thoroughly modern millie
One of my favorite shows! This is a really awesome pick for high school shows because it showcases a wide range of actors, singers and dancers. Typically, there is some tapping in the show, but some productions choose to cut it out. There is a good amount of dancing, but most of it is ensemble stuff. Dorothy and Millie both dance a good deal though and a couple of the guy characters have a little bit of feautured dancing. For the audition, if you're going for Millie, make sure you make her your own. So many people try out for this role and after a while, the director's going to get tired of watching the same thing. Put your own personality into it, because that is the only thing you have that no one else can imitate. Good luck!
NOTE: There is a movie with Julie Andrews, but some changes were made for the musical. Still, it's worth a watch.
Female Audition Songs
MILLIE:
It's a Perfect Relationship, Bells are Ringing
Astonishing, Little Women
Brass Band, Sweet Charity
DOROTHY:
De-lovely, Anything Goes
We Kiss in a Shadow, The King and I
On the Steps of the Palace, Into the Woods
My White Knight, Music Man
NOTE: There is a movie with Julie Andrews, but some changes were made for the musical. Still, it's worth a watch.
Female Audition Songs
MILLIE:
It's a Perfect Relationship, Bells are Ringing
Astonishing, Little Women
Brass Band, Sweet Charity
DOROTHY:
De-lovely, Anything Goes
We Kiss in a Shadow, The King and I
On the Steps of the Palace, Into the Woods
My White Knight, Music Man
summary
Set in 1922, the story revolves around the adventures of
Millie Dillmount, who escapes to New York City from Salina, Kansas, determined
to become a “modern” and marry her wealthy boss - whoever he may be. Shedding
her country girl image for the modern look of a "flapper", she takes
a room at the Priscilla Hotel for Women and gets a job as a stenographer at the
Sincere Trust Insurance Company. In a short time, she finds herself involved
with a spectrum of colorful characters, such as Jimmy Smith, a ne'er-do-well
paper clip salesman, Miss Dorothy Brown, a genteel aspiring actress who never
seems to have spare change, Trevor Graydon, Millie’s no- nonsense boss, and
Muzzy van Hossmere, a madcap heiress with a zest for the high life. It is soon
revealed that the Priscilla Hotel is a front for a white slavery ring, headed
by Mrs. Meers, the property's proprietor, and her two bumbling Asian henchmen.
Her ideal target is an attractive orphaned girl with no family; in other words
a girl who won’t be missed. “Sad to be awe arone in da whirld,” as Mrs.Meers
would say. Millie, who gets mail from home on a regular basis, is hardly a
likely candidate, but Miss Dorothy (as she insists she be called), who hasn't a
soul in the world, is perfect. When Millie puts two-and-two together and
realizes what is happening, she devises a Hare-brained scheme to save her
friend from the clutches of the white slavers before Miss Dorothy is shipped to
the Far East. Before long, Jimmy's in drag, Trevor is drugged, and fireworks
are exploding everywhere in Chinatown, with all the chaos eventually leading to
a happy ending.
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