Thoroughly Modern Millie at WAAPA

The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) presents Thoroughly Modern Millie from Saturday 15 to Saturday 22 June, 2013 at the Regal Theatre, Subiaco.

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a Tony Award-winning, high-spirited ‘new’ 1920s musical romp. Based on the popular 1968 musical film, starring Julie Andrews, it tells the story of a naïve young woman who finds herself in the midst of a series of madcap adventures when she sets her sights on marrying her wealthy boss. She begins to take delight in the flapper lifestyle in this hilarious celebration of the roaring twenties when the parties rocked and the Charleston was the dance craze.

Though a relative newcomer to the stage, introduced in 2000, Thoroughly Modern Millie has all the components of an old-fashioned musical – romantic ballads, show-stopping musical numbers, parallel love stories, mistaken identity, tapping and conflict created by hilarious buffoons. With tap numbers like “Forget About the Boy” and romantic ballads like “I Turned the Corner,” Thoroughly Modern Millie, on Broadway, the show was nominated for eleven Tony Awards, and won six, including Best Musical.

Performed by the entire 2nd and 3rd year cohort of WAAPA’s Music Theatre course and directed by Crispin Taylor (Anything Goes, Crazy For You, Into The Woods), its musical score will be performed by a large orchestra of WAAPA musicians directed by David King, the dance numbers choreographed by Jenny Lynnd, lighting design is courtesy of multi-award winner Trudy Dalgleish (White Devil, Eureka, Hairspray, The Boy From Oz, How To Succeed In Business…) and set design is by Steve Nolan (Anything Goes, Crazy For You, How To Succeed…).

Amid the lavish design and flashy spectacle, there’s a home-spun message to Thoroughly Modern Millie. Though fads and fashions come and go, the things that really matter never change.

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Saturday 15 to Saturday 22 June at 7.30pm.

Matinees Saturday 15 and 22 June at 2pm.

Regal Theatre, cnr Rokeby Road and Hay Street, Subiaco.

Tickets are $65 Full, $58 Concession. Group bookings are available.

Ticketing information Regal Hotline 1300 795 012or visit ticketek.com.au(includes booking fee, transaction fee may apply).

Book by RICHARD MORRIS and DICK SCANLAN. New Music By JEANINE TESORI. New Lyrics By DICK SCANLAN

ORIGINAL STORY & SCREENPLAY BY RICHARD MORRIS

For the Universal Pictures Film

Originally Produced for Broadway by Michael Leavitt Fox Theatricals Hal Luftig Stewart F. Lane James L. Nederlander Independent Presenters Network L. Mages/M. Glick Berinstein/Manocherian/Dramatic Forces John York Noble and Whoopi Goldberg

By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd Exclusive agent for Music Theatre International (NY)