What’s Poppin’ Behind the Curtain

Of all the plays and musicals to cross Liberty North’s stage, Mary Poppins is certain to be a supercalifragilistic performance, for the students watching and those involved.

  “I really love performing, and I really love Disney so this was a good mix for me. It’s like a eight and a half on the ten scale of grand production. It’s three times the show that Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat was. We’re stepping up our game a lot,” junior Emmy Caywood said.

  The Disney musical is new to Liberty North, but not theater, allowing the performers to get involved in the classic.

  “You get to see more of what it’s like to do professional theater,” freshman Sienna Snead said.

  Based on the 1964 film, directed by Richard Eyre, Mary Poppins came to the stage in 2003 and has been a large scale production ever since.

  “I think it’s going to be really cool to see everyone on stage doing professional dance numbers,” junior Ashleigh Erickson said.

  After the performance at Liberty North, the show doesn’t stop. North thespians then attend the Bluestar awards at Starlight Theatre, Kansas City.

  “I’m most excited about after the show to go to the Bluestar Awards and that’s always fun. The Bluestar Awards are basically like the Tony Awards which are like the Oscars for theater,” sophomore Ben Varnell said.

  Right now, however, the student’s are still in the rehearsal stage of the performance, preparing for the debut on November 17 and the following two days.

  “Right now, we’re working on a lot of dance numbers and a long of the songs rather than some of the scenes between other people. Come see the show!” Snead said.