'Mary Poppins' to Unveil Specialty Sundae, August 16

Broadway's hit musical, Mary Poppins, and New York's beloved Serendipity 3 will team up to premiere the Mary Poppins "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Sundae" this Thursday, August 16 at 10:30am at Serendipity 3, 225 East 60th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues).

The stars from Mary Poppins:  Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins), Jane Carr (Mrs. Brill), Mark Price (Robertson Ay) and the kids who play Jane and Michael Banks -  Nicole Bocchi, Kathryn Faughnan, Matthew Gumley, Henry Hodges, Jacob Levine and Devynn Pedell will be on hand to assist Stephen Bruce, Owner and Founder of Serendipity 3 in the unveiling of the amazing confection.

The sundae is "a practically perfect scoop of uncanny strawberry ice cream placed in a goblet with a magical slice of heavenly cheese cake, topped with sweet strawberries, flying clouds of whipped cream drizzled with caramel sauce and Mary's umbrella hovering above the chocolate wafer chim-chimney.  Indulge using your Mary Poppins 'spoon full of sugar' white chocolate covered spoon!," state press notes.

The sundae will be available for sale to the public for a limited period of  time at Serendipity 3.

Mary Poppins also celebrates the birthday of author P.L. Travers, who would have been 108 this month, and the show's 300th performance.  Mary Poppins, the most popular new musical to open in the 2006-07 season, is a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh and opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 16, 2006.  Based on P.L. Travers's cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, the show features the Academy Awardâ-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, and the Olivier Award-winning team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who have composed new songs and additional music and lyrics.  Mary Poppins features such beloved songs as "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "Step In Time," "Spoonful of Sugar," "Feed The Birds," "Let's Go Fly A Kite," and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" along with new songs such as "Practically Perfect" and "Anything Can Happen."

Tickets are available at www.DisneyOnBroadway.com, the New Amsterdam Theatre Box Office, and all Ticketmaster outlets or by calling Ticketmaster's Disney on Broadway hotline at (212) 307-4747.  Prices range from $25 - $120.  For group sales and information please call (800) 439-9000.

Visit www.DisneyOnBroadway.com for more information.