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This summer the Annisquam stage will finally be converted into the rooftops of 1910 Edwardian London as the AVP presents what is considered to be Walt Disney’s “crowning achievement,” Mary Poppins. After receiving the rights to produce this show 3 years ago, the AVP is excited that it will become a reality. This show, which became the famous 1964 movie starring Julie Andrews (who was 3 months pregnant when she was cast, and who won an Academy Award for Best Actress) and Dick van Dyke, later became the 2004 award-winning musical of London and Broadway fame. Mary Poppins was the only Disney film that was ever nominated for a Best Picture Academy award. It is interesting to note that Disney used the huge profits from the film to purchase the land for and construction of DisneyWorld in Florida. The story of P. L. Travers (author of the Mary Poppins book series) relationship with Walt Disney was the subject of the 2013 Disney movie Saving Mr. Banks. Travers also gave musical theater rights to her story on condition that no-one from the film’s production team be directly involved with the stage musical. However, Disney stayed involved with the Mary Poppins story and brought Mary Poppins back to the entertainment world in the 2018 release of Mary Poppins Returns starring Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame.
This is one of the world’s most loved stories with such songs as A Spoonful of Sugar, Chim Chim Cheree, Step in Time, Feed the Birds, I Love to Laugh, and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. The AVP will use aspects of the 3 stories in its summer musical, with many special effects for which the AVP has become famous. Don’t be surprised to see both people and objects floating around the stage. There are many roles for this family-friendly story. Men will vie for roles as Bert (the dancing chimneysweep), George Banks (the distraught father), Robertson Ay (the comic houseboy), Admiral Boom (the pompous neighbor), Neleus (the come-alive statue in the park), the businesslike Chairman of the Bank and members of his staid Board, the 2 businessmen who need loans from Mr. Banks, Uncle Albert (the mysterious laughing relative), and the overworked Park Keeper. Female roles include Mary Poppins (the firm but gentle magical nanny), Winifred Banks (wife of George Banks), Miss Andrew (the Holy Terror of nannies), the Bird Woman (with the most romantic song of the show), Mrs. Brill (the put-upon maid), the dynamic Mrs. Corry and her 2 daughters (who run the magic shop where words are sold), the flirtatious Ms. Lark and her dog Willoughby, Katie Nanny (the distraught former nanny), and Queen Victoria, who becomes alive in the park. Children’s roles include Jane and Michael Banks (the 2 children of George and Winifred), Valentine (the lead toy who comes alive), and many famous dolls and animals who revolt in the nursery. Our high-energy singing and dancing chorus includes chimneysweeps, kitefliers, parkstrollers, and bankers.
PLEASE NOTE: ALL ACTORS MUST BE FULLY VACCINATED AND BOOSTED – NO EXCEPTIONS
