Mary Poppins (musical) community theatres to produce due to the popularity of the film and books. In 1993, theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh met P.L. Travers and acquired the rights to develop a stage play adaptation of her "Mary Poppins" books. She only agreed to a stage production as long as the creators were all English, and no one who had worked on the film. She died in 1996. In 2001, Mackintosh and the head of Disney Theatrical Thomas Schumacher opened talks on a possible collaboration, so that the stage play would be able to use the songs from the Disney film. With both
Mary Poppins Returns (soundtrack) by Emily Blunt) and "Trip a Little Light Fantastic" (sung by Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast) were released along with the soundtrack available for digital pre-order. The score by composer-songwriter Marc Shaiman includes musical references to songs and score from the first film written by the Sherman Brothers. Richard M. Sherman served as music consultant. These songs include "A Spoonful of Sugar", "The Perfect Nanny", "Feed The Birds" and "Let's Go Fly a Kite". Shaiman and co-lyricist Scott Wittman began working on the songs in 2016. They wrote nine original songs for the film. Mary Poppins Returns (soundtrack) Mary Poppins