The author of ten books featuring the character Mary Poppins, P. L. Travers still prefers to use initials instead of her chosen name of Pamela Lyndon. Born Helen Lyndon Goff, she adopted this nom de plume to bring herself as close as possible to her...

Travers was among those authors who created magical stories for children. Her works include the beloved Mary Poppins series. Her literary influences, attitudes about children engaged in reading and other aspects of her life are discussed. There was a golden age of a...

Travers, P.L. Mary Poppins, She Wrote: The Life of P. L. Travers. Valerie Lawson. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. 401 pp. $25.00. "Valerie Lawson has devoted years of scholarly study to Mary Poppins and her creator, and die-hard Poppins fans will...

Competition is fierce on Broadway this year among Tony Award seekers for best musical as Mary Poppins goes head-to-head with Jackie O.'s relatives and a rock musical takes on a whodunit for nominations Tuesday.Last season, Tony nominators ignored Disney's stage version of "Tarzan" in the...

Suspense will be the most likely casualty at Sunday's 2007 Tony Awards when Broadway celebrates the best of the theater season."The Coast of Utopia," Tom Stoppard's mammoth, three-part examination of intellectual life in 19th-century Europe, will take the crown for best play. "Spring Awakening," a...