Mary Poppins
On 14 September 2015, Disney announced a new "Mary Poppins" film was to be made, with a new plot and new songs, although in P. L. Travers' final will, another movie version was not to be made according to her wishes. The film is directed by Rob Marshall and written by David Magee. Songs are composed by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who both received support from Richard Sherman, who, along with his late brother-collaborator Robert Sherman wrote the iconic song score of the original "Mary Poppins" film. The film is not a reboot or remake of the original 1964 film; in this film Mary Poppins revisits the now-adult Banks children from the first film and takes charge of the three children of Michael Banks. It is loosely based on the other seven "Mary Poppins" books by Travers, and expands beyond them. Emily Blunt stars as Mary Poppins, alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda in the role of Jack, a similar character to Dick Van Dyke's "Bert" from the first film. It was announced on 31 May 2016 that the film would be titled "Mary Poppins Returns" and would take place in Depression-era London, 25 years after the events of the original film. Emily Mortimer and Ben Whishaw play grown-up Jane and Michael Banks. The release date was 21 December 2018 in the US and the UK.
A Saint She Ain't
The music for "A Saint She Ain't" was composed by Denis King, arranged by both King and Chris Walker, lyricized by Dick Vosburgh, and performed by King and Walker on two pianos for the original production. Denis King is a musical composer mostly known for his score of The 1977 Royal Shakespeare Theatre's production of "Privates on Parade", which won the Ivor Novello award for Best Musical. King's score of "A Saint She Ain't" has been criticized by Markland Taylor as, "a matter of hurtling from the sublime to the ridiculous," and compared to his music for Peter Nichols' wonderful "Privates on Parade." Despite criticism of the music of "A Saint She Ain't", Denis King described the experience as, "Possibly the most fun I've ever had writing a musical." 
The music was written for only two pianos, and it is a pastiche of style ranging from jazzy swing to movie musical. From the Evening Standard, Nicholas de Jongh said, "In borrowing from Moliere, "A Saint She Ain't" becomes a triumph of tongue and cheek." The lyrics are full of puns and malapropisms, such as "Time, like Alan Ladd, is short" and "hum a ditty" for humidity, which lend to the endearing but silly qualities and also negative critiques of this Hollywood spoof. One of the songs, "The Banana For My Pie," is considered the show's most memorable song for its "non-stop, sexual doublespeak designed to outrage the Hays Office (Motion Picture Production Code)." The actual vocal aspect of the musical has widely been considered a bit disappointing overall because the actors and actresses were primarily chosen for their comedic talent as opposed to their vocal ability.