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Heather Could Buy Mary Poppins With Paul McCartney's Money Heather Mills is in talks to play Mary Poppins in the hit musical. It has been reported Heather, the estranged wife of Sir Paul McCartney, has met with theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh to discuss joining the show later this year. Heather, who is set to appear on US TV show 'Dancing with the Stars' , will need to perfect her singing and dancing skills for the role. A source told Britain's Daily Star newspaper: "Heather is very, very ambitious. She has no shortage of self-belief and thinks she can tackle the part, even though she has never really had any singing experience. Cameron obviously believes Heather has what it takes."Heather - who has to wear a prosthetic limb since losing her left leg below the knee following a road accident in 1993 - has always insisted her disability isn't a barrier to getting what she wants. If Heather does win the role - made famous by Julie Andrews, 71, in the m...

Mary Poppins The world's most unflappable British nanny was stopped in her tracks Wednesday night on Broadway and in London.The evening performance of "Mary Poppins" at New York's New Amsterdam Theatre was canceled shortly into the second act after the mammoth Banks family house, a large imposing structure, went off track, Tom Schumacher, producer and president of Disney Theatricals, said. Schumacher came on stage to talk to the New York audience as stagehands tried to fix the set. He likened the mishap to a California house coming off its foundation as the audience giggled. "You New Yorkers love to laugh at California," he said. After a wait of approximately 30 minutes, Schumacher reappeared to say the performance had to be canceled. Coincidentally, five hours earlier, the evening performance of "Mary Poppins" at London's Prince Edward Theatre was also canceled because of a technical malfunction, Schumacher said.