'Mary Poppins' Begins Chicago Pre-Sale; General Public Sale Begins 11/14

Individual tickets are now available to all Visa and Visa Signature cardholders through October 19 for Mary Poppins in Chicago as part of a special pre-sale. Individual tickets which range in price from $23 - $90 will go on-sale to the general public on Friday, November 14 at 10 a.m.  The North American Tour of Mary Poppins will premiere at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) starting March 11, 2009.
 
As previously announced, the North American Tour will feature the original Broadway stars, Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee, as Mary Poppins and Bert.  Additional casting and information for the Mary Poppins North American Tour will be announced at a future date.

Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 16, 2006, and quickly proved to be a hit with audience members and critics alike.
 
Based on P.L. Travers’s cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, Mary Poppins 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.

Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre leads the award-winning creative team assembled for Mary Poppins with co-direction and choreography by Tonyâ and Olivier Award winner Matthew Bourne. Mary Poppins features set and costume design by Tony Awardâ winner Bob Crowley, co-choreography by Olivier Award winner Stephen Mear, lighting design by Howard Harrison, sound design by Steve Canyon Kennedy, orchestrations by William David Brohn, music supervision by David Caddick, and music direction by Brad Haak.
 
Individual tickets for Mary Poppins range in price from $23 - $90.  A limited number of Premium Ticket Packages are also available. Tickets are available at Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (18 W. Monroe, 24 W. Randolph St. and 151 W. Randolph St.), through the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (312) 902-1400, or online at www.ticketmaster.com and www.broadwayinchicago.com.  
 
Tickets are also available to groups of 20 or more by calling (312) 977-1710 and to subscribers of the 2009 Broadway In Chicago season series.

For more information please visit www.DisneyOnBroadway.com  or www.BroadwayInChicago.com

Photo Credit Joan Marcus

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