My Broadway Review

The musical , which is based on P.L. Travers’s stories that became a popular Walt Disney film in 1964, proved to be a hit in Broadway. It is known to have been aired on November 16, 2006 at the New Amsterdam Theatre where it became a success, even becoming the biggest hit in 2006-2007. In 2007, Mary Poppins was awarded seven Tony Award nominations which were inclusive of awards such as Best Musical. Mary Poppins has also earned several other types of awards for itself, including the Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (for Gavin Lee) and Outstanding Set Design of a Musical (for Bob Crowley) at the Drama Desk Awards. It also won a Theatre World Award. In musicals the directors usually aims to discuss the role of the story and the score in the Mega-musicals of Lloyd Webber the actors should refer to and provide examples from specific pieces of music in your answer. The other topics discussed were those such as what extent can the functions and uses of music and narrative in early twentieth century Broadway musical theatre works be seen as directly influencing musical theatre at the start of the twenty-first century. Sondheim himself concedes that his shows are ‘caviar for the General’ rather than a regular diet for the masses” (Geoffrey Block). Discuss this view with reference to Sondheim’s treatment of plot, music and lyrics.