OPENS SATURDAY, OCT. 15 AT THE CADILLAC PALACE THEATRE
IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO (October 13, 2011) – The Chicago return of MARY POPPINS opens this Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 at
8 p.m. at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) for a limited engagement of four weeks through
November 6, 2011. The tour launched in Chicago in March 2009 at the
Cadillac Palace Theatre where it entertained over 300,000 patrons and grossed
over $18.5 million at the box office during its 18-week engagement.
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 $605 million, welcomed 8.5 million guests and cumulatively run 12
years. The musical is the winner of 44 major theatre awards around the
globe, including Tony®, Olivier, Evening Standard and Helpmann awards, Australia’s
highest performing arts honor.
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 on March 25, 2009 and has played to two million
delighted theatergoers in 32 cities to date.
Rachel Wallace will
star as “Mary Poppins” while original Broadway company member, Nicolas Dromard, will assume the role of
“Bert”.
Joining Wallace and Dromard
will be Laird Mackintosh as
“George Banks”, Blythe Wilson as
“Winifred Banks”, Rachel Izen as
“Mrs. Brill”, Dennis Moench as
“Robertson Ay”, Q. Smith as “Miss
Andrew”, Janet MacEwen as “The
Bird Woman”, and Mike O’Carroll as
“Admiral Boom.” Performances in the role of “Jane Banks” will be alternated
between Camden Angelis and Annie Baltic. Performances in the
role of “Michael Banks” will be alternated between Reese Sebastian Diaz and Dakota
Ruiz.
Rounding out
the cast are Josh Assor, Jacob ben Widmar, Elizabeth Broadhurst, Arielle Campbell, Debra Cardona,
Hannah Chin, Eric Coles, Anthony Christian Daniel, Kiara Danielle, Elizabeth
Earley, Tyler Foy, Molly Garner, Eric Giancola, Mark Harapiak, Eric Hatch,
Benjamin Howes, Lisa Kassay, Matthew Warner Kiernan, Koh Mochizuki, Michael Dean Morgan, Chuck Rea, Sam Strasfeld, Nic
Thompson, Madeline Trumble, Michelle E. White and Neka Zang.
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. MARY POPPINS is the only show from the
2006-2007 theatrical season still in performance. 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.
PERFORMANCE
SCHEDULE AND TICKET INFORMATION
The Chicago
performance schedule for MARY
POPPINS is as follows:
Tuesday, Oct.
18 at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesdays
at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays
at 7:30 p.m.
Fridays
at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays
at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sundays
at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Please note: Ticket prices
and performance schedule are subject to change.
Individual
tickets are on-sale now and ticket prices start as low as $25. Tickets
are available at all Broadway In Chicago
Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 151 W. Randolph St., 18 W. Monroe St. and 175
E. Chestnut), the Broadway In Chicago
Ticket Kiosk at Water Tower Place (845 N. Michigan Ave.), the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (800) 775‐2000,
all Ticketmaster retail locations (including Hot Tix and select Carson Pirie
Scott, Coconuts and fye stores), and online at www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
Groups of 15 or more may receive a discount on most shows by calling (312)
977‐1710. Gift certificates, which can be redeemed for any production or for
season ticket packages, can be obtained at Broadway In Chicago box offices, www.BroadwayInChicago.com
or by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 775‐2000.
I love Mary Poppins! That would be amazing to see a live show!
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ReplyDeleteI love Mary Poppins!!!
ReplyDeleteI love Mary Poppins! I used to watch that movie when I was a kid. Now my kids love watching it!
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