My Disney loving friend put the word out that she wanted to see Mary Poppins. As a new fan of theatre, I was definitely interested, but the busy gals that we are, couldn't find a weekend that worked! We settled for a Tuesday night performance with excellent ticket prices in the first row of the balcony.
I remembered the major story lines in the movie, but not all the scenes that they used in the show. But it didn't matter because the stage sets were really great. The house had 4 different sets with the main one being a 3-dimensional house, that opened up like a doll house to the audience so the actors could actually go up different floors to act like they were moving into different rooms.
The kid's room had its own set that include some slight of hand tricks to allow Mary Poppins to pull numerous large objects from her bag and an adult actor came out of this tiny doll house after Mary through the stuffed animal version in. Very cute!
And best of all, they made Mary Poppins fly! She would glide up stairs, fly over the stage, etc. They also made it so Bert (the chimney sweep) could walk up one side of the stage wall, tap across the ceiling, then walk back down the other side of the stage. I was very glad they worked that into the production, because it wouldn't have been the same without that character trait being realized on stage.
Had fun A! Let's find another! And another...
