What is Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical)?
{{italic title}} '''''Thoroughly Modern Millie''''' is a 2002 [[musical theater|musical]], with [[lyrics]] by [[Dick Scanlan]] and [[music]] by [[Jeanine Tesori]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Thoroughly Modern Millie|publisher=The Guide to Musical Theatre|url=http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_t/thoroughlymillie.htm|access-date=Nov 24, 2015}}</ref> It is based on [[Thoroughly Modern Millie|the 1967 movie of the same name]]. It is about a girl from [[Kansas]], Millie Dillmount, who comes to [[New York City]] in the 1920s to marry for [[money]] rather than love.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/8183/Thoroughly-Modern-Millie |title=Thoroughly Modern Millie |publisher=Playbill Vault |access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> Millie begins to soon take delight in the [[flapper]] [[lifestyle]]. However, problems arise when she checks into a [[hotel]] owned by a the [[leader]] of a [[Prostitution|white slavery]] ring in [[China]]. Thoroughly Modern Millie is a [[pastiche]] musical, imitating the [[Genre|style]] of the original [[movie]].<ref>Thomas S. Hischak, ''The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television'' (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), p. 571</ref> It won a 2002 [[Tony Award]] for best musical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=2002#|title=2002 Tony Award Winners|publisher=Broadway World|access-date=24 November 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125341/http://www2.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=2002|url-status=dead}}</ref> It played in [[London]] and [[New York City]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:West End musicals]] [[Category:Broadway musicals]] [[Category:Tony Award winning musicals]] {{performing-arts-stub}}