This Friday, audiences will get the chance to go behind the scenes of the beloved classic “Mary Poppins” with “Saving Mr. Banks.” The new movie follows author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson ...

In order to accommodate a harness on Julie Andrews, most of Mary Poppins' costumes had to be duplicated in a larger size for the flying scenes.

Little did you know that Walt Disney's 1964 film erased more than half of the Banks children in the family's leap to the screen. In P.L. Travers' original eight-book series, Michael and Jane Banks ...

‘Mary Poppins’ the book series P.L. Travers is the author responsible for the magical nanny that so many people have loved. Mary Poppins , the first book of the series, was published in 1934.

Disney’s bringing back one of it’s most memorable franchises this year in Mary Poppins Returns, and star Emily Blunt takes to the skies on the cover of Vogue. The new cover has Blunt clad in ...

In the trailer, she comes from the sky, brought in on a kite just as in the book "Mary Poppins Comes Back." She is a salvific figure aloft on the shining clouds, come again to save the Banks ...

P.L. Travers’ Mary Poppins Books, 1934-1988. All versions of Mary Poppins have this one thing in common: ... The original Mary Poppins’ stern glances are not a cover for a bubbly interior.

How does Lyric Theatre's new production of 'Mary Poppins' measure up? The state's official theater has a knack for successfully translating Disney magic to the Civic Center stage, and Lyric ...

Mary's charming pal Bert the chimney sweep (2013 OU graduate Cory Lingner) still serenades her with "Jolly Holiday" during an outing at the park, but the film's animated dancing penguins have been ...

In Edwardian era (early 20th-century) London, an enigmatic and enchanted nanny named Mary Poppins (Grammy-winning OU alumnus Adrianna Hicks in Lyric Theatre's new production) literally flies to ...