Mary Poppins

Today we made our big trip to Sacramento to see the Broadway touring version of Mary Poppins. Anthony has been quite obsessed with her for almost a year now, so we thought he'd enjoy the musical.

Honestly, for a kid who sleeps with his parrot-handled umbrella, he didn't enjoy it quite as much as I'd expected. The show was over two hours long, and he'd already had a two and a half hour car ride. (He ended up sitting out the last 15 minutes or so.) However, he still clearly enjoyed the show and talked about it the rest of the trip.

A few random thoughts:

1. Most of the new musical numbers didn't do much for me.

2. They introduced Mr. Banks' former nanny as a new character. She was scary and nick-named "The Holy Terror." Her name was "Miss Andrews". Anthony talked about her insessantly.

3. Julie Andrews was easily replaced. Dick Van Dyke was NOT. His dancing was so amazing in the movie. However, the effects in this show were amazing, especially when Bert danced on the ceiling in "Step in Time".

4. The sets were stunning!

The show is coming to San Jose next May. I think we will probably try again next year!