Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS- Page 2
Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
#25re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/30/06 at 7:59pmI'm glad Sean McCourt finally found something to do other than "Wicked."
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#26re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/30/06 at 8:04pm
Baritone, I was about to post the same thing! I was always hoping Sean would stay long enough to be offered the opportunity to be a full-time Wizard, as he's been the understudy for it forever (and has performed dozens of times). Shame, though, that's he was never given the role, as it always went to a bigger name. 
He was a much better Wizard than George Hearn, at least.
#27re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/30/06 at 10:14pmAwesome. Mark Price is gonna be in it! Does he have a contract with Disney now? Because he was Lefou in Beauty and the Beast right after All Shook Up.
#28re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/30/06 at 10:18pmAccording to Tyler, he is understudying Mark Price :)
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#29re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/30/06 at 10:19pmOkay. Can someone or many people post one or two shows that all of these ensemble members were in ...? Who is Tyler Mainard (spelling I know ...) ... I'm excited to see a full cast list, althought it seems small to me when I look at the London cast.
#30re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/30/06 at 10:45pm
Two words:
MARK PRICE
I'm there.
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#31re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 12:56am
AHASDFASKDJFLAKSDFKJ!!!!!
MARK PRICE!
HENRY HODGES!!! I <3 HENRY! I swear I KNEW he was gonna get this role.... =D
Sean McCourt! He was my Wizard! =)
will finally get to see Rebecca Luker in something...
maybe i'll like mary poppins after all. as a small child i was terrified of her! =(
#32re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 1:47amHow could you be terrified of Mary Poppins? She's practically perfect in every way!
#33re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 7:42amI am thrilled that Daniel Jenkins will be back on stage!
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#34re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 9:53amI think Rebecca Luker can do better. She's so talented.
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Bwaybaby109
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#35re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 11:53amI love Daniel Jenkins! I love him in the Big River and Big! The Musical recordings! I never thought of him as Mr. Banks, but i'm sure he'll be great at it. I'm overall very pleased with the cast. But I'll also miss Linzi Hateley as well.
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WickedRentEder
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#36re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 1:45pm
Me too!!! I loved Rebecca in the Sound of Music and in the Music Man!! This is the 2nd Julie Andrews movie she does on Bway (granted it's not the lead role, but...)
I was hoping for Rebecca to be Mary but alas, I dig her singing "Sister Suffragette".
#37re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 2:41pmMaybe if 'Sister Suffrogete' was in the show, she'd be amazing at singing it... I think the only song Luker has is Being Mrs. Banks.
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#38re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 2:54pm
"Nicolas Dromard".
Saw him in "Mamma Mia" in the pre-Broadway San Francisco premiere, then "Oklahoma!" and "The Boy From Oz". I can't wait to see "Mary Poppins" on stage. I'm sorry "Sister Suffragette" is not in it, but this is finally a Disney show I want to see.
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Bwaybaby109
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#39re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 3:11pmMaybe they'll add Sister Suffragettes to the bway version. I really wish they would put in the I Love to Laugh scene too! that was one of my faves in the movie growing up.
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mrkringas
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#40re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 3:33pm
Sorry but unless they change the era that the stage show is set, then forget about seeing Sister Suffragette. You see this version is set after women got the vote (well those over 30) in 1918. Mrs Banks is now a retired actress. She left the world of the theatre to raise a family etc. However her conflict is with George and his desire to see them entertain the "right" people. Move in the correct circles and not with tacky showbiz people.
You see Mary Poppins on stage is really about George Banks and his family. Not the kids, though they are a big part. Mary is the catalyst for this family to reconnect. Its a truley touching story and exceeds the film in my opinion. The emotional climax to me is when George Banks is on that bench and singing "A Man Has Dreams". Perhaps this is not what people wanted but I would suggest they go and keep Beauty and the Beast running for another decade.
#41re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 3:37pmWasn't Sister Suffragette added pretty much as an afterthought to the movie in the first place, to beef up the role and give Glynis Johns a song of her own?
mrkringas
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/05
#42re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 3:41pmIt may well have been but there are plenty of references to the Suffragette movement in the film and its clearly set pre First World War.
megan_b86
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#43re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 5/31/06 at 3:51pmBaritone- couldn't agree with you more. Sean is such a great talent. I started to feel like it was going to waste while he was stagnat in Wicked for so long.... good for him!
#44re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 6/3/06 at 1:47am
Tyler is most well-known for originating Mark in the off-Broadway show, "Altar Boyz"
You can find more about him at www.tylermaynard.com
This ensemble is relatively empty of well-knowns, so I don't really know much about anyone besides Tyler and sean.
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maybethistime
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/04
#45re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 6/3/06 at 2:00amI'm glad Danny and Rebecca are both working now! What a family - Good for them!
#46re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 6/3/06 at 2:29ammaybethistime, when you said "Danny," I thought you meant Danny Jenkins (LOL) and thought why she/he calls Danny and Rebecca a family? Then I realized you meant Danny, the real husband of Rebecca! Yes I saw him in DC in L.A., and thoroughly enjoyed his performance.
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Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#47re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 6/3/06 at 9:09am
It's good to see so many great actors wrking again/in something different.
After seeing the show this past Monday, I'm Very excited to get to see Gavin Lee as Bert again, he's absolutely wonderful.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#48re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 6/3/06 at 9:17amSean McCourt is playing Von Hossler and understudying Daniel Jenkins.
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#49re: Casting COMPLETE for MARY POPPINS
Posted: 6/3/06 at 10:11amI just don't care for Luker. She acts from the neck up. You can always see every vein.
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