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Black Mary Poppins
블랙메리포핀스
Official English Title
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SOURCE
original
SETTING
Foreign
BOOK
original
Four siblings and a mansion fire
Korean Premiere
2012
Korean Premiere Theatre
Art One Theater 1, Seoul
Further Korean run reference:
https://namu.wiki/w/%EB%B8%94%EB%9E%99%EB%A9%94%EB%A6%AC%ED%8F%AC%ED%95%80%EC%8A%A4
The Musical search cue — “블랙메리포핀스”
Summary
Set in 1926 Germany, this psychological mystery thriller follows four siblings who survive a fire at Dr. Gretchen’s mansion and reunite 12 years later to uncover the truth.
Origin & Development
Created by writer–composer–director Seo Yoon-mi and produced by Asia Bridge Contents, the musical premiered in May 2012 at Art One Theater 1 in Seoul. It received multiple nominations at the 18th Korea Musical Awards, including Best Original Musical, Best Director, Best Book, and Best Music, and continued to be revived regularly in Korea through 2023. 2012 premiere – Art One Theater 1, Seoul (Asia Bridge Contents). Subsequent major revivals followed in 2013, 2014, 2016–17, 2020–21, 2021, and 2023 at venues including Dongguk University HaeRang Theater, Daehakro TOM 1 Theater, and NOL Seokyung Square Scone 1 Theater. The title has become a long-running Korean original known for frequent re-stagings and rotating casts.
Partial Synopsis
Set in 1926 Germany, a mysterious fire kills a renowned psychologist and injures his governess, Mary Schmidt, who rescues his four adopted children before vanishing the next day. The children, unable to recall what happened, are separated and raised in different households. Twelve years later, they reunite after receiving the doctor’s notebook, triggering fragmented memories and conflicting truths. The musical unfolds as a psychological thriller in which memory, trauma, and love collide, with a score built around dark tonal suspense and recurring motifs.
ブラック メリー ポピンズ
2014
2014-07-05
to
2014-07-20
Country:
Japan
City:
Tokyo
Production Type:
Licensed
Language:
Japanese
Venue:
Setagaya Public Theatre
A Japanese-language adaptation by Toho that kept the core plot while localizing dialogue and lyrics, with a cast including Kei Otozuki and Ryosei Konishi. The premiere run gave 19 performances at Setagaya Public Theatre in Tokyo.
ブラック メリー ポピンズ
2016
2016-05-14
to
2016-06-17
Country:
Japan
City:
Multiple Cities
Production Type:
Licensed
Language:
Japanese
Venue:
Multiple Venues
The first revival and first national tour of the Japanese production, with Shoko Nakagawa joining the cast as Anna.
It played Setagaya Public Theatre in Tokyo (May 14–29, 2016), Hyogo Performing Arts Center Hankyu Medium Hall (June 3–5), Fukuoka Civic Hall (June 9), and Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Main Hall (June 17).
水曜日：Black Mary Poppins
2018–2019
2018-12-31
to
2019-01-06
Country:
China
City:
Shanghai
Production Type:
Licensed
Language:
Chinese
Venue:
Great Theatre of China
The Chinese version emphasized suspense and visual spectacle, with a reorchestrated score adding strings and sound-design elements. After the Shanghai premiere it toured to Beijing, Nanchang, and other cities; a 2022 revival at Jiangxi Arts Center introduced a new cast and was promoted as a psychological mystery musical based on the Korean original.
水曜日：Black Mary Poppins
2019
2019-01-11
to
2019-01-20
Country:
China
City:
Beijing
Production Type:
Licensed
Language:
Chinese
Venue:
Beijing Comedy Theatre
Following the Shanghai premiere, the Chinese-language production moved to Beijing Comedy Theatre. The Shanghai run had closed on January 6, 2019, after 10 performances at the 900-seat Great Theatre of China with average occupancy of about 90 percent.
水曜日：Black Mary Poppins
2020
2020-11-13
to
2020-11-14
Country:
China
City:
Hangzhou
Production Type:
Licensed
Language:
Chinese
Venue:
Zhejiang People's Great Hall
The third Chinese tour of the production, presented by Big Ship Culture and Zhongyu Culture.
水曜日：Black Mary Poppins
2022
2022-07-22
to
2022-07-23
Country:
China
City:
Nanchang
Production Type:
Licensed
Language:
Chinese
Venue:
Jiangxi Arts Center
A two-performance stop in Nanchang. The staging uses a dark-toned design in which scene changes are made by rotating a sofa at center stage under circular lighting. Compared with the Korean and Japanese versions, the orchestration adds violin and viola, along with a waterphone to heighten the suspense.
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