Poppins' Theatre Under Stars production flatters play

Mary Poppins
Until Aug. 26 | Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park
Tickets and info: $40-$49 at tuts.ca 
A confession: I’ve never liked Mary Poppins. That may be heresy, but there you are. Even theatre critics have their prejudices.
Although Mary herself is a pretty cool character, I find much of the music cloying and the upper-class twits annoying. Mary’s flying umbrella, like other aerial theatrical effects — the chandelier in Phantom, Miss Saigon’s helicopter — leaves m