Broadway In Chicago and producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that tickets will go on sale to the public for the long-awaited return production of MARY POPPINS on Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 10 a.m. Chicago's most eagerly awaited return production will begin performances at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) on October 13, 2011 for a limited engagement of four weeks through November 6, 2011. The show's 18-week premiere engagement in 2009, which was heralded by the Chicago Sun-Times as, "a whimsical, continually ingenious musical", entertained over 300,000 theatre patrons during 141 performances.
With four productions currently running on three continents, MARY POPPINS is one of the biggest stage musical successes to emerge from London or New York in recent years. Worldwide to date, the six productions of the show have grossed over $521 million, welcomed 7 million guests and cumulatively run 12 years. The musical is the winner of 36 major theatre awards around the globe, including Tony®, Olivier and Evening Standard awards.
The entire original creative team has reunited to bring this magical story of the world's most famous nanny to audiences around North America. The MARY POPPINS North American Tour began performances in Chicago on March 25, 2009 and has played to 1.5 million delighted theatergoers in 30 cities to date.
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 TonyÒ 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 Daniel Bowling.
ABOUT MARY POPPINS WORLDWIDE
MARY POPPINS received its worldwide premiere at the
Prince Edward Theatre in the West End in December 2004. Following its successful three-year London run, the production launched an acclaimed U.K. tour.
The Broadway production of MARY POPPINS officially opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 16, 2006, recouping its initial Broadway investment within 52 weeks of its premiere in 2006. MARY POPPINS is the only show from the 2006-2007 theatrical season still in performance.
The MARY POPPINS North American tour has garnered continuous critical praise and achieved box office success since its launch in Chicago in March 2009.
MARY POPPINS can also be seen in Scheveningen, Netherlands (outside of Amsterdam at the Circus Theatre) and Sydney, Australia (at the Capitol Theatre). Productions of MARY POPPINS have also been mounted in Finland, Denmark and the Czech Republic.
In Chicago, MARY POPPINS will play Oct. 13, 2011 through Nov. 6, 2011. Ticket prices start as low as $25. A select number of premium seats are also available for many performances. Tickets are available now for groups of 15 or more by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977 1710.
For more information, please visit
MaryPoppins.com or
www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
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