Thoroughly Modern Millie Thoroughly Modern Millie takes place in the year 1922 in New York. At this point in history all the women wanted equal rites and wanted to have fun. The main characters in this film are Millie Dillmount, Miss Dorothy Brown, Trevor Graydon, Jimmy Smith, and Muzzy. Millie Dillmount is a totally modern woman. She’s come to the cite from the country in search of a husband. She strives to become a successful business woman and to marry well and be rich. She has every intention
Thoroughly Modern Millie is an upbeat musical about a girl with big hopes and dreams in 1920s New York City. The show involves large ensemble dance numbers and fantastic vocal performances. It received rave reviews from the first preview and songs from the show can still be heard at auditions around the world. Thoroughly Modern Millie is truly a show that all ages can enjoy and love. Originally, Thoroughly Modern Millie was a 1967 movie-musical starring Julie Andrews as the title role. Both the
to have a closer look on Joss's actions and statements in the novel and sum up hints for being " typcally feminine" or " typically masculine". In this process I would also like to dedicate myself to the question, why Kay has chosen to put Joss and Millie into a hetero normative discourse, even though their love and lifestyle is everything else but ordinary and the norm. A particularly important contributory factor here is how people recognize others and most importantly themselves. First of all
Flappers When one thinks of flappers, the first thing that comes to mind is the image of a woman dressed much like Julie Andrews in Thoroughly Modern Millie, bobbed hair, fringed low-waisted dress, flat-chested and highly made up face. This, though a stereotype is close to the truth. In the 20’s after the first world war women’s roles in society began to change, primarily because they started becoming more independent – both in their dress and action. They started to defy what was considered
‘‘The Will Rogers Follies’’. Sutton studied at Carnegie Mellon University for a year. She then resumed her career with “Grease”, where she later join the cast as replacement. In 2000 Foster had a major breakthrough when she starred in “Thoroughly Modern Millie”. She was an immaculate musical comedian and amazing flair for ingenue characters. She has won two Tony’s for her role play. She is a very unique and interesting dancer with a lot of potential. She has starred in many
Recognizing my love of music, the choir director encouraged me to audition for the school musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie. The thought of returning to the stage was both exciting and terrifying. I summoned the courage to audition only after realizing that I could request an ensemble role. This allowed me the opportunity to perform without being directly in
the great American musical may no longer be sustained, there is a significant amount of change that has occurred in Broadway Musical Theatre since the golden age. This is evident in shows such as, The Full Monty, The Producers, Urinetown, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Hairspray that all broke the social constructs of what a musical should and could be. Many of them contain traditional Broadway musical elements but have been adapted from movies, taking on an original spoof, turning void hopes into filled
Musical Theatre, specifically, involves a concentration and strength in dance, acting, and singing. This is the base that Musical Theatre is built upon. For my Senior Project, I helped choreograph multiple scenes in a community musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie”. Choreography is a way of expressing oneself, but it has not always been thought of for that purpose. Agnes de Mille’s expressive talent has drastically affected how people see choreography today. Agnes de Mille’s influence in the world