Thoroughly Modern Millie (Musical)
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| Original title: | Thoroughly Modern Millie |
| Original language: | English |
| Music: | Jeanine Tesori |
| Book: | Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan |
| Lyrics: | Dick Scanlan |
| Premiere: | April 18, 2002 |
| Place of premiere: | Marquis Theater, Broadway , New York City |
| Place and time of the action: | New York City 1922 |
| Roles / people | |
& Ensemble |
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Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical based on the film of the same name Thoroughly Modern Millie (German: Modern Millie - Reicher Mann wanted ) from 1967. It tells the story of young Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City from a small town to find a rich man who would like to marry her. It combines new pieces of music with existing tracks.
Music track
1st act
- Overture - orchestra
- Not for the Life of Me - Millie
- Thoroughly Modern Millie - Millie and Ensemble (Music: Jimmy Van Heusen, Text: Sammy Cahn, 1967)
- Not for the Life of Me - Millie and the Hotel Girls
- How the Other Half Lives - Millie and Miss Dorothy
- How the Other Half Lives (Reprise) - Millie and Miss Dorothy
- Not for the Life of Me (Reprise) - Bun Foo and Ching Ho
- The Speed Test - Trevor Graydon, Millie, stenographers, office workers (Music: "My Eyes Are Fully Open" by "Gilbert and Sullivan")
- They Don't Know - Mrs. Meers
- The Nuttycracker Suite - (based on "The Nutcracker" by "Peter Tschaikowski")
- What Do I Need with Love? - Jimmy
- Only in New York - Muzzy
- Jimmy - Millie (Music: Jay Thompson and Jeanine Tesori, Text: Jay Thompson (1967) and Dick Scanlan)
2nd act
- Entr'acte - orchestra
- Forget About the Boy - Millie, Miss Flannery, female clerks, stenographers
- Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life / Falling in Love with Someone - Trevor Graydon and Miss Dorothy (Music: Victor Herbert, Text: Rida Johnson Young, from "Naughty Marietta")
- I Turned the Corner / Falling in Love with Someone (Reprise) - Millie, Jimmy, Miss Dorothy, Trevor Graydon
- Muqin - Mrs. Meers, Bun Foo, Ching Ho (based on "My Mammy", music: Walter Donaldson, text: Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Walter Donaldson)
- Long as I'm Here with You - Muzzy and Muzzy's Boys
- Gimme Gimme - Millie
- The Speed Test (Reprise) - Millie, Trevor Graydon, Jimmy
- Ah! Sweet Mystery (Reprise) - Miss Dorothy and Ching Ho
- Thoroughly Modern Millie (Reprise) - Ensemble
Performances
- April 18, 2002 - June 20, 2004: Marquis Theater, Broadway, New York City
- October 21, 2003 - June 26, 2004: Shaftesbury Theater, London (previews from October 11, 2003)
- October 26, 2018 - December 18, 2018: Theater Hof (German-language premiere)
Sound carrier
- Thoroughly Modern Millie - Original Broadway Cast Recording (RCA Victor 2002)
Web links
- Thoroughly Modern Millie on the Internet Broadway Database
- Thoroughly Modern Millie in the Guide to Musical Theater
- Thoroughly Modern Millie on Musical Heaven
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hellish Modern Millie | Theater yard. Retrieved July 20, 2018 .