The Community Playhouse of Northport opens its fall main stage production, Disney's Mary Poppins, on Thursday, November 19, for a run of six performances over one weekend. The cast is made up of local adults and children, and the show is accompanied by a live orchestra. This season the company is performing in the auditorium at Northport Middle School, which it lists as a temporary performance space; its main stage productions are usually staged at the Brosnan Theater on Laurel Avenue.

The schedule

  • Thursday, November 19, at 7 p.m.
  • Friday, November 20, at 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, November 21, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
  • Sunday, November 22, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.

The two 1 p.m. matinees are the afternoon options for families with younger children.

The show

The musical follows the Banks family at their house in London. Jane and Michael Banks have run through their nannies, and their father wants someone strict for the job. The nanny who turns up is Mary Poppins, who takes the children on a string of adventures and changes the way the parents see their family as well. The stage version draws on the P.L. Travers books and the 1964 Disney film, with songs including Chim Chim Cher-ee, A Spoonful of Sugar and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

The playhouse is billing it as a show for the whole family. It is also a family production behind the curtain: the company asks every cast and crew member 16 and older to volunteer one shift helping run the theater, and parents of young performers to do the same, either during rehearsals or during the run.

Tickets and groups

Tickets are sold through the Community Playhouse of Northport's website. Groups buying 12 or more seats for a single performance get 10 percent off automatically. The company also offers discounts for organizations and first responders through its front-of-house team, and wheelchair seating is available.

Next up for the playhouse

Registration is already open for the company's 2027 Summer Stage, a musical theater program for students in grades 2 through 12 that runs July 6 to July 30 and ends with a full production of Newsies Jr. on July 29 and 30. Refunds are available before April 1, less a $25 processing fee.

How to go

Performances are in the Northport Middle School auditorium, 11 Middleville Road, Northport. Tickets and the full schedule are on the playhouse's tickets page.

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