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Cast Biographies

	Ashley Brown Mary Poppins origin­ated the title role in Mary Poppins on Broad­way for which she received Outer Critics, Drama League and Drama Desk nominations for Best Actress. She made her Broadway debut as Belle in Beauty and the Beast and starred in the national tour of Disney’s On the Record. She has performed with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, the Cincinnati Pops, the Indian­apolis Symphony and the Pensacola Symphony. Upcoming projects include concerts with Marvin Hamlisch, the New York Philharmonic and a debut album of American Songbook standards. Regional credits include Guys and Dolls, The Leading Men of Broad­way, Broadway by the Year 1956 and many shows at the Muny. Ashley graduated from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music where she was honored with the Laurie Beechman Award for excellence in Musical Theatre. Love to her family and friends. www.ashleybrownonline.com.
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	Gavin Lee Bert Gavin originated the role of Bert in London and New York for which he received Drama Desk and Theatre World Awards as well as Tony® and Olivier Award nominations. In London’s West End, his credits include roles in Crazy For You, Peggy Sue Got Married, Me and My Girl, Over My Shoulder, Oklahoma! and Contact. Other professional credits include Singin’ in the Rain, Snoopy, Noel Coward’s Masterpieces, Of Thee I Sing, Saturday Night, Ayckbourn’s Whenever, and Chicago.
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	Karl Kenzler George Banks Broad­way: Twelve Angry Men, The Caretaker, Din­ner at Eight, The Heiress. Off-Broadway: The Tempest, Hamlet, Spinning Into Butter, The Charity That Began At Home, Diana of Dobson’s, Youth Is Wasted, The Libertine, and his one-man show Fire In The Head. Regional includes Guthrie Theater, Old Globe, Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes Theatre Fes­t­i­val, Shakespeare Theater. TV: Fringe, Law & Order: SVU (recurring), Rescue Me, Law & Order, All My Children, Now And Again, Trinity. Film: Marvelous, Neurotica. Visit www.karlkenzler.com. Dla kochanie!
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	Megan Osterhaus Winifred Banks Coming straight from the Broadway company of Mary Poppins, Megan is thrilled to be joining the National Tour. Other credits include Mamma Mia! (Sophie u/s), Martin Guerre (Bertrande u/s), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie Dillmount), Children of Eden (Yonah), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream­coat (Narrator) and Gypsy (Louise). As a native of Oklahoma she holds a bachelors degree from the University of Central Oklahoma. Lots of love to her new husband Christopher Bolan and her loving parents and family.
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	Ellen Harvey Miss Andrew, Queen Victoria, Miss Smythe Broadway: The Music Man, Thou Shalt Not. National Tours: Disney’s High School Musical (Ms. Darbus), Mamma Mia! (Tanya), Doctor Dolittle and Sunset Boulevard (Norma u/s). Regional: Phantom (Carlotta) N.C. Theatre, Annie (Miss Han­nigan) Casa Mañana, No,No,Nanette (Lucille) Goodspeed, Beauty & The Beast (Wardrobe) Pittsburgh CLO… and many more. Film: The Producers, Music &  Lyrics, The Hard Truth. Proud AEA member. www.ellenharvey.net
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	Andrew Keenan-Bolger Robertson Ay Broadway: Seussical, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol. First National Tour: Leaf Coneybear in Spelling Bee, Young Max in The Grinch, Ragtime. TV/Film: Christophe on the current season of Naked Brothers Band, Marci X, One Life to Live, FNMTV, The Battery’s Down. Proud graduate of the Uni­versity of Michigan. Check out his video blogs at www.andrewkeenanbolger.com.
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	Mary Vanarsdel Bird Woman Off-Broadway: Cole Porter’s Paris. Regional: Mass and Camelot (with Jeremy Irons)– Hollywood Bowl; On the 20th Century (Reprise!); 110 In The Shade (Pasadena Play­house); Gypsy (Rose), Phantom (Carlotta), A Man of No Importance (Lily) and many more. TV/Film: In The Line of Fire, LA Law, Melrose Place, Gilmore Girls, etc. Thanks to Edward Sayegh (voice) and SCAW (Agents). www.maryvanarsdel.com
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	Mike O'Carroll Admiral Boom/ Chairman An actor, director and teacher, Mike comes to Mary Poppins from the 2008 pro­duction of White Christmas having perf­ormed the roles of Snoring Man/Ezekiel. A veteran of Broadway and innumerable tours, his favor­ites include Tevye/Fiddler, Cap’n Andy/Show­­­boat, Clem/Will Rogers, Falstaff/I, Henry IV, Drum­mond/Inherit the Wind, and the original JP Mor­gan/Ragtime. My love to Paige, and my family.
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	Jane Carr Mrs. Brill came to America with the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Nicholas Nickleby in 1986. She had an early success with the TV Series Dear John and has worked extensively on TV, film and in the theatre ever since. Recently, she had a fun part in Hannah Montana: The Movie. She has also had a lovely voice-over career. She is Pud’n on the cartoon show The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Mama Cosma in The Fairly Odd Parents and Grandma Fletcher in Phineas and Ferb. Jane appeared in many plays with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of Great Britain.  Here, in L.A. she has trod the boards in Lettice and Lovage, Noises Off,  She Stoops to Folly, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Blithe Spirit, Sylvia, What the Butler Saw, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Habeas Corpus, The Cider House Rules, Stuff Happens and A Small Family Business, to name a few. She has just completed a three-year run on Broadway playing Mrs. Brill in Mary Poppins.  L.A. has been home to Jane for over 20 years and she is delighted to be back at the Ahmanson.
