“You never need a
reason, never need a rhyme,” to join in and step-in-time to the
Sing-Along Mary Poppins brought to musical life by the
award-winning score of Richard and Robert Sherman. Follow the
adventures of little Jane and Michael Banks, wide-eyed and untidy, as
they place their own unique ad for a very special nanny—and spit
spot—we’re off on a jolly holiday full of tea parties on the ceiling,
horse races through pavement pictures, and of course the biggest word
you ever heard.
Adapted from P.L.
Travers’s novel published in 1934, Mary Poppins premiered in
August 1964 “practically perfect in everyway” earning 13 Academy Award
nominations and becoming up to that date Disney’s biggest box-office
success. Julie Andrews, denied the chance to reprise her Broadway
success as Eliza Doolittle in the film version of My Fair Lady,
made Mary Poppins her film debut and nabbed the Oscar beating
Audrey Hepburn for Best Actress in 1964. Now approaching its 41st
birthday, Mary Poppins continues to pull lasting magic from its
cinematic carpet bag of tricks, while reminding new generations, in the
words of Walt Disney’s favorite song, how the simple gift of kindness
costs merely tuppence.
Come in costume and
be ready to sing along as this Mary Poppins will be an interactive
experience.
-- Erin Jakowski
Presented By:
Dorothy Hamill
Biography:
Dorothy Hamill began ice skating on the pond behind her
grandparents’ house, and her passion for skating led her to become one
of the most recognizable athletes in the world. In 1974 she won her
first national championship and then repeated the feat the following two
years. She became the star of the 1976 Olympics, winning the gold medal
and then capped off the season by winning the world championships a
month later. She even had one of her trademarked spins named after her,
dubbed the “Hamill camel.” Following that success, she toured for many
years with the Ice Capades and appeared in many televised specials,
winning an Emmy for Romeo and Juliet. She has also fittingly
been inducted into both the U.S. and World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.