PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Practically Perfect Two-Show Day With Walnut Street Mary Poppins Leading Lady Lindsey Bliven

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Practically Perfect Two-Show Day With Walnut Street Mary Poppins Leading Lady Lindsey Bliven

Photos PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Practically Perfect Two-Show Day With Walnut Street Mary Poppins Leading Lady Lindsey Bliven

By Matthew Blank

Dec 05, 2014

Lindsey Bliven stars as everyone's favorite flying nanny in Walnut Street Theatre's Mary Poppins which began performances Nov. 4 at Philly's history Walnut Street Theatre. She documented a recent two-show day for us!

PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Practically Perfect Two-Show Day With Walnut Street Mary Poppins Leading Lady Lindsey Bliven

"Good morning!" is Mary Poppins' first line of the show! And it IS a very good morning. I get to do two shows today at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, PA. It is such a wonderful place to work and all of the people involved are so incredibly talented and kind. I always sleep with my humidifier and my sweet, little penguin, Puffins. There aren't any penguins in the stage show but I might sneak him in anyway! ;-) Lindsay Bliven

Hot tea and honey are how I start my mornings. Mmmm! And of course my lovely neti pot! Haha. Lindsay Bliven

It is 29 degrees out today! SO COLD. I am all bundled up and ready for my beautiful walk to the theatre. Lindsay Bliven

I get to walk through the lovely LOVE park everyday. It is all decked out for the holidays! So pretty. Lindsay Bliven

The LOVE sign. When in doubt, LOVE. Lindsay Bliven

And the gorgeous City Hall. It is HUGE and made completely out of stone. There is an ice rink on one side! I can't wait to go ice skating! Lindsay Bliven

First stop, lunch with our Director of Institutional Advancement, Becky Sassi, at Le Pain Quotidien to talk about outreach during our run. Lindsay Bliven

Me in front of the theatre. WST is the oldest theatre in America, dating back to 1809. Lindsay Bliven

The piece is directed by Wayne Bryan, current producing artistic director of Music Theatre Wichita, with choreography by Linda Goodrich.

In addition to Bliven and David Elder, the cast also features Jeffrey Coon, Rebecca Robbins, Cameron Flurry, Grace Matwijec, Jacob Wilner, Nicky Torchia, Jenny Piersol, Joey Abramowicz, Ellie Mooney, Bill Van Horn, Mary Martello, Owen Pelesh, Andrew Eckert, Tyler Foy, Deborah Jean Templin, Minami Yusui, Michael Warrell, Christopher Shin, Megan Schmidt, Kerri Rose, Aren Duffy, Nathan Esser, Cameron Scot Slusser, Erin Burgmayer, Mindy Dogherty, Andrew Leggieri, Sophia Henkel, Marco Porras, Victoria Rose, Gabrielle Schoener, Julianna Zannikos, Giuliana Burzzese, Anthony Flamminio, Skylar Raye Noyes, Megan Nutt and Sophia Zalipsky.

Press notes describe the production as follows: "Based on the classic Disney film, Mary Poppins is the story of a mysterious nanny who magically appears at the Banks household in Edwardian London to care for Jane and Michael Banks. Adventure abounds as she whisks them away to meet dancing chimney sweeps, shopkeepers and an array of colorful characters. Featuring an irresistible story and a score including the Academy Award-winning "Chim Chim Cher-ee," "A Spoonful of Sugar," "Feed the Birds," "Step in Time" and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," audiences will discover a world where "Anything Can Happen!”

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