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	Bryce Baldwin Michael Banks at certain performances age 11 of Thornton, Colo­­rado, appeared at the Denver Center Theatre Company in two seasons of A Christmas Carol and in Shakespeare’s Richard III. Bryce also performed at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre as Winthrop in The Music Man (Denver Post Ovation Award nomination Best Young Actor) and The Will Rogers Follies.
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	Katie Balen Jane Banks at certain performances iage 11, is thrilled to be playing Jane in her First National Tour! Regional: Oklahoma! (Ensemble), Grease (Sandy), The Secret Garden (Mary Lennox), Willie Wonka (Verucca), Annie (Tessie). Special thanks to Shelli at RKS, Yorktown Stage, RFKT, Westchester Ballet, Denise Simon, Monica Robinson, my parents and God.
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	Bailey Grey Jane Banks at certain performances age 10, First National Tour! Favorite regional roles include Jojo in Seussical and Fan in A Christmas Carol. Bailey has also played leading roles in four independent N.Y.-based films.  Thanks to Amelia DeMayo, Shirley Grant Management and especially Mom, Dad and my little sister Aedyn.
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	Carter Thomas Michael Banks at certain performances is excited to be part of the Mary Poppins National Tour.  Credits: Radio City Christmas Spectacular – 2008 National Arena Tour with the Rockettes (Ben), Oliver! (Oliver), South Pacific (Jerome), Peter Pan (Michael Darling), A Christmas Carol (Tiny Tim).  A BIG thanks to Jo/KSR, Mea Hack and Scott Harlan.
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	Michael Gerhart Von Hussler, Ensemble Broadway: The Phantom of The Opera, My Fair Lady. National Tours: Mamma Mia!, Phantom of The Opera, Tom­my, My Fair Lady, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, West Side Story, Chess. Chi­cago native. North­western graduate. Love to Becky, Maddie, Collin.
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	Wendy James Miss Lark, Ensemble Broadway: White Christmas, London: Show Boat. World Premieres: Sister Act, The 3hree Musketeers, An American in Paris. Regional: Hair, The Who’s Tommy, Pippin, Crazy for You and many others. Choreographer and poet. Emmy® Award winner. For my amazing son, Aaron Sage xo.
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	Brian Letendre Neleus, Ensemble joins direct from the Broadway production where he originated the role of Neleus. BFA: The Juilliard School. Broadway: Urban Cowboy (Baby Boy), Movin’ Out (James u/s). Regional: The Sound of Music (Rolf), The Music Man (Tommy Djilas). Film: Across The Universe.
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	Dominic Roberts Northbrook, Ensemble Broadway: Original Cast of Mary Poppins. Other: Readings of Disney’s High School Musical 1 & 2, Prospect Theatre Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, St. Louis Muny, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and The Weston Playhouse. Thanks to the fam!
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	Nick Sanchez Valentine, Ensemble Broadway: Mary Poppins (Valentine), Tarzan, Rent (Angel u/s). Off-Broadway: Altar Boyz (Juan). BFA from Marymount Manhattan College. Recent: Six Degrees of Separation (Paul), Original Disney’s High School Musical! workshops (Chad), XOXO Mom, Dad & family. Proud member of AEA.
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	Q. Smith Mrs. Corry, Ensemble “For my brother Shannon–forever in our hearts.”  Broadway: Les Misérables. Off-Broadway/ Concerts: Fame: The Musical on 42nd Street, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, soloist at Inaugural Breakfast. www.Qperstar.com. BFA Ithaca College. Love to my parents! Psalm 27:4.
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	Tom Souhrada Park Keeper, Ensemble National tours: Evita, My Fair Lady, The King & I and The Boy Friend directed by Julie Andrews. Regional: Cincinnati Playhouse, St. Louis Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Goodspeed, Geva, Ogunquit Playhouse, Pioneer Theatre, NC Theatre, etc. Thanks to THE MINE.
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	Tia Altinay Ensemble is back in the Disney Family! Tours: Disney’s High School Musical, Bombay Dreams, Mamma Mia! (Ali). Regional: High School Musical 2, The King and I (Eliza), The Wiz (Dorothy). Tia has a BFA in Music, Dance, Theatre. Love to Mom.
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	Carol Angeli Ensemble National Tour Debut! Favorite Regional Credits: Miss Saigon (Kim), The Mistress Cycle (Ching)-regional premiere, Carousel (Louise u/s), West Side Story (Anita), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet). Proud BFA Musical Theatre from Penn State! AEA. For Mom and Grandma-Mahal kita!
