sorry to revive an old thread, but I've read all the MP books, and you definitely do meet the uncle, and it is a very similar scene to that depicted in the movie. I'm....just saying.

Yes, the uncle 'on the ceiling' is met in the books.

However, one of the aims of the stage production was to give Mary Poppins a darker edge, and I personally believe that a "tea party on the ceiling", and a "camp-as-you-like jolly holiday in the park wearing a pink suit" is a bit too much, therefore one had to give.

Temper, Temper, sets the tone needed for the new musical .

I think Camelot deserves a forum before any more new ones are added, personally...one for Follies, but Camelot first.

Follies first. Camelot is an OK show. Sorry Salome but it's true. Follies is the greatest musical ever written.

I like the counterpoint in "Jolly Holiday" and the new lyrics for "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". I think the greatest loss in terms of the material that was cut is "The Life I Lead" and I think it's a bit of a cheat to use the reprise in "A Man Has Dreams" without establishing the original musical motif as is done in the film.


I believe the reverse is true. Someone has already mentioned the fact that the Suffragette movement was in motion by the turn of the century (19th into 20th). But the books were set in the 1930's and the transposition of the narrative into Edwardian period was done by Disney.

As for having nothing to do with the "Mary Poppins" story - well, the "rehabilitation" of the parents, which features in both the film and the stage show, was never really a feature of the books. The books basically consist of a series of episodic adventures. They are more like a series of short stories than a grand narrative. Disney decided to sew the patches of the story together with the story of Mr Banks (and Mrs Banks, to a lesser extent) learning to prioritise their family above their worldy cares. Neither adaptation draws this aspect of the story from the books, but it is what holds the film/show together. And the stage show simply doesn't crack this aspect of the narrative musically.


And as I have also said before - I have yet to be convinced that making something "darker" automatically makes it better.

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David

Jeez, if you don't like the board. Don't come here. Simple as. Infact, you've put me off coming here. Well done!

wtf

What do you think of the Supercali... choreography? From what I've seen on Youtube, it reminds me of Mary Poppins doing YMCA.



The weirdest about this is that the replacement song does and sounds exactly like the original song. Why did they bother to cut it all, when they were going to replace it with a copy song anyway?

What do you think of Mrs Banks' new song? To me it sounds like it belongs to a different show. I also think Practically Perfect and Anything Can Happen spell out things that doesn't need to be spelled out. I think they are the best additions to the score, though, as they are the two numbers that most convincingly blend in with the original score.

One thing more, is that from the pictures I have seen, the production looks tastelessly glaring and gaudy. Is this because the gaudiness doesn't come through from a stage?

Btw, does anyone know why the Sherman bros were not composing the extra material?

I know this is way old, but be HAPPY Salome. Don't get angry ot whatever because they added a new board you don't like. Just don't come on it, that's what I do, I've never even looked on some of the boards here.

What?

can we please cut out the negative attitudes

WTF = What the F*ck?