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‘Mary Poppins,’ via ‘Fiddler’ and ‘My Fair Lady’

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From Associated Press

London has found its “Mary Poppins,” but first she’ll appear on Broadway in the upcoming revival of “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Laura Michelle Kelly will star as everyone’s favorite umbrella-carrying nanny when a stage version of the P.L. Travers book and the Disney-Julie Andrews movie opens Dec. 15 at the Prince Edward Theatre in London. Rehearsals begin in July.

Before playing “Poppins,” the 22-year-old Kelly will portray Hodel, the second of Tevye’s three daughters, in a production of “Fiddler” opening Feb. 26 in New York.

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Kelly is a veteran of the London stage, having played Eliza Doolittle in a recent revival of “My Fair Lady” -- a role made famous by ... Julie Andrews.

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