Lee, who was also nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in the musical's London production, told Playbill.com at the annual Tony nominees press luncheon, "The creative team were really nice in letting me work out bits of tap routine and script. . . . I'd never had that experience before because I hadn't really created a new role before. So you won't be apt to get me off of [the New Amsterdam Theatre] stage anytime soon, because [the role] just fits me like a glove, I think, and I'm very, very proud to be involved with the show."

The actor — whose London stage credits also include Peggy Sue Got Married, Contact, Oklahoma!, Saturday Night, Crazy for You and Me and My Girl — says that although he performed the role in London for a year-and-a-half, he is still enjoying playing the part of the chimney sweep who is friends with the mysterious Mary Poppins. "I found out about three-and-a-half months before I left the show [in London] that I was coming [to Broadway]. So those three months in London, I have to say, were a bit looking at my watch going, 'Come on, come on, I want to get to Broadway now,'" Lee laughs. "But then coming here and doing the whole process of rehearsing again with the brand-new bunch of people really revived me and made me look at the role of Bert in a different way, and it still now feels fresh eight months into the run here. I'm still loving it — there's no way I'm thinking about leaving yet."

Lee has also enjoyed the enthusiasm of New York audiences. "American audiences are willing to show their appreciation more with applause, with cheers, with standing up," Lee explains. "The London audiences are just very polite and clap politely. That's me making a generalization because some nights they were fantastic in London. But, in general, here they're brilliant. And, as an actor, that's what you want. . . . We're so lucky that we get to show off every night, and then we get audiences standing for us at the end, and that's what we love — or that's what I love anyway. So I love performing here, because you get so much more back from it."

As for future projects, Lee says, "[I won't] be giving this job up anytime soon unless something really great came along — another new show, or maybe try to get my finger in some TV and film pies. In London, you're pretty much in a box. If you're in musical theatre, they won't see you for anything else. Here casting directors are so much more open, so I'd like to have a go at that. Whether I would be any good or whether I would enjoy it, I don't know. But, at the moment, I'm loving what I'm doing and," he adds with a laugh, "long may I reign in this role."