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Springs High School Drama Club presents "Thoroughly Modern
Millie" April 3-5
“Thoroughly Modern Millie,”
a Tony Award-winning musical comedy, will be presented by the
Saratoga Springs Drama Club April 3-5 in the Loewenberg
Auditorium at Saratoga Springs High School.
Show times are 7 p.m. Thursday, April 3, and 7:30 p.m. Friday,
April 4, and Saturday, April 5. Tickets, priced at $10 for
adults and $5 for students and seniors, are available at the
door.
The show takes place in New York City in 1922, a time when the
world was changing for women. Women’s dresses were shorter,
their hair was bobbed, they were entering the workforce, and a
newfound freedom was being practiced.
Small-town girl Millie Dillmount moves to New York City to marry
for money instead of love. Trouble arises when she checks into a
hotel owned by the leader of a white slavery ring in China. Will
Millie marry her boss in a non-emotional arrangement or will her
heart choose for her? Perhaps she’ll end up a victim of white
slavery. You’ll have to come to the show to find out.
This joyful evening of song, dance, and comedy features a cast
of 46 students, a 23-member pit orchestra, and a 15-person
technical crew. The show is directed by Bob Berenis, with
musical direction by Jeff Halstead and choreography by Tina
Baird.
“Thoroughly Modern Millie,” based on the 1967 movie, was a 2002
musical with new music by Jeanine Tesore, new lyrics by Dick
Scanlan, and book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan. It won six
Tony Awards, including best musical.