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	Gail Bennett Ensemble Production Credits: The Producers Las Vegas (Usherette/ Lick-me Bite-me), A Christmas Carol Kodak Theatre, L.A. (Belle). Regional Favorites: My Fair Lady (Eliza Doolittle opposite Jefferson Mays), Nine (Claudia), Cats (Jellylorum), Annie Get Your Gun (Annie), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Julia).
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	Kiara Bennett Ensemble is supercali­fragilistically excited to be on stage with Mary Poppins! Recent Credits: Dream­girls 25th Anniv. (TOTS), The Wiz (Hangar), Broad­way Bares (Roseland). MFA Dance/Choreography (Smith College). Thanks and love to my amazing family, DDO Artists Agency, AEA.
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	Brandon Bieber Ensemble Regional: Ryan Evans in High School Musical (MUNY), White Christmas (Detroit FOX), Dancing in the Dark (The Old Globe), Pajama Game (Arizona Theatre Co.), Pittsburgh CLO, and 16 seasons at the St. Louis MUNY! BFA: CCM. Thanks Mom and Dad!
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	Troy Edward Bowles Swing, Dance Captain Broadway: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Pirate Queen. National Tour: James in Movin’ Out. N.Y.: NYC Opera, Radio City Xmas, City Center Encores!, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. Film: A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey. Thanks Ben, David, Ed & Caron.
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	Elizabeth Broadhurst Ensemble Annie, 30th Anniversary Tour (Grace), Hair (European Tour), 1776 (Martha, Guthrie Theater), Two Gentleman of Verona (Baltimore Center Stage), The Producers (Ulla, Beef & Boards). BFA; The Boston Conservatory. Love to Mom, Dad, Shaun, Corey and Joey. More at www.elizabethbroadhurst.com
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	Geoffrey Goldberg Ensemble Tours: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 42nd Street (Asia); New York: On The Town (benefit concert); Regional: Westchester Broadway, Carousel DT, Ordway Center. BFA, Tisch/ NYU. Love and thanks to family and friends. For Mom and Dad! www.geoffrey-goldberg.com
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	Eric Hatch Ensemble Tour debut!  Broadway: West Side Story 2009 Revival, Legally Blonde, Mary Poppins and The Pirate Queen. Graduate of Point Park University. Thanks to the entire Disney family, especially Antz, whom I cannot thank enough, Charice, my family, and Dennis with whom I get to share this experience.
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	Emily Harvey Katie Nanna, Ensemble ) has perfor­med in the U.S., UK and Europe. Some of her theatre credits include The Tempest, Nine, Footloose, Kiss Me, Kate!, Phantom of the Opera and The Three Musketeers. She is excited to be on her first U.S. national tour.
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	Tiffany Howard Ensemble is super excited about going on the road with Mary Poppins! National Tours: Fame, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, All Shook Up, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. FSU grad. Love to family, friends, The Mine, my angel Mike, God for so many blessings!
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	Kelly Jacobs Swing, Assistant Dance Captain is delighted to spread the magic of Mary Poppins! Favorite credits: Radio City Christmas Spectacular (NYC), Mame (Kennedy Center), Cats (Marri­ott Theatre Lincolnshire), Camelot with Robert Goulet (Atlanta TOTS), Tokyo-Disney. Love to actor-husband, Adam, and her devoted family.
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	Sam Kiernan Ensemble is thrilled to join this cast. National Tours: Gypsy (Tulsa), Get Up N’ Dance (Back-up Dancer). Regional: Pirates! (Huntington Theatre), Oklahoma! and High School Musical (Paper Mill Playhouse). Special thanks to Barry Kolker, and his family. Proud AEA Member.
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	Laird Mackintosh Policeman, Ensemble Canadian Lead Roles: The Drowsy Chaperone, White Christmas, Arcadia, Phantom of the Opera. Stratford Shakespeare Festival leads include: My One and Only, South Pacific, Hello, Dolly!, Into the Woods, Anything Goes, My Fair Lady. Internationally: Opera Atelier, National Ballet of Canada.
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	Vanessa McMahan Swing is thrilled to be part of Mary Poppins! Recent credits: original cast Wicked–Chicago; Radio City Rockettes– Chi­cago/St. Louis, NYC; Victor/Victoria–Paper Mill, National Tour; Kids of the King­dom–Walt Disney World. Thanks to God and my family.
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	Koh Mochizuki Ensemble is excited for his third production with Disney Theatricals after Aida (Broadway) and Disney’s On the Record (National Tour). Regional: Carnival (Kennedy Center), Julie Taymor’s Grendel (Lincoln Center). TV: The Today Show, Satur­day Night Live. Love to family and David.
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	Shua Potter Ensemble has been seen across the country in shows such as Altar Boyz, Hairspray, West Side Story and The Servant of Two Masters. He’s overjoyed to be tapping on rooftops with Miss Poppins herself. Thanks to family, friends and RSDIII.
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	Jesse Swimm Ensemble is proud to be a part of Mary Poppins. Tours: Cameron Mackintosh’s My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Grease. Proud member AEA. Thanks The Mine. Thanks Mom and Dad for all their support!
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Credits

