He’s still got it. Dick Van Dyke channeled his iconic chimney sweep dance from the 1964 film “Mary Poppins” days before his 98th birthday. In a video shared on Christina Karlin’s Instagram Stories ...

The chimney sweep dance in Mary Poppins, led by Dick van Dyk’s affable jack-of-all-trades Burt, harks back to ‘blackface’ tropes, an academic has claimed. In an article in the New York Times, Daniel ...

Never need a reason, never need a rhyme: Mary Poppins is out of step with the times. That's according to an Oregon professor who wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times that asserts the 1964 film ...

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During this holiday season, I’ve been thinking a great deal about the wisdom of childhood heroes. One of mine was Dick Van Dyke ‒ whose joyful energy, physical comedy, and musical charm in films like ...

A hundred years old, lucid and still standing firm on his legs, which, he says, "are my most precious asset": Dick Van Dyke, the unforgettable chimney sweep from Mary Poppins, has reached the halfway ...

Gabe Gallegos was in middle school when he saw the musical “Mary Poppins” on Broadway in New York City. Christian Borle played the chimney sweep Bert, and during the number “Step in Time,” he tap ...