Broadway’s family-friendly musical Mary Poppins recently added two new headliners: Laura Michelle Kelly and Christian Borle. The Olivier winner and recent Legally Blonde player celebrated their new Broadway gigs with a spot of tea at Theater District institution Sardi’s on October 29. We caught up with the new leads of the show as they goofed around and reminded ...

There are some new faces in Broadway’s soaring musical Mary Poppins. New stars Laura Michelle Kelly, who originated the part of everyone’s favorite nanny in the London production, and Christian Borle, late of Legally Blonde, head a cast of rookies and veterans alike. The new leads of the show, which has been delighting Broadway theatergoers of all ages ...

As we recently reported, Laura Michelle Kelly, who won an Olivier Award for originating the role of Mary Poppins in the West End, will be moving into Broadway’s Cherry Tree Lane. Now a production spokesperson has confirmed that she will be joined by Christian Borle in the part of Bert. Both performers will join the cast of Mary Poppins ...

When Rebecca Luker arrived in New York two decades ago, fresh out of a small Alabama college, she quickly found success on Broadway in the kinds of roles Barbara Cook or Julie Andrews would have played once upon a time—including several they did play, Marian in The Music Man and Maria in The Sound of Music. Luker’s gorgeous ...

Age: 26

Hometown: London, England

Currently: Making her Broadway debut as the world’s most famous parasol-toting, practically perfect, sugar-happy nanny in Mary Poppins.

Show Folk: Lots of actors say, “Performing is in my blood,” but when Strallen does, she’s not using it as a metaphor. Her grandmother ran a dancing school. Her parents, both dancers, met at the ...

About the author:
As George Banks in Disney's hit Broadway musical Mary Poppins, Daniel Jenkins is the personification of an uptight, workaholic dad. The "dad" part isn't a stretch for Jenkins, the real-life father of Jack, 13, and Jesse, 10. The "uptight" part is a different story, however, for this well-liked actor, who got his start back in ...