The man who took on what could have been a poisoned chalice is Hollywood showbiz orchestration kingpin Marc Shaiman (Google him – he really is!) alongside lyrical protégé Scott Wittman. Their work is ...

The cast of “Mary Poppins Returns” defended the movie’s songs that were dubbed by some critics as “forgettable.” Lin-Manuel Miranda told the BBC that the ...

Back in 2014, composer-songwriter Marc Shaiman came across a vinyl copy of the “Mary Poppins” soundtrack album and created a Facebook video of himself dropping the needle onto the record, then sitting ...

The Sherman brothers were struggling Hollywood songwriters when Walt Disney assigned them to his adaptation of “Mary Poppins.

“It wasn't a script that began the development of Mary Poppins. It was music.” Mary Poppins has provided the soundtrack to so many childhoods for more than five ...

"I couldn't believe, one tune after another," he said. "I wept" Dick Van Dyke had an emotional reaction upon hearing the music of Mary Poppins for the first time. The actor, now 98, sat down for an ...

Richard M. Sherman, two-time Oscar winner who collaborated with brother Robert B. Sherman on the songs for “Mary Poppins,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and the enduring Disneyland tune “It’s a Small ...

It takes chutzpah to try and match a set that includes such childhood standards as “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”, “Chim Chim Cher-ee” and “A Spoonful ...