Modesto Performing Arts – Mary Poppins

Dates:

Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 7:30PM
Sunday, August 16, 2026 2:00PM
Friday, August 21, 2026 7:30PM
Saturday, August 22, 2026 2:00PM
Sunday, August 23, 2026 2:00PM

Location:

Foster Family Theater | Gallo Center for Arts

One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way: as a practically perfect musical! Based on the books by P.L. Travers and the classic Walt Disney film, Cameron Mackintosh and Disney’s Mary Poppins delighted Broadway audiences for over 2,500 performances and received nominations for nine Olivier and seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.”

Modesto Performing Arts’ Production of Disney & Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins

A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film

Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Book by Julian Fellowes
New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh

Directed by Paul Tischer

Runtime: 2 hours 45 minutes (including intermission)

Mary Poppins is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com.