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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Near West Theatre presents:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:72.0pt;font-family:"Engravers MT",serif;color:#0070C0">MARY POPPINS</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">May 5 – 21, <span style="color:black">
201</span>7<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#7030A0">Original Music and Lyrics by
</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#7030A0">Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman<b>. Book by
</b>Julian Fellowes.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#7030A0">New Songs & Additional Music & Lyrics by
</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#7030A0">George Stiles & Anthony Drewe.<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#7030A0">Co-Created by
</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#7030A0">Cameron Mackintosh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white">Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">At last! This imaginative convergence of the classic film musical and the sophisticated children's books by P. L. Travers comes to the Near West stage!
 A new script by Julian Fellows (Downton Abbey, Gosford Park) weaves together tales of a strict and magical nanny who comes in the nick of time to an estranged family in 1910 London, England. So let's sip a Spoonful of Sugar, Fly a Kite and Step in Time through
 a series of unforgettable events that forever change how the Banks family, and we too, prioritize our lives. Will Mary fly on Near West's new stage? Chim Chim Cher-ee... come and see!
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<b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#AC007F">Performances:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">May 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20 & 21 , 2017<br>
<span style="color:black">(Thurs., Fri. and Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m.)</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Tickets can be purchased at
</span></b><a href="http://www.nearwesttheatre.org"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">www.nearwesttheatre.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">,<br>
or by calling our Box Office at 216-961-6391 from 11am-4pm Monday-Friday<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Accessibility notes:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Near West Theatre's new home is wheelchair accessible!
 Dedicated spaces will be available to view the performance from a wheelchair.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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