Back in June, Zach Timson was our featured Whiz Kid of the week after being selected to appear in the Cobb County Center’s for Excellence in the Performing Arts’ spring performances of “Ragtime.” Timson told South Cobb Patch then that he wanted to be a Broadway actor, and now his dreams are coming true.

The 11-year-old leaves Thursday to rehearse for a month for his new role as in Disney’s national Broadway tour of “Mary Poppins.” Zach will play Michael Banks, the young boy of the Banks family.

Zach told South Cobb Patch he had the chance to meet the director of the tour and the president of the Disney Theatrical Group, Thomas Schumacher, who saw him perform in the Junior Theatre Festival held at the Cobb Galleria in January.

In a recent feature by the Marietta Daily Journal, Zach tells why performing in "Ragtime" was his favorite performance to date, “It was my first taste of professional acting. It was just a great experience, and I got to perform at the historic Strand Theatre.”

To read more about this young Broadway star, check out the full story in the MDJ.