MARY POPPINS North American Tour Celebrates One Millionth Guest

After playing successful engagements in 11 cities throughout North America since opening in Chicago in March 2009, the tour of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's MARY POPPINS welcomed its one millionth guest during its final week of performances at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. In celebration of this milestone, Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh Limited offered one lucky audience member a 3-day/2-night trip for four to New York City to see performances of THE LION KING and MARY POPPINS on Broadway.

The Reyner family of Statham, GA were the recipients of the vacation package and were brought onstage after the matinee performance on Saturday, May 15 at the Fox Theatre. The family was visibly overjoyed when presented with an oversized voucher for the vacation package by cast members Caroline Sheen ("Mary Poppins") and Gavin Lee ("Bert"). The Reyners also received from Broadway Across America - Atlanta opening night tickets to one of their upcoming 2010-11 season shows plus an overnight stay at the Georgian Terrace.

MARY POPPINS, a co-production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened on Broadway on November 16, 2006. Based on P.L. Travers' cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, MARY POPPINS the stage play 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.

Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre leads the award-winning 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. The tour's creative team includes Tour Director Anthony Lyn, Associate Choreographer Geoffrey Garrett, and Music Director James Dodgson.

ABOUT MARY POPPINS WORLDWIDE

MARY POPPINS is one of the biggest stage musical successes to emerge from London or New York in recent years. Worldwide to date, MARY POPPINS has grossed over $392 million and has welcomed over 5.3 million guests.

Consistently among Broadway's top-grossing shows, MARY POPPINS has played over 1400 performances since its official opening on November 16, 2006. Now in its fourth smash year at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York, the Broadway production has been seen by over two million theatergoers and grossed over $ 170 million to date, recouping its initial investment within 52 weeks of its premiere.

Not only do the Broadway show and the North American tour draw huge audiences, but the show's popularity also reaches around the globe. MARY POPPINS will premiere two major international productions in 2010: an open-ended run began April 11 at the Circus Theatre in Scheveningen, Holland, outside of Amsterdam (presented by Stage Entertainment in association with Disney and Cameron Mackintosh) and an Australian production opens July 29 at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne. Additionally, during 2010 MARY POPPINS opens in Sweden, Denmark, the Czech Republic and Hungary, with plans already underway for future productions in Israel, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Korea, Canada and Japan. Following a successful three-year run in 2008 at the Prince Edward Theatre in London's West End, a U.K. tour of MARY POPPINS commenced in summer 2008 and concluded its acclaimed run in Cardiff, Wales in April 2009.

The MARY POPPINS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR celebrated its first anniversary on March 25, 2010 and announced that it had achieved the milestone of being the most successful touring theatrical event in 2009. Original UK touring company star, Caroline Sheen, reprises her role as "Mary Poppins" while original London and Broadway star, Gavin Lee, stars as "Bert."

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SCHEDULE THROUGH JULY 2011

CITY/VENUE Performance Dates

Tampa - Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center May 20 - June 6, 2010

Ft. Lauderdale - Broward Center for the Performing Arts June 9 - 27, 2010

Washington, D.C. - Kennedy Center Opera House July 1 - Aug 22, 2010

Charlotte - Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Aug 25 - Sept 12, 2010

Indianapolis - Murat Theatre Sept 23 - Oct 10, 2010

Buffalo - Shea's Performing Arts Center October 14 - 31, 2010

East Lansing - Wharton Center for Performing Arts November 3 - 21, 2010

Des Moines - Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Nov 26 - Dec 12, 2010

Detroit - Opera House Dec 16, 2010 - Jan 2, 2011

Pittsburgh - Benedum Center January 5 - 23, 2011

Omaha - Orpheum Theatre January 27 - February 13, 2011

Boston - Opera House February 17 - March 20, 2011

Philadelphia - Academy of Music March 23 - April 17, 2011

Columbus - Ohio Theatre April 20 - May 8, 2011

Seattle - Paramount Theatre May 12 - 29, 2011

Sacramento - Community Center Theatre June 2 - 19, 2011

Portland - Keller Auditorium June 22 - July 10, 2011

Costa Mesa - Orange County Performing Arts Center July 14 - 31, 2011

The Atlanta engagement of MARY POPPINS was presented by arrangement with Broadway Across America - Atlanta and is a subscription offering for the 2009-2010 season.

For more information, please visit www.MaryPoppins.com