Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
NativeChelsea
Swing Joined: 2/15/09
#1Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/15/09 at 4:27pmI saw Mary Poppins 2 weeks ago with visitors from overseas and they *loved it*. I highly recommend this for tourists with young children. I have to say, personally, I found the production rather painful.... the performances were absolutely fine, but the changes and additions to the plot were awkward and not compelling. The musical numbers from the movie are so memorable and wonderful, so I'm not sure how they managed to pull off such a tiresome production. In my opinion, "Step In Time" was the only high note of the show. On the upside, my godchildren were in heaven, and their eyes almost popped out of their heads when Mary Poppins flew over the audience. They LOVED it!!
#2re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/15/09 at 4:32pmyeah! it's a great show ... my school chorus went to see it last nov.
#2re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/15/09 at 9:45pm
Its a good show. I saw it a week ago, and mainly because a friend from high school is in the company. It was not a show that overall appealed to me, but I a a Disney fan and love the film. I think the new and rearranged songs work well, and that the show works very well. I do agree Steps In Time was a highlight. But this is a great show that deserves more acclaim than it has received.
I saw mary's understudy as well and she was phenomenal.
The only thing I can negatively say was that it was sad to me on a Friday night that NO one was in the uppet balcony at the New Amsterdam. Truly a beautiful theatre.
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#3re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/16/09 at 9:03amI really liked it when I saw it a few years back as well!
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#4re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/16/09 at 9:09am
I saw it when it first opened with my kids. We all enjoyed it. Not a perfect show by any means, but really delightful.
The changes and the additions come from the original book.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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#5re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/16/09 at 9:54amSo what is it about the show that specifically makes it more appropriate for tourists with their children than for local New Yorkers with theirs? Or is this an offhanded attempt to say that tourists never have any taste or knowledge of good theatre, but all people living in New York do?
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#6re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/16/09 at 10:02amGood point, Patash. I found the original post to be a bit of a left handed compliment as well.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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#7re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/16/09 at 11:01amI don't really think this show is too for tourists. I enjoyed it a lot..I really liked the style of the show.
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#8re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/16/09 at 11:35amMy 9 year old cousin, who is not a tourist, seemed to enjoy it a great deal when she saw it.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#9re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/16/09 at 5:06pmI'm live in New York and I loved it!
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ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#10re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/16/09 at 5:40pm
This is a great show. I'd suggest buying tickets to an evening performance, too many little kids see the show in the afternoon, and they're very restless during any scene that isn't being sung. I am a firm believer that despite this being a Disney production, it is not a kiddie show.
It's very smart and the recent changes (albeit seemingly minor to a passerby) have made the family's story much more the focus of the piece. Two examples would be that the children seem less over-the-top bratty, and the parents and the children interact more comfortably with each other.
Scarlett Strallen and Adam Fiorentino have brought a much needed grounded and subtle presence to Mary and Bert, respectively. Their interpretations have enhanced the magical aspects of the show. Also, Rebecca Luker and Daniel Jenkins are still putting on great work as Mr. and Mrs. Banks.
I can't recommend this show enough, especially with this cast.
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Out In The Sticks
Understudy Joined: 10/13/05
#11re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/17/09 at 4:33am
but the changes and additions to the plot were awkward and not compelling.
You didn't like Anything Can Happen? Strange, I thought that was beautiful and suited the plot perfectly... Same with Practically Perfect....
Parsley
Featured Actor Joined: 1/7/06
#12re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/17/09 at 7:00am
yes tourists will love it perhaps but then theater-going New Yorkers are hardly known for being any classier in their taste either.
Good on tourists and what horror would spread though if they stayed away!!!
Updated On: 2/17/09 at 07:00 AM
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#13re: Mary Poppins - Great for Tourists
Posted: 2/17/09 at 7:04amThanks, Patash. I do get dizzy when posters discuss tourists as if they all belong to a jug band in East TN.
