Top of the Poppins
FOLLOWING ONE OF the best-loved musicals ever is tough. Making it look easy and breezy is even tougher. Crafting the tunes of Mary Poppins Returns involved a lot of pressure and a heap of rejected songs for director Rob Marshall. He talks us through the film’s songs, track by track.
LOVELY LONDON SKY
In the movie’s opener, lamplighter Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda) walks us through 1930s London.
“We had five or six different songs for that slot because it’s such an important moment, after 54 years, to reintroduce us to that world. We found a gentle way in was the key, because there’s so much to come. It was
