As Dick Van Dyke turns 100, Variety looks back at how 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was almost canceled and how 'Mary Poppins' was ...

The Sherman Brothers, Walt Disney, and the Creation of a Classic Film, is the extraordinary true story behind the creation of ...

The classic “Mary Poppins” film that became iconic for Disney lovers, almost didn’t happen. The new book, “Making Mary ...

Dick Van Dyke is celebrating his 100th birthday on December 13. Born in West Plains, Missouri, Van Dyke began his career in local radio before making his mark on Broadway. His first job was as a radio ...

She hated me, she hated Julie Andrews,” was Dick Van Dyke’s blunt assessment of PL Travers in the wake of Walt Disney’s ...

For 60 years, generations of families have had spoonfuls of sugar, dancing penguins and supercalifragilisticexpialidocious delightfully woven into their lives, thanks ...

Dick Van Dyke at 100: The Mary Poppins star’s everlasting appeal — and the iconic role he had to turn down - IN FOCUS: As he ...

Full disclosure: On some occasions in my career, including presently, I have done work for television programs owned by the Disney Co. Equally full disclosure, and some of you will shake your ...

It's been 60 years since the Disney classic "Mary Poppins" first floated into our lives. For a while, making the film seemed like an impossibility for Walt Disney. He pursued the film rights from the ...

The future of theater and theater education looks bright and bountiful as Taylor Petty guides Making Light student creators toward a magical production of "Mary Poppins Jr.," which runs through Jan.