Sometimes it feels as much like a recital as theater, but that’s all the better to give a lot of eager young performers a chance in the spotlight. The songs are delightful as ever, whether the bouncy “A Spoonful of Sugar,” the comically haughty “Practically Perfect,” the wistful “Feed the Birds,” and the simply silly “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocous.”īetween the dance numbers choreographed by Amanda Nye and the songs, the script gets squeezed to its bare necessities.

The full orchestral sound does give the show a more cinematic feel. I’m not a fan of using tracks, but given there’s hardly a minute or two where the music’s not playing, I can understand why they made that choice. This being scaled-down production flying is not in the budget, but the cast, more than 50 including a large chorus, certainly work at delivering a high-spirited performance.Īs with last summer’s “Alice in Wonderland,” this production, directed by Shauna Newbold with musical direction by Connie Matlow, opts to use recorded tracks instead of live musicians. As Michael and Jane’s hopes go up in smoke, Mary Poppins (Maggie Titus) pops in, umbrella and all. While the uptight father George Banks (Lucas Patterson) wants a new nanny like the one he had, who’d whip, maybe literally, the children into shape, the children have their own ideas as spelled out in “The Perfect Nanny.” George tears up that wishlist of a help wanted ad and throws into the fire. Their latest nanny (Mackenzie Slagle) is storming out of the house. He pops in and out to amiably guide us and the characters along.Īs he sets the scene, Jane (Addison Zinz) and Michael (Keira Dawson) are on a rampage. Tickets are available at Jane (Addison Zinz), Michael (Keira Dawson) and Bert (Ben Bascuk) fly a kite.īert (Ben Bascuk) serves as the audience guide, arriving on stage, to sing the prologue to set up the plot. The show, officially titled “Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins Jr.” runs Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Travers story that’s heavy on the songs without stinting the moral of the story. Waterville Playhouse’s “Mary Poppins Jr.” offers a romp through the classic P.L.

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