Roswell Dance Theatre Presents Mary Poppins!

ASUPER adventure to experience in the theater! Fun for the Whole Family — Roswell Dance Theatre presents Mary Poppins!

Join Roswell Dance Theatre’s PreProfessional Company and students from the Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance for a delightful tale of manners and magic.

At the center of our story are Jane and Michael Banks and their new nanny Mary Poppins. Swept up on many exciting adventures, the children fall in love with Mary Poppins and her unusual ways. They soon discover life can be fun no matter what your task, especially when you use a little magic!

Jane and Michael begin to marvel at Mary Poppins and her practically perfect ways. They learn that anything can happen and a Spoonful of Sugar is just what is needed to carry on in the most delightful way. Lucky enough to meet Mary’s friend Bert, the children visit a park and enjoy the birds, lively statues and more. Their journey continues as they spend time on the rooftops of London with Bert’s brilliant band of chimney sweeps. Things continue on in a super fashion and the family finds love and joy in the simplest of activities, flying kites on a windy day. Where will the turn of the wind lead Mary to next?

The entire family will enjoy all the fun Mary Poppins brings to the Banks family and to the stage in this thrilling production.

Roswell Dance Theatre, now celebrating its 38th season, will perform four shows at the gorgeous Byers Theatre in Sandy Springs March 30 - April 1. Saturday performances include a Character Meet & Greet one hour before show time. Arrive early and see if there is a little magic waiting for you. Don’t miss your chance for a supercalifragilistic time!

Tickets available at www.SpringBalletConcert.com.

City Springs Theatre Company Presents

Monty Python’s Spamalot March 10-26

at the Byers Theatre in the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center

In 2019, City Springs Theatre Company was thrilled to add Monty Python’s Spamalot on their second season schedule, and bring audiences in North Atlanta this madcap take on the Arthurian legend, and the quest for the Holy Grail. One pandemic later, the company is finally bringing the long-awaited show to the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, March 10-26. Better late than never, right?

When the musical opened on Broadway in 2005, the musical’s creators and producers made it a priority to create a show that would entertain audiences well-beyond the “cult status” of the famed British comedy troupe. In a 2005 interview, Python’s Eric Idle (the show’s author and lyricist) said, “We can almost take it for granted that people who love Python will come. So how do you please people who don’t know anything about it?” The answer was to not only “musical-ize” the film upon which the show is based (1975’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail), but to add a heavy dose of parody, skewering some of Broadway’s biggest shows and songs in the process.

Lauded for being “resplendently silly” by the New York Times, and as “a big, crowdpleasing Broadway musical comedy” by Newsday, Monty Python’s Spamalot follows King Arthur (and his trusty servant Patsy) as they encounter flying cows, killer rabbits, outrageous French people, beautiful show girls, and even the iconic (and annoying) “Knights Who Say Ni,” during their quest for the Holy Grail. Spamalot won the Best Musical award at the 2005 Tony Awards, before becoming an International sensation, and even playing in Las Vegas. Creator Idle said in 2005, “You know, funny is funny… that’s what we’re selling”. With Spamalot, City Springs Theatre Company continues to sell its well-earned reputation for producing “Broadway-quality” musicals — shows that often are mistaken for national touring productions. While the cast and creative team are all-local, the show will feature the Tony-nominated costumes and scenic design of the original Broadway production. But with Monty Python’s Spamalot, it’s all about the funny, of which there will be plenty to go around when it starts, March 10, at the Byers Theatre in Sandy Springs. Get tickets at CitySpringsTheatre.com.