Caroline Sheen of Mary Poppins Wins Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production
Former Star of “Mary Poppins” Honored for the Washington, D.C.
Engagement of the North American Tour
(April 26, 2011) Last night at the 27th annual Helen Hayes Awards celebrating excellence in Washington, D.C. theater, Caroline Sheen won Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production for the title role in the 2010 Kennedy Center premiere of the MARY POPPINS North American Tour.
This brings to 36 the number of major theatre awards MARY POPPINShas earned around the globe, including Tony®, Olivier and Evening Standard awards.
During its eight-week engagement at the Kennedy Center Opera House (July 1 - August 22), the smash-hit musical played 61 performances, entertained over 114,000 theater patrons and grossed $11.4 million at the box office. The MARY POPPINS North American tour has garnered continuous critical praise and achieved box office success since its launch in Chicago in March 2009.
The MARY POPPINS North American tour currently stars Steffanie Leigh as Mary and Nicolas Dromard as Bert and is playing in Columbus, OH at the Ohio Theatre, now through May 8. The tour’s 2011 schedule is listed below. For more information, visit MaryPoppins.com.
A co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, this stage production is based on P.L. Travers' cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film and includes the film’s Academy Award®-winning music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The stage production was created, in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, by Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who wrote the book; Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre; and the Olivier Award-winning team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who composed new songs and additional music and lyrics. Eyre leads the award-winning creative team, with co-direction and choreography by Tony® and Olivier Award winner Matthew Bourne. MARY POPPINS features set and costume design by TonyÒ Award winner Bob Crowley, co-choreography by Olivier Award winner Stephen Mear, lighting design by Howard Harrison, orchestrations by William David Brohn, and music supervision by David Caddick. The tour’s creative team includes Tour Director Anthony Lyn, Associate Choreographer Geoffrey Garrett and Music Director Daniel Bowling.
-- Posted April 26, 2011