P.L. Travers Author of the Mary Poppins stories was born in 1899 in Australia in a residence above the bank where her father was branch manager. She began to write while a member of a touring stage company. In 1924, able to support herself as a journalist, she left Australia for England. She wrote a number of other books in addition to the Mary Poppins stories. She was fascinated by myth and fairy tales and traveled widely, living for a time with the Navajo. She was made “writer in residence” at both Smith and Radcliffe colleges in Massachusetts and also received an honorary doctor­ate from Chatham College, Pittsburgh. She died in London in 1996.

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Walt Disney Producer Since its founding in 1923, the Walt Disney Company has become a world leader in creating high quality family entertainment. Under the direction of president and CEO Robert A. Iger, the company’s diverse entertainment interests now include film, theatre, television, radio, home entertainment and music, as well as world-renowned theme parks and resorts. Mary Poppins, one of the most successful films in the company’s history, was released in 1964, 20 years after Walt Disney first tried to secure the film rights to the P.L. Travers stories. The film was a phenomenal achievement, earning five Academy Awards®‚ including Best Music and Best Song, and remains one of Disney’s most enduring and best-loved films. Disney Theatrical Productions was formed in 1994 and operates under the direction of Thomas Schumacher. In November 1997, Disney opened The Lion King, which received six 1998 Tony® Awardsincluding Best Musical and the 1998 GRAMMY® Award for Best Musical Show Album. In addition to the Broadway and national U.S. touring companies, The Lion King can currently be seen onstage in London, Hamburg, Tokyo, Paris and Las Vegas. The company’s inaugural production, Beauty and the Beast, played its final Broadway performance, after 13 years, in July 2007, and is currently performing in Italy, Russia, Brazil and the UK. Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida opened on Broadway in March 2000, received four 2000 Tony® Awards and the 2000 GRAMMY® Award for Best Musical Show Album, and ran for four-and-a half years. In 2009, Aida re-opened in Tokyo. Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened in December 2004 in London, completed its successful run in January 2008 and recently finished a smash-hit UK tour. The Tony Award®-winning Broadway production opened in November 2006 at the New Amsterdam Theatre, where it continues to play to packed houses. The first U.S. tour launched earlier this year in Chicago and an Australian production is scheduled for summer 2010. Tarzan®, which opened on Broadway in the 2006-2007 season, is now an international hit with award-winning productions in Holland and Germany. In January 2008, The Little Mermaid opened on Broadway with a score composed by eight-time Academy Award® winner Alan Menken and the legendary Howard Ashman, with new lyrics by Glenn Slater.  Having completed its run in August 2009 playing to sold-out summer audiences, the national tour is slated to launch in fall 2010.  In addition to producing musicals, DTP licenses stage performance rights to more than a dozen Disney musicals to schools, community groups and professional theatres around the world through Music Theatre International.

