Direct from the North American tour of MARY POPPINS, Steffanie Leigh will make her Broadway debut in the title role, beginning performances at the New Amsterdam Theatre Tuesday, October 11. Olivier Award winner Laura Michelle Kelly, The West End's original MARY POPPINS, will play her final performance on Broadway Sunday, October 9.
Steffanie Leigh will join a cast that also features Tony Award nominee
Gavin Lee as Bert,
Karl Kenzler as George Banks,
Megan Osterhaus as Winifred Banks,
Valerie Boyle as Mrs. Brill,
Ann Arvia as Bird Woman,
Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Robertson Ay,
Ruth Gottschall as Miss Andrew and
Jonathan Freeman as Admiral Boom. Alternating in the role of Jane Banks are
Rozi Baker, Brigid Harrington and
Kara Oates; alternating in the role of Michael Banks are
Lewis Grosso,
David Gabriel Lerner and
Anthony Scarpone-Lambert.
Following eight months starring in the title role on the North American tour earning critical acclaim from critics nationwide, MARY POPPINS marks Steffanie Leigh's Broadway debut. Leigh's previous regional theatre credits include Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Beauty and the Beast, 42nd St., Into the Woods, Grease, Mame, and Les Miserables. She received her BFA in acting from Carnegie Mellon University.
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 and includes the film's Academy Award®-winning music and lyrics by
Richard M. Sherman and
Robert B. Sherman. The stage production was created, in collaboration with
Cameron Mackintosh, by Academy Award®-winning screenwriter
Julian Fellowes, who wrote the book; Olivier Award-winning director
Richard Eyre; and the Olivier Award-winning team of
George Stiles and
Anthony Drewe, who composed new songs and additional music and lyrics.
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 six productions of the show have grossed over $605 million, welcomed 8.5 million guests and cumulatively run 12 years. The musical is the winner of 44 major theatre awards around the globe, including Tony®, Olivier, Helpmann and Evening Standard awards.
The Broadway production of MARY POPPINS officially opened on November 16, 2006, recouping its initial Broadway investment within 52 weeks of its premiere. MARY POPPINS is the only show from the 2006-2007 theatrical season still running.
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 garnered continuous critical praise and achieved box office success since its launch in Chicago in March 2009. MARY POPPINS can also be seen in Scheveningen, Netherlands (outside of Amsterdam at the Circus Theatre) and Sydney, Australia (at the Capitol Theatre). Productions of MARY POPPINS have also been mounted in Finland, Denmark and the Czech Republic.
For tickets, show information and performance schedule, visit
www.MaryPoppins.com.
