Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
peggyandvelma
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/05
#1re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 3:35pm
Yay for Ashley! I hope she does well.
No one is alone.
#2re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 3:35pmThis is fantastic news! Ashley was incredible in Beauty and the Beast. So glad Gavin is coming to NYC to reprise his role. I am so excited to see this!
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#3re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 3:38pmOh okay, yeah I was wondering who Gavin Lee was. Congrats to all.
Act4ever
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/04
#4re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 3:49pmI am so excited for her!!! I saw her in On The Record and she was absolutely outstanding! And I hear Gavin Lee is teriffic as well. I'm very excited for this!
pattifan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#5re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 3:55pmYou are so lucky to be getting Gavin in this show. He's terrific in this role. I'm thrilled he got the transfer.
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iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#6re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 3:58pmI saw Gavin when I was in London, Patti, and couldn't agree more.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
theaterlover45
Broadway Star Joined: 8/21/05
#7re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 3:58pmWhat is going to happen to The Lion King?
#8re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 4:02pm
It's moving to the Minskoff. 
#9re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 4:05pmShe'll be a new Broadway diva.
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#10re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 4:25pmLooking forward to this!
sondwisenheimer
Stand-by Joined: 5/3/06
#11re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 4:27pmAccording to the press release, it's won numerous Oliver and Oliviera Awards.
jsg03jd
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/04
#12re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 4:32pmWhy isn't Ms. Kelly reprising the role? I loved her in FIDDLER and was really looking forward to her playing Mary here in NYC.
MusicAndPassion
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/05
#13re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 4:38pmThis is exciting!
TonyaFanatic
Broadway Star Joined: 12/29/04
#14re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 4:48pmthat girl is doing her thing. im sooo excited for her and hope god keeps blessing her
"Girl, this cupcake is the jumpoff"- Adriane Lenox
#15re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 4:54pmWonderful news! Ashley will be wonderful! Congrats!
mrkringas
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/05
#16re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 5:17pm
Laura Michelle Kelly has just released an incredibly boring album in the UK and clearly has over priorities beyond recreating Mary Poppins.
There is also ongoing chat the she left on bad terms. However thats all speculation and people *always* seem to have an axe to grind with this performer.
jsg03jd
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/04
#17re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 5:43pm
That's a shame. I have the London Cast Recording of POPPINS and I couldn't wait to see Kelly live.
I'm not familiar w/ Ashley Brown but I'll still watch the production. I'm sure CM and co. would not have cast someone who is not at least as good, if not better than, the original Mary.
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#18re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 5:58pmAshley Brown will be amazing. Could she LOOK any better for the part? AND her voice is incredible! NOW I am looking forward to seeing Mary Poppins!
#19re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 6:09pmmaybe now i'll be excited to see this now... mary poppins used to scare me when i was a small child! =( but i think ashley is perfect for the part. =)
peggyandvelma
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/05
#20re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 6:13pmI agree. Now that we know for sure that Ashley will star, I'm anxious to see this. I really need to visit NY before I explode.
No one is alone.
#21re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 7:25pm
OMG...does Ashley sign?
Does she take pictures?
Does she come out after matinees?
"Y'all have a GRAND day now"
#22re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 7:36pmWow, this is great news for Ashley Brown! I had the great pleasure of seeing her in Beauty and The Beast in march, and she was superb as Belle. I'm sure she'll be wonderful in the role of Mary Poppins. I'm definatly gonna have to get back up there to see her once it opens.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#23re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 9:30pm
Fly Ashley Fly!
I am sure she will be wonderful.
I wish they had found an American Actor for Gavin for Bert.
I mean an American for Bert.
So does an American get to go to London now that Gavin comes here?
Updated On: 5/9/06 at 09:30 PM
#24re: Mary Poppins Announced! Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee to Star
Posted: 5/8/06 at 9:41pm
well slap my ass and call me idina
congrats to her
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