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Cameron Mackintosh Producer and Co-Creator has been producing shows for more than 40 years, during which time he has put on hundreds of productions around the world including Cats, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera–the three longest-running musicals of all time–and Miss Saigon. He has also produced Little Shop of Horrors, Side by Side by Sondheim, Follies, Martin Guerre, The Witches of Eastwick and acclaimed revivals of My Fair Lady, Oklahoma! and Oliver! His latest production of Oliver! has just opened at London’s historic Theatre Royal Drury Lane with Rowan Atkinson starring as Fagin, leading a huge company and orchestra of more than 100. His recent musical co-produced with Disney, Mary Poppins (a subject that he has wanted to do for more than 30 years), has been an enormous success in London and on Broadway. An international touring production is touring the UK this spring followed by productions in Amsterdam and Sydney. Phantom is now the longest-running production in Broadway history; in 2006 Les Misérables overtook the previous record holder, Cats, to become the longest-running musical in the world and is now in its 24th year at the Queen’s Theatre in London. New productions of Les Misérables are continually opening all over the world, and an international touring company will open at the end of 2009 in a new staging, followed by a U.S. tour in 2010. Miss Saigon in a new production is a success all over again, with several inter­national companies opening around the world. Cameron owns seven theatres in London’s West End–the Prince of Wales, Gielgud, Queens, Wyndham’s, Noël Coward, Novello and Prince Edward–nearly all of which have undergone spectacular refur­bishment. In 1995 his company received the Queen’s Award for Export Achievement, and he was knighted in the 1996 New Year’s Honours for his services to British theatre. He is president of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and in 1990 he endowed the Chair of Contemporary Theatre at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, where he is also an Honorary Fellow and Member of the Court of Benefactors. In 2006 he received the national Enjoy England Award for Excellence for Outstanding Contribution to Tourism.

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Thomas Schumacher Producer is President of Disney Theatrical Group. He joined the Walt Disney Company in 1988, previously serving as president of Feature Animation, where he supervised the development and production of twenty-one animated feature films. His Broadway producing credits include Julie Taymor’s production of The Lion King (six 1998 Tony® Awards) now in its twelfth year; Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (four 2000 Tony® Awards); Tarzan®, with the music and lyrics of Phil Collins and direction and design by Bob Crowley; Mary Poppins, a partnership between Disney and Cameron Mackintosh and The Little Mermaid, which opened in January 2008, featuring direction by Francesca Zambello. Schumacher’s other producing credits include On the Record, a mus­ical celebrating Disney’s catalog of beloved songs and the highly successful touring stage production of Disney’s High School Musical, which reached 41 cities over 60 weeks through­out 2007-2008. He is also the author of the book How Does the Show Go On? An Introduction to the Theater, published by Disney Editions. Future projects in develop­ment include The Man in the Ceiling, based on the Jules Feiffer book with music by Andrew Lippa, and a stage adaptation by Rick Elice of Peter and the Starcatchers, a novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. A graduate of UCLA, he is a member of the Executive Com­mittee for Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS, the Tony® Administration Committee, the Advisory Committee of the American Theatre Wing and serves as adjunct professor at Columbia University.

