A week later, Millie is confronted by the hotel proprietress, the mysterious and sinister Mrs. Meers, a former actress who now works for a white slavery ring in Hong Kong, kidnapping pretty unsuspecting orphan girls and shipping them to the Orient, which she has just done to Millie's hall mate, Ethel Peas. We see the silhouette of MILLIE in her Sunday best, a suitcase in each hand, her back to us. Jimmy asks Millie to a party hosted by famous singer Muzzy van Hossmere, and she accepts. [3] Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for money instead of love – a thoroughly modern aim in 1922, when women were just entering the workforce. [16], A German edition named "Höllisch Moderne Millie" (Infernal Modern Millie) premiered on October 26, 2018 at Hof Theatre.[17]. Lyrics: Contains partial lyrics. Her lightning speed stenography easily lands her the job. While Millie is brooding over her lost chances, Jimmy breaks in through the window and asks her to dinner. Not for the life of me Thoroughly Modern Millie is a Tony Award-winning musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan, and a book by Richard Morris and Scanlan. [4] The style of the musical is comic pastiche. Not for the Life of Me [Excerpt] from Thoroughly Modern Millie. An attractive young paperclip salesman. Originally, her goal was to marry for wealth, rather than love. But then Millie meets the wealthy Miss Dorothy, who wants to learn how the poorer half lives ("How the Other Half Lives"), and wants a room in the Hotel Priscilla. Millie, seeing this as a way to get her rent paid, suggests that Miss Dorothy can room with her until she can find her own, but only if Miss Dorothy pays the rent. To do with as I choose, (tearing the ticket in two)
Instruments: Piano, Voice.
A young, "modern" woman from Salina, Kansas.
Burn the bridge!
Graydon tells Millie and Jimmy that Mrs. Meers told him Miss Dorothy had checked out of the hotel. More dates and further casting TBA. Like the film on which it is based, it interpolates new tunes with some previously written songs. The tour closed in June 2016. Not for the life of me
She initially tells him off but then agrees ("I Turned the Corner"/Falling in Love with Someone" (Reprise)). MILLIE tears ticket into bits. Where the ghost ain't even dead Product Type: Digital Sheet Music. Thoroughly Modern Millie: 2 Not For The Life Of Me - YouTube Millie returns to the hotel and overhears a conversation between Miss Dorothy and Jimmy, "I really want to tell her, she's my best friend" followed by "You know we can't". Pages: 6. While waiting for his release in the jail cell, Jimmy realizes that he loves Millie ("What Do I Need with Love"). Chinese henchman, focused more on the task at hand.
Almost taking his advice, she changes her mind and yells after him, "Who needs a hat? She tells the story of how she met her late husband, a supposedly poor but goodhearted man who gave her a green glass necklace. Meanwhile, Ching Ho attempts to capture Miss Dorothy for Mrs. Meers with a drugged apple but when he sees her, he falls in love with her instantly and wants to save her from Mrs. Meers. But I do, though they wonder why Sweet Mystery (Reprise)" — Miss Dorothy and Ching Ho, "Thoroughly Modern Millie (Reprise)" — Jimmy, Miss Dorothy & Moderns, This page was last edited on 6 August 2020, at 02:45. As the girls rush off to their rooms, Mrs. Meers thinks about how stupid the girls are to never realize she's an evil mastermind trying to ship them to Southeast Asia ("They Don't Know"). As they argue, Jimmy suddenly grabs Millie and kisses her, then runs away.
Boh-doh-dee-oh Directed by Michael Mayer and choreographed by Rob Ashford, orchestration was by Doug Besterman and the late Ralph Burns, scenic design was by David Gallo, costume design was by Martin Pakledinaz, and lighting design was by Donald Holder. In a panic for someone to help her, she trips bypasser Jimmy Smith, a handsome, carefree young man who makes his way through life on whims and wits, who promptly lectures her on why she needs to head back home: she is just another girl full of false hopes who doesn't belong in the big city. Break the lock, post my bail Jimmy finally declares his feelings for Millie while washing dishes to pay their tab at Cafe Society while Muzzy is performing her hit ("Long As I'm Here with You"). Jimmy turns out to be Herbert J. van Hossmere III, Muzzy's stepson, and one of the most eligible bachelors in the world. In a final pairing, Bun Foo joins Graydon's company as a new stenographer after telling Graydon that he can type fifty words a minute.
Instruments: Piano, Voice.
A young, "modern" woman from Salina, Kansas.
Burn the bridge!
Graydon tells Millie and Jimmy that Mrs. Meers told him Miss Dorothy had checked out of the hotel. More dates and further casting TBA. Like the film on which it is based, it interpolates new tunes with some previously written songs. The tour closed in June 2016. Not for the life of me
She initially tells him off but then agrees ("I Turned the Corner"/Falling in Love with Someone" (Reprise)). MILLIE tears ticket into bits. Where the ghost ain't even dead Product Type: Digital Sheet Music. Thoroughly Modern Millie: 2 Not For The Life Of Me - YouTube Millie returns to the hotel and overhears a conversation between Miss Dorothy and Jimmy, "I really want to tell her, she's my best friend" followed by "You know we can't". Pages: 6. While waiting for his release in the jail cell, Jimmy realizes that he loves Millie ("What Do I Need with Love"). Chinese henchman, focused more on the task at hand.
Almost taking his advice, she changes her mind and yells after him, "Who needs a hat? She tells the story of how she met her late husband, a supposedly poor but goodhearted man who gave her a green glass necklace. Meanwhile, Ching Ho attempts to capture Miss Dorothy for Mrs. Meers with a drugged apple but when he sees her, he falls in love with her instantly and wants to save her from Mrs. Meers. But I do, though they wonder why Sweet Mystery (Reprise)" — Miss Dorothy and Ching Ho, "Thoroughly Modern Millie (Reprise)" — Jimmy, Miss Dorothy & Moderns, This page was last edited on 6 August 2020, at 02:45. As the girls rush off to their rooms, Mrs. Meers thinks about how stupid the girls are to never realize she's an evil mastermind trying to ship them to Southeast Asia ("They Don't Know"). As they argue, Jimmy suddenly grabs Millie and kisses her, then runs away.
Boh-doh-dee-oh Directed by Michael Mayer and choreographed by Rob Ashford, orchestration was by Doug Besterman and the late Ralph Burns, scenic design was by David Gallo, costume design was by Martin Pakledinaz, and lighting design was by Donald Holder. In a panic for someone to help her, she trips bypasser Jimmy Smith, a handsome, carefree young man who makes his way through life on whims and wits, who promptly lectures her on why she needs to head back home: she is just another girl full of false hopes who doesn't belong in the big city. Break the lock, post my bail Jimmy finally declares his feelings for Millie while washing dishes to pay their tab at Cafe Society while Muzzy is performing her hit ("Long As I'm Here with You"). Jimmy turns out to be Herbert J. van Hossmere III, Muzzy's stepson, and one of the most eligible bachelors in the world. In a final pairing, Bun Foo joins Graydon's company as a new stenographer after telling Graydon that he can type fifty words a minute.