Originally Posted By leemac <<Leemac, you know that the Sherman Brothers had nothing to do with the new music in the show right?>> Nothing? You would be wrong. Richard was involved intimately in the extension of the Sherman songs. If I recall correctly he saw Mary Poppins twenty times during the out-of-town trial at the Bristol Hippodrome. He was also at the rehearsals leading up to the premiere at the Prince Edward. He loves the musical by the way. Next question.....
Originally Posted By tonyanton I have yet to see "Mary Poppins" in London, though I have the CD (and tix for Broadway in December). I really loved the new songs and re-arrangements of the movie songs. "Cherry Tree Lane" and "Practically Perfect" are very well done. "Being Mrs. Banks" is probably my lease favourite, but I have a feeling it works better within the framework of the full show. I guess I'll see.
Originally Posted By leemac <<"Being Mrs. Banks" is probably my lease favourite, but I have a feeling it works better within the framework of the full show. >> The point of that song was to give Winifred Banks a voice in the musical. Sister Suffragette would not have been an appropriate motif for the character in this piece as she is portrayed more sympathetically in the musical as a woman who has had to give up one life that she loved for a family that she doesn't feel part of. It makes the pay-off that much better to know that both of the adult Banks' characters have had some sort of redemption during the course of the musical. (Winifred is also a former actress in the play).
Originally Posted By TexasTeaIII What on earth does Beauty and the Beast have to do with California? Aladdin also? Neither show belongs. Same with Monster's inc! a great ride but where is the connection to California?
Originally Posted By TexasTeaIII Disney best create a show with dancing giant sequoias and redwoods or do a live version of "Paint your wagon".
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Well, both movies--Aladdin and Beauty & the Beast represent animation that was done at the Walt Disney Studios--which began in California. ORGOCH: Good Lord! If a dumb cluck like Orwen can figure out the connection, I really feels fer the one's a ya that cain't!
