Weekend Show - Mary Poppins

So for my birthday weekend I was taken to see Mary Poppins at the Ahmanson. I was so excited to see the show. It was supposed to be a surprise, but I ruined it, but I was still excited. I knew the show had tap dancing and the Disney movie is one of the best classics.

When they had the 40th anniversary for the movie, they had this premiere party thing going on at the El Capitan in Hollywood and I got to go to the premiere. Julie Andrews was there and so was Dick Van Dyke and a bunch of other celebrities. I even got to go to the after party and eat along side these celebs. The gift bag was amazing. We got the anniversary DVD and some other little chotskies. It was very exciting. When I heard about the show on Broadway, I was very excited for it to go on tour. I heard it was a lot darker than the movie, but I hoped that it still followed the movie pretty closely.

I have to say that my expectations weren’t fulfilled. The play was a bit darker than the movie, but the story was much different. The actors who played Mary Poppins and Bert were very good and there was tap dancing, but I wasn’t awed by it. It was just kind of so so. My one thing was that Bert tap danced on the top of the proscenium and I couldn’t see it where I was sitting. Made me a little sad. I guess you have to sacrifice a few seats to make dancing on the proscenium happen. Mary Poppins flew all over the place and even flew into the mezzanine, which was pretty cool.

There was even a new dance to be learned by me for the song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." I even know how to spell it now thanks to this show!

The show was aesthetically pleasing for sure. The set pieces were amazing and very cleverly done and the lighting and costumes were amazing as well. I guess the story is what made the show a bomb to me. I’m not going to lie, I was a little bored at parts. Makes me want to go back and watch the movie again so I can flush my mind a little.