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Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Original Music and Lyrics Honors include two Oscars® (Mary Poppins), nine Oscar® nominations, three GRAMMY® Awards, 24 gold/platinum albums, a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame and induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Early hits, including “You’re 16” and “Tall Paul,” led to a long-term association with Walt Disney and more than 150 songs for Disney films, TV and theme parks (“It’s a Small World” being the world’s most translated and performed song). Their Disney film credits include The Jungle Book, The Parent Trap, Bedknobs & Broom­sticks, Winnie the Pooh, The Aristocats and The Tigger Movie. Other Films: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Tom Sawyer, The Slipper and the Rose, Charlotte’s Web and Beverly Hills Cop 3. Stage credits include Over Here!, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London, Broadway, UK tour), Busker Alley, Mary Poppins (London and Broadway).

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Julian Fellowes Book A British, Oscar®-winning screenwriter, Julian is also an actor and director. He studied at Ampleforth College, Yorkshire and Magdalene College, Cambridge. His first script for cinema, Gosford Park (2001), won him the Best Original Screen­play Oscar,® plus honors from the Writers Guild of America, among others. He received the National Board of Review’s Best Directorial Debut Award for the film Separate Lies, based on his own screenplay. He most recently wrote and directed the feature film From Time To Time starring Maggie Smith.  His other projects include the books Snobs, The Curious Ad­ventures of the Abandoned Toys and Past Imperfect, and the scripts for Vanity Fair and The Young Victoria.

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David Caddick Music Supervisor has been the music director of numerous London and Broadway musicals including Evita, Cats, Song & Dance, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon and Sunset Boule­vard. He was Executive Producer for Cameron Mackintosh’s Broadway production of Okla­homa! and music director for the world premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Bounce. Music Direc­tor for the film of Evita starring Madonna. He won a GRAMMY® Award for producing the complete symphonic recording of Les Misér­ables and received nominations for the cast albums of A Chorus Line and South Pacific; he also produced the cast albums of Oliver!, Okla­homa!, My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins..

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James Dodgson Music Director Music Director on over 45 productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Royal National Theatre: Oh! What a Lovely War, The Villains Opera. London’s West End: The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, The Secret Garden, On a Clear Day, Peter Pan (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra). Tours: Beauty and the Beast, Miss Saigon, Chicago. Many theatre compositions.

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William David Brohn Orchestrations received the 1998 Tony Award® (Best Orchestrations) for Ragtime and Drama Desk awards for both Miss Saigon and The Secret Garden in 1991. Other Broadway musicals he has orchestrated are Crazy for You, Carousel, Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Sweet Smell of Success and Wicked. After Cameron Mackintosh commissioned Brohn to orchestrate Miss Saigon (1989) for London’s Drury Lane Theatre, the association continued with Oliver!; Witches of Eastwick; Martin Guerre; and Hey, Mr. Producer! and co-productions at the National Theatre of Carousel, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady and South Pacific. Brohn’s output includes arrangements for solo singers and instrumentalists, choruses, ballet companies and symphony orchestras.

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Steve Canyon Kennedy Broadway Sound Designer was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie and Aspects of Love. His Broad­way sound design credits include Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award). Steve is married to actress Loni Ackerman and together they have two sons, Jack and George.

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George Stiles New Songs, Additional Music, Dance & Vocal Arrangements Stiles and Drewe’s musical Honk! won London’s Olivier Award for Best New Musical (2000) and has since been seen in more than 2,000 productions worldwide. Their other shows include Just So (North Shore Music Theatre), Peter Pan - A Musical Adventure, Tutankhamun and Soho Cinders. George’s new musical The Three Musketeers, with lyrics by Paul Leigh and book by Peter Raby, recently played at the Chicago Shake­speare Theater. Other work includes the scores for Sam Mendes’ Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya (BAM), musical adaptations of Tom Jones and Moll Flanders, songs for the RSC’s Shakespeare Revue and a blissful spell as Dame Edna’s pink pianist and resident comp­oser. Mary Poppins marks his Broadway debut. www.StilesAndDrewe.com

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Anthony Drewe New Songs, Additional Music, Dance & Vocal Arrangements During his 23-year writing collaboration with composer George Stiles, Anthony has written the book and lyrics for Tutankhamun, Just So, Soho Cinders, the multi award-winning Honk! and the lyrics for Peter Pan - A Musical Adventure (book by Willis Hall).With composer Tony Hatch, he wrote lyrics for The Card and, with Singaporean composer Dick Lee, the lyrics for A Twist of Fate. Work as a director includes Snoopy, Honk! (South Africa, Chicago, Tokyo and Singapore) and Just So (North Shore Music Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre). As a performer, recent work includes Rogues to Riches, The Three Musketeers and A Twist of Fate. Mary Poppins marks his Broadway debut. www.StilesAndDrewe.com

