If you’ve seen Mary Poppins on stage before, you know that it calls for a plethora of special stage effects. So it should be interesting how out director Gary Griffin reconceives the show for the Marriott Theatre’s distinctive in-the-round space. The timing of this regional theater premiere is also fortuitous, since there’s a forthcoming movie called Saving Mr. Banks which is all about Walt Disney trying to convince author P.L. Travers to give him the film rights to her Mary Poppins books. Mary Poppins continues through Sunday, Jan. 5, at the Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Dr., Lincolnshire. Performances are at 1 and 8 p.m. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays (no show Nov. 28), 4:30 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 1 and 5 p.m. Sundays. A special holiday schedule is in place Thursday, Dec. 26-Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Tickets are $40-$48, excluding tax and handling fees. (Dinner packages are also available.) Call 847-634-0200 or visit www.marriottthteatre.com. Photo courtesy of Marriott Theatre