Management on Friday announced it was to stage the touring production of Mary Poppins next March and April.
Rewind to October, when the actor was in New York accompanying his two young daughters to a matinee of Mary Poppins.
But the latest verbal sparring surrounds the unlikely figure of Mary Poppins.
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L. Travers, the author of Mary Poppins, who declared early on that she had no real interest in seeing her popular children's book adapted to the screen.
At the meeting, Mackintosh pulled out a demo recording of "Practically Perfect, " a song his colleagues George Stiles and Anthony Drewe had written to introduce the character of Mary Poppins.
The tableau of Britain at the opening ceremony included suffragettes, hundreds of dancing nurses, a strident Mary Poppins banishing multiple villains and even a shot of the first lesbian kiss aired on prime-time television.
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The film is based on the making of the Mary Poppins movie and has already been tipped by the Hollywood Reporter to pick up an Oscar next year.
It might be more accurate to say that his is the Mary Poppins philosophy of social and cultural instruction: a spoonful of sugar helps the agenda go down.
It is not known how long Broadway's lights will stay out as the densely-populated city awaits the arrival of the storm, with productions of Evita, Mary Poppins and Chicago affected, along with several off-Broadway plays.
" He has also approved low-budget dramas including December's "Saving Mr. Banks, " about the making of Disney's "Mary Poppins.
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And so, we go from a period of intense love, of getting accustomed, the "Mary Poppins" moment, the honeymoon, to reality setting in.
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