINS creative team, with co-direction and choreography by Tony® and Olivier Award winner Matthew Bourne.  MARY POPPINS features set and costume design by Tony Award® winner Bob Crowley, co-choreography by Olivier Award winner Stephen Mear, lighting design by Howard Harrison, orchestrations by William David Brohn and music supervision by David Caddick.
 
MARY POPPINS features such beloved songs as "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Step In Time," "Spoonful of Sugar," "Feed The Birds," "Let's Go Fly A Kite," and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" along with new songs such as "Practically Perfect" and "Anything Can Happen."
 
For more information, visit www.DisneyonBroadway.com

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