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 Thoroughly Modern Millie
delectable. This line is sung in 2 different ways, once in the opening, and slower in the reprise.
Saks Fifth Avenue. After she says Saks, she includes Bergdorf Goodman.
Ching Ho & Bun Foo. They sing the same song as Millie's opening, only in Chinese.
Graydon. Dillmount is Millie's last name, but she set out to marry her boss.
Juliet. She does talk about Peter Pan, but Juliet was the character that she said, "And if the house were big enough, I still could play her yet."
8. She considered the eighth wonder of the world to be New York.
sigh. Millie is acting schizophrenic in this song hopping back between "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Jimmy."
Miss Dorothy. Miss Dorothy and Mr. Graydon sing a romantic song right about Millie's head without her noticing.
6. "Thoroughly Modern Millie" brought home awards for Best Actress, Best Featured Actress, Best Musical, Best Choreography, Best Orchestrations and Best Costume Design.
Sutton Foster. Sutton Foster also appeared on Broadway in the role of Eponine in "Les Miserables". She won her first Tony for Millie in "Thoroughly Modern Millie".
Kansas. Millie moved from small town Salina, Kansas to New York because she didn't want to settle for a small town life.
Sincere Trust Insurance Company. Millie ends up getting a job at Sincere Trust, in the hope of snagging the rich boss, Trevor Graydon, as a husband.
Muzzy. Sheryl Lee Ralph plays the character Muzzy Van Hossmere in the Original Broadway Cast.
Millie and Miss Dorothy. Rich Miss Dorothy and poor Millie find opposites attract in this song.
Jimmy Smith. Millie sings this number when she spies Jimmy coming out of Miss Dorothy's room late at night.
Ching Ho. Miss Dorothy falls in love with Ching Ho after he rescued her from Mrs. Meers.
Bun Foo and Ching Ho. Bun Foo and Ching Ho are brothers from Hong Kong.
Manhattan's Most Eligible Bachelors. Although the headline of the newspaper reads "White Slavery," the girls are only interested in the small section titled, "Manhattan's Most Eligible Bachelors."
Washing Dishes. Millie and Jimmy were going to share a romantic dinner but they both came up short while paying the bill.
Sutton Foster. Sutton Foster was born on March 18, and has one brother, Hunter Foster. She grew up in Troy, Michigan. She won the Tony award for best actress in 2001. Her brother, Hunter, is also a star on Broadway.
7395016. When Millie and Jimmy are on line to get their mug shots taken, Jimmy says, "Can I ask you a personal question number 7395016?" Millie then tells him her name and they become good friends.
The Marriot Marquis. The Marriot Marquis theater is in a hotel.
Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi Goldberg was the one to cast Sheryl Lee Ralph, the first Muzzy.
Cy. After Ethel's uncle dies, she is an orphan and Mrs. Meers kidnaps her.
Her plan to marry her boss. Millie thinks that "Marriage is a business arrangement. Love comes later. Occasionally to the man you're actually married to."
Sutton Foster. In addition, Sutton won the Tony that year for her amazing performance!
She trips him. As would be expected, he is less than pleased.
Ethel. Mrs. Meers runs a white slavery ring of orphaned girls.
29. We find this out in the first reprise of "Not For the Life of Me": "Granny dear, mother mine. Old and grey at 29!"
7 days. "A lot can happen in 7 days! Just read the Bible!"
No. He actually is able to pick the lock of his cell, but by this time he's fallen for Millie and doesn't want to leave her. One wonders why he doesn't just pick the lock of her cell...
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