Steffanie Leigh, who portrays the legendary nanny in Disney’s Mary Poppins now playing at the Center and her colleagues in the show, Hannah Chin and Anthony Christian Daniel, stopped by the Newport Beach Public Library on July 21. During this special visit, the artists read the first chapter from P.L. Travers book, which introduced Mary to the world of literature and imagination in 1934. They answered questions about the show and their careers from the nearly 100 children plus parents who gathered for the afternoon event. The highlight had to be when Steffanie, Hannah and Anthony got everyone to their feet and showed them how to spell out ‘supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ just as they do it in the show.
These afternoon gatherings organized by the Center and the library illustrate how shows and ballets and other stage productions so often originate from great works of literature. Reading them as well as seeing them provides wonderful insight into the stories and their journey through time from page to stage.
Before the screening of Beach Blanket Bingo last night, the Movie Mondays’ crowd joined in on a rousing game of…you guessed it, BINGO. Lucky grand-prize winner Paul Fabares (pictured above with his winning card) won a fabulous four-pack of tickets to see Disney's Mary Poppins, which plays the Center starting this Thursday. Other winners received Mary Poppins merchandise and gift certificates to Quattro Caffé. As everyone is a winner at Movie Mondays, attendees were offered a one-night-only opportunity to buy Mary Poppins tickets at a 50% discount. We’re already working on more fun prizes and discounts to give to the Movie Mondays faithful.
