RETURNS TO THE CADILLAC PALACE THEATRE FOR FOUR WEEKS
ONLY
OCTOBER 13, 2011 – NOVEMBER 6, 2011
Public On Sale
Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011 at 10 a.m.
CHICAGO (August 9, 2011) – 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 TonyĆ 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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