Mary Poppins!

We went to Kennedy Center today to watch Mary Poppins! I have been wanting to go for this performance for a while, now. It was EXCELLENT! The sets, the singing, the dancing, the acting...all brilliant! They changed the story from the movie, but they made it work well.

My favourite performance in the first act was Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. The dancing was just amazing. They did a bit where the entire troupe was acting out the alphabets of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. This is what I ABSOLUTELY LOVED about the performance. All the performers were in absolute sync! Excellent!

In the second act I especially enjoyed the tap dance performance to Step in Time. It was a fun performance and since I am partial to tap dancing, I really enjoyed this. One of my favourite bits in this performance was when Bert (the chimney sweeper) walks up the side of the stage, then upside down on the top of the stage (while performing to the song and tapping) and then walks back down the other side of the stage! :)

The sets were just amazing! I think if photos were taken, the photos would look real-ish! One of my favourite set scenes was when the kids (Jane and Michaei), Mary Poppins and Bert are sitting on the roof with there feet dangling and you can see other rooftops in the background! (the photo above)

The one thing I have realised about watching broadways that I have all ready watched the movie is that I tend to expect to see the movie actor on the stage, so end up being disappointed. It first happened when I went for Chicago. I wanted to see Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta Jones and Rene Zellweger. That time, I didn't really enjoy the performance, so my disappointment was enhanced. This time, I wanted to see Julie Andrews when Mary Poppins came on, so of course, I was disappointed. However, this time, the performance was so fabulous that I soon forgot about Julie Andrews.

I highly highly recommend this broadway!

ps: Mary Poppins final exit is pretty cool! I won't say what it was :)