MARY POPPINS Broadway Artwork Revealed...- Page 3

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 10:54am

yeah, i know! i just really liked the second london logo!
yeah...

[jv92]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:39pm

Actually, I'm most worried that "Being Mrs. Banks" and "Brimstone and Treacle" will be cut. I actually didn't care for the toyroom song, although it is very well staged.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 2/6/06 at 3:59pm

Way to dumb things down for Americans Disney!

[DAME]

Posted: 2/6/06 at 4:05pm

TACKY! Looks like they are promoting a Mary Poppins Disney on Ice show. TACKY.

[pattifan2]

Posted: 2/6/06 at 4:49pm

Couldn't agree more, Dame. The original London artwork had a certain whimsical feel and was so very English with the blossoms and Cherry Tree Lane and the house front etc. When that image was projected onto the front screen in the theatre, it really set the scene. It just feels like they took more than a spoonful of sugar out of it.

Updated On: 2/6/06 at 04:49 PM

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/6/06 at 4:52pm

What neddyfrank posted are the OLD London logos. OLD. The new London logo is the one that is being used for the show on Broadway. I already said this earlier in the thread. So I'll say it again now.

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 2/6/06 at 5:11pm

What I think is unfortunate about this design is that it clashes with itself. The skyline is very sparkly and magical and has a lot of depth, at least in several layers, while the silhouette of Mary is very flat. Not only that, but the silhouette is black, except for the bottom of her dress, which doesn't make any sense in perspective -- where is the light source supposed to be coming from?

They are clearly looking to brand it differently than the other shows, but this current iteration lacks any definition of its own.

[mikeyb16]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 3:28pm

the london logo's alot better. why didn't they just use the same logo from london? it wouldn't be stealing

[kate2]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 3:41pm

can someone post a pic of the london one?

[mikem]

Posted: 4/29/06 at 4:31pm

I don't mind the images so much as the typeface for the "Mary Poppins" title -- it looks really cheap and tacky.

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 4/30/06 at 12:27am

Well you have to wonder just how much pull Cameron MacIntosh has with this production...

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 4/30/06 at 1:01am

On the Disney Website It looks like TARZAN and MARY are gonna collide in MID Air, that's Hot!

[Jilani]

Posted: 4/30/06 at 1:31am

Kate2, the old London artwork is no longer on the website, but here's an example I had previously saved (it doesn't have the name of the show, but it gives you an idea of the look):

[EganFan2]

Posted: 4/30/06 at 4:54pm

^AH! So pretty. I love the blue. Too bad the tacky one's being used.

Posted: 4/30/06 at 5:11pm

i think its bad design.
it makes it look like its a "ROLLICKIN' GOOD TIME!!!!" which is not the point...or if it is, this production has been greatly changed.

what i love so much about the london production is it makes peace between PL Traver's vision & Disney's version.

while i loved the Disney film all my life, reading the Travers books as an adult made me appreciate her original Mary Poppins more...there's so much more depth & spirit to it...& i think they did a good job of bringing that to the london stage version.

the original Mary Poppins would NEVER allow her charges to eat spoonfuls of sugar! why, the very idea!!!!

[VinnieTheIceman]

Posted: 4/30/06 at 5:44pm

The story, whether we like it or not, is that the London production received good, but not great reviews, and is a modest success at best. They are hoping to create a mega-hit on Broadway more along the lines of Lion King. They hope to achieve that goal by making Mary a little more like Americans know her. The bottom line is afterall, the almighty dollar.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 4/30/06 at 5:58pm

Yeah, that's the artwork that London uses now too....it's the poster they have EVERYWHERE. THey got rid of the flowery one.

[VinnieTheIceman]

Posted: 4/30/06 at 6:02pm

The flowery one was more mature and sophisticated (and much better imho). The new one reflects the direction they are taking the show.

Posted: 5/1/06 at 6:43am

another reason i feel this is poor design is that it looks as if the umbrella has control of Mary Poppins, rather than the other way around. she looks like one of the nannies being blown away.

Mary Poppins should be in control @ *ALL* times.