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Mary Poppins » Original London Cast

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Show: Mary Poppins (18)
Music: Richard M. Sherman (39), Robert B. Sherman (33)
Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman (39), Robert B. Sherman (33)
Book: Don DaGradi (2), Bill Walsh (4)

Recording Details

Date: 2005
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: UK / London
Lyrics: Anthony Drewe (34), George Stiles (37)
Music: Anthony Drewe (34), George Stiles (37)
Additional Book: Julian Fellowes (2)
Orchestrations: William David Brohn (47)
Conductor: Nick Davies (8)
Music Director: David Caddick (29)
Dance Music: George Stiles (37)
Vocal Arrangements: George Stiles (37)
Producer: David Caddick (29)
Liner Notes: Cameron Mackintosh (13)
Performer: Rosemary Ashe (20), Melanie La Barrie (2), Ian Burford (7), Gerard Carey (3), Jenny Galloway (9), David Haig (3), Linzi Hateley (20), Laura Michelle Kelly (11), Gavin Lee (12), Claire Machin (3), Timothy Morgan (2), Stuart Neal (5), Terel Nugent (2), Louisa Shaw (3), Charlotte Spencer (3), Savannah Stevenson (2), Harry Stott (3), Harry Stout (2), Julia Sutton (14), Julian Sutton (6), Nathan Taylor (3), Poppy Tierney (3), Alan Vicary (5), Kevin Williams (4)
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Format: CD
Label: First Night CD 93
Released: 2005-04-05
Barcode: 5014636209329
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Length: 72:09
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Tracks: 1. Prologue/Chim Chim Cher-Ee
2. Cherry Tree Lane (Part 1)
3. The Perfect Nanny
4. Cherry Tree Lane (Part 2)
5. Practicially Perfect
6. Jolly Holiday
7. Cherry Tree Lane (Reprise)/Being Mrs. Banks/Jolly Holiday (Reprise)
8. A Spoonful Of Sugar
9. Feed The Birds
10. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
11. Temper, Temper
12. Chim Chim Cher-Ee (Rooftop Duet)
13. Entr'acte: Run Away
14. Brimstone And Treacle (Part 1)
15. Let's Go Fly A Kite
16. Good For Nothing/Being Mrs. Banks (Reprise)
17. Brimstone And Treacle (Part 2)
18. Step In Time
19. A Man Has Dreams/A Spoonful Of Sugar (Reprise)
20. Anything Can Happen
21. A Spoonful Of Sugar (Reprise)/A Shooting Star

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Posted 2007-08-05 20:52:48:
Amazon.com Editoral Review: Mary Poppins may be one of the most beloved film musicals of all time, but it took 30 long years for it to transfer to the stage. This recording of the original London cast shows the wait was worthwhile though. The new version mixes in elements from both the original books by P.L. Travers (which she started publishing in 1934) and the Disney movie starring Julie Andrews, from 1964. (Mary seems to take 30 years to do anything.) Most of the original songs by brothers Richard and Robert Sherman (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) are present--Mary Poppins is so associated with "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," "A Spoonful of Sugar," and "Chim Chim Cher-ee," her Oscar-winning duet with Bert, that starting from scratch would have been unthinkable. But then George Stiles and Anthony Drewe came in and dusted off some of these songs, and wrote entirely new numbers as well. Miraculous, these are wonderful and blend in seamlessly with the 1960s tunes, thanks in no small to William David Brohn's lovely orchestrations. As the titular super-nanny, Laura Michelle Kelly is so warm and scrumptious that she might as well be referring to herself when she sings "I'm practically perfect in every way." The rest of the cast is equally adept, making this Mary Poppins sweet but not treacly, and the rare show to upstage its source. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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