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Stephen Mear Co-Choreographer Broadway: The Little Mermaid (world prem­iere in Denver), Mary Poppins (Tony®‚ Drama Desk and OCC nominations). London: Mary Poppins (Olivier Award for Best Choreography with Matthew Bourne), On the Town (Eno), Acorn Antiques, Tonight’s the Night, Anything Goes (What’s On Stage Award, Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production), Singin’ in the Rain (What’s On Stage Award, Olivier nomination), Soul Train (Olivier nomination), Witches of Eastwick (co-choreographer with Bob Avian). Regional Theatre: Just So, How to Succeed…, Putting It Together, Bouncers, Shakers, Honk, Snoopy, Half a Sixpence. Opera: Don Giovanni (Royal Opera House). Music videos: Number One (Goldfrapp), The Importance of Being Idle (Oasis).

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Howard Harrison Lighting Designer Recent Broadway: Mamma Mia! (also Japan, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Moscow, Toronto, Madrid, Stockholm, Australia and national tour), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Putting It Together. Recent West End: Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia!, Guys and Dolls, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Donkeys’ Years, Edward Scissorhands, Heroes, Suddenly Last Summer, Skellig, The Master Builder, Oleanna, Ragtime, The Witches of Eastwick. Opera includes Aida, Il Trovatore and I Masnadieri (Royal Opera, Covent Garden), The Makro­pulos Case, Nabucco (Metropolitan Opera). Howard has been nominated seven times as Best Lighting Designer for the Laurence Olivier Awards and received the Australian Green Room Award in 2001 for his work on Mamma Mia!

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Bob Crowley Scenic and Costume Design is an associate of the National Theatre. He has designed more than 50 productions in London for the National, Almeida, Donmar, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Ballet and Royal Opera House including Mary Poppins (London Evening Standard Award). In New York for Lincoln Center Theater: The Coast of Utopia (Tony®, Drama Desk Awards), Carousel (Tony Award®), Hapgood, The Invention of Love (Tony® nomination, Drama Desk Award), Twelfth Night (Tony® nomination). The Public Theater: The Seagull. On Broadway: The Cape­man (Tony® nomination), The Iceman Cometh (Tony® nomination), Sweet Smell of Success, Disney’s Aida (Tony Award®), The History Boys (Tony Award®), Mary Poppins (Tony®, Drama Desk Awards). In addition, he directed and designed Tarzan®(Broadway, The Netherlands).

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Matthew Bourne Co-Director & Choreographer Widely hailed as the UK’s most popular and successful choreographer/ director, Matthew is the creator of the world’s longest-running ballet production, a five-time Olivier Award winner and the only British director to have won the Tony Award® for both choreog­rapher and director of a musical. He is Artistic Director of New Adventures, which has created an enormous new audience for dance with its groundbreaking dance/theatre productions Nutcracker!, Highland Fling, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Car Man and Play Without Words. Musical theatre includes Oliver!, My Fair Lady (Olivier Award), South Pacific and Mary Poppins (Olivier Award). Matthew’s latest production, Edward Scissor­hands, based on Tim Burton’s classic film, is currently touring the U.S.www.MatthewBourne.org.

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Richard Eyre Director was director of the Royal National Theatre (1988-1997). He has directed many classics and new plays by David Hare, Christopher Hampton, Tom Stoppard, Alan Bennett, Trevor Griffiths, Tony Harrison and Nicholas Wright. He directed Arthur Miller’s The Crucible on Broadway in 2001 and Hedda Gabler in the West End in 2006. He has won five Olivier Awards, four Evening Standard Awards, three Critics Circle Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild. He has directed many award-winning films for TV and four feature films: The Ploughman’s Lunch, the Oscar®-nominated Iris (which he co-wrote), Stage Beauty and Notes on a Scandal with Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett.

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Photo Credit

The Original National Tour Company of MARY POPPINS perform “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” ©Disney/CML. Photo by Joan Marcus..