Gavin Lee News

Dick Van Dyke delighted theatergoers when he made a surprise cameo in the LA engagement of the MARY POPPINS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR.

The American Theatre Wing made its first official foray to the west coast in decades with a holiday season party for theatre cognoscenti in Los Angeles on Monday evening, December 28.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes treated daughter Suri Cruise to evening out at the Ahmanson Theatre to see the LA engagement of the beloved stage musical, MARY POPPINS. This is the second time Suri has seen the world's most famous nanny on stage. Katie brought her to see the smash hit Broadway production in August 2008 during NY rehearsals for her own Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's All My Sons.

      A great way to celebrate the holiday season in Los Angeles is to spend it with Mary and Bert in the magical "Mary Poppins," which will have a special two-week holiday schedule including a 6:30 p.m. performance on New Year's Eve, Thursday, December 31, 2009, and 2 p.m. matinees on Wednesday, December 23, Thursday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 30. There will be no performances on Christmas and New Year's Day.  As one of the musical's beloved songs says, it'll be a "Jolly Holiday" at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre.

In the sixth week of a thirteen-week premiere engagement at The Ahmanson Theatre, the North American tour of MARY POPPINS has already achieved the milestone of being Los Angeles' highest grossing theatrical event in 2009.

      A great way to celebrate the holiday season in Los Angeles is to spend it with Mary and Bert in the magical "Mary Poppins," which will have a special two-week holiday schedule including a 6:30 p.m. performance on New Year's Eve, Thursday, December 31, 2009, and 2 p.m. matinees on Wednesday, December 23, Thursday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 30. There will be no performances on Christmas and New Year's Day.  As one of the musical's beloved songs says, it'll be a "Jolly Holiday" at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre.

Disney Theatrical Productions, producer of Broadway's The Lion King and Mary Poppins will be featured on two nationally televised shows this week.

Disney Theatrical Productions, producer of Broadway's The Lion King and Mary Poppins will be featured on two nationally televised shows this week.

Disney Theatrical Productions, producer of Broadway's The Lion King and Mary Poppins will be featured on two nationally televised shows this week.

Following a three-year run on Broadway as Mrs. Brill, the harried cook and housekeeper in the beloved musical 'Mary Poppins,' Jane Carr returns to her hometown to play the role in Los Angeles, beginning Friday, November 20, 2009 at 8 p.m.

Many people rightly consider "Mary Poppins" a timeless classic. Well, with the new musical's Los Angeles premiere Sunday night at the Ahmanson Theater, you can also call it timely. While it first premiered in London five years ago in a very different economic and social climate, seeing it now, amidst the current economic crisis and the want to go 'back to basics', the stage musical seems more appropriate, meaningful and heartfelt. We could all use a little "Mary Poppins" in our lives, to teach us all that the love of family is more important than anything else.

The WEST COAST PREMIERE of Broadway's Perfectly Magical Musical opened at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre on Sunday, November 15.

The West Coast premiere of 'Mary Poppins' opens Sunday, November 15, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre for a limited engagement through February 7, 2010.

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh Present 'Mary Poppins'. Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. Book by Julian Fellowes, New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. Co-Choreography by Stephen Mear. Co-Direction and Choreography by Matthew Bourne. Directed by Richard Eyre

The always charming Richard Sherman spoke with the LA Times this weekend in advance of the West Coast premiere of 'Mary Poppins' opens Sunday, November 15, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre for a limited engagement through February 7, 2010.

Houston's most eagerly anticipated stage production will begin performances at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, October 22 for a limited engagement of 3 weeks through Sunday, November 8. The opening night is Friday, October 23 at 8 p.m.

Producers Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher are pleased to announce full casting for the Houston engagement of MARY POPPINS.

The West Coast premiere of 'Mary Poppins' opens Sunday, November 15, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre for a limited engagement through February 7, 2010.

The North American tour of MARY POPPINS opened in Houston on Friday, October 23 at The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts to a rave review from Houston's top theatrical critic. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher, MARY POPPINS features original Broadway stars Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins) and Gavin Lee (Bert) reprising their roles as the world's most famous nanny and chimney sweep.