MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2010 – MARY POPPINS, Broadway’s perfectly magical musical, is pleased to welcome to the company ANDREW KEENAN-BOLGER as Robertson Ay on Tuesday, October 12 (7pm). Keenan-Bolger reprises the role he originated in the critically-acclaimed North American touring production (previewing tonight in Buffalo, NY). Produced on Broadway by Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh, MARY POPPINS performs at the New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street, NYC).
Keenan-Bolger’s recent Broadway credits include Seussical, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and A Christmas Carol. First national touring credits: Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Young Max in How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Ragtime. Television credits include “Naked Brothers Band,” “One Life to Live,” “Friday Night MTV,” “The Battery’s Down” and the feature film Marci X. Keenan-Bolger is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
MARY POPPINS stars LAURA MICHELLE KELLY in the title role and GAVIN LEE as Bert. The Broadway cast also features VALERIE BOYLE as Mrs. Brill, ANN ARVIA as Miss Andrew, JESSICA SHERIDAN as Bird Woman and JONATHAN FREEMAN as Admiral Boom. Alternating in the role of Jane Banks are Catherine Missal, Rachel Resheff and Rozi Baker; alternating in the role of Michael Banks are Christopher Flaim, David Gabriel Lerner and Ethan Haberfield. (Mark Price played his final performance as Robertson Ay on Sunday, October 10.)
A co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, this stage production is based on P.L. Travers' cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film. The show includes 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; Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre; and the Olivier Award-winning team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who have composed new songs and additional music and lyrics.
ABOUT MARY POPPINS WORLDWIDE
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 show has grossed over $447 million and welcomed 6.1 million guests.
The Broadway production of MARY POPPINS officially opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 16, 2006 and has been seen by over 2.4 million theatergoers and grossed $195 million to date. According to figures released by The Broadway League, MARY POPPINS placed on the Top Ten lists for both highest-grossing and best-attended shows of the 2009-10 Broadway season, an indicator of its continued remarkable success.
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 MARY POPPINS North American tour has also garnered continuous critical praise and achieved box office success since its launch in Chicago in March 2009. In addition to Broadway and North America, MARY POPPINS can also be seen at the Circus Theatre in Scheveningen, Holland, outside of Amsterdam, and in Melbourne, Australia at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Later this year, MARY POPPINS opens in Sweden, Denmark, the Czech Republic and Hungary, with plans underway for future productions in Israel, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Korea, Canada and Japan. For more information worldwide, visit www.MaryPoppins.com
TICKETING
MARY POPPINS ticket prices range from $31.50 – $121.50 and are available online at MaryPoppins.com, in-person at the New Amsterdam Theatre Box Office (214 West 42nd Street), or by calling Ticketmaster's Disney on Broadway hotline at 866-870-2717 (running time is approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes).
For more information and performance schedule, visit www.MaryPoppins.com
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