This is, until 2004. In December of that year, a stage musical adaptation was produced based on both the 1964 film and the P.L. Travers novels. After previewing in Bristol, England and running briefly at the Prince Edward Theatre in London, Mary Poppins The Musical got nominated for nine 2005 Oliver Awards. Less than two years later, the show was on Broadway, and Mary Poppins, the world's greatest part time nanny, was back once again.