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Step in time! Get in line! Broadway in Chicago and theater producer Cameron Mackintosh bring the fabulous Mary Poppins to the Cadillac Theater in Chicago.

This musical adaptation of the beloved Disney film (iTunes) and books by P.L Travers (Amazon) features over the top musical numbers and acrobatic dance sequences that will make Lionel Richie bite his fingernails in jealousy.

British actor Gavin Lee, who originated the role of Bert in London outshines Dick Van Dykes film portrayal from the 1964 film. He brings so much charm and magic to the role of narrator and quasi-romantic interest to Mary Poppins that you totally forget about Dick Van Dyke mugging for the camera with a bad cockney accent.

Mary was played by Ashley Brown who also played Belle in Beauty and the Beast. It’s hard to compete with a legend like Julie Andrews but Ashley Brown playfully embraces the quirky character with the right amount of propriety and willful arrogance.

Listen as we reflect on the joyful musical and it’s deliciously dark overtones, including some wonderfully bratty children and evil sinister nanny who get their comeuppance. With tickets starting at $25, you’ll have a supercalifragilisticexpealidoicously good time.

Michael’s on his way to Amsterdam, where he and his pals are renting a houseboat for the week. Join him for a listener meet up on April 18th at the Soho Cafe at 4pm.

Listen as Michael joins us to speak with Debra Taylor, the high school teacher from Granfield, Oklahoma who was forced to resign after her class on ethics was shut down by the superintendent of schools when he learned about a class project based on the Larramie Project.

The Laramie project is a play that deals with the public reaction to the real-life brutal murder of college student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. Debra Taylor used the play to discuss hate crimes and tolerance in the class. The superintendent shut down the class after Debra held a mock funeral so the students could mourn the termination of the project.

Debra was later forced to resign and the school turned the class into a silent reading hour. She joins us on the phone from Oklahoma.

Martha Stewart’s dogs are taking a bite out of the internet with their own blog and twitter feed.

Sham Wow Guy Vince and a thousand dollar hooker from Florida were arrested for fighting to see how much blood a shamwow could soak up.

An article on Marketing to Marketers says that if you see any brand name in a viral video or blog meme that there is marketing agency behind its popularity. I know it can be like finding out there is no Santa Claus but even if you are sold a story, a good story is always a good stoery.

And turning the tables on a phone call from a sexy stalker from Portland, Oregon. Is he Polish, Persain or Prussian?

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