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Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Original Broadway Cast of Thoroughly Modern Millie

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It has been observed that Broadway has long since become a group of virtual repertory theaters in which revivals of successful musicals from decades past rule the roost. The next-best thing to an outright revival, perhaps, is a "new" show based on old material and employing at least some of the old music. The Producers, the hit of the 2000-2001 season, fits that description, and so does the hit of the 2001-2002 season, Thoroughly Modern Millie. The work began as a movie musical written as a vehicle for Julie Andrews in 1967, using mostly vintage music true to its 1922 setting, but with a title song by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen and a few other newly written Jazz Age-style numbers. The trifle of a plot, about a small-town girl coming to the big city to seek a rich husband (ho-hum), was just an excuse to parade flapper costumes through production numbers. Although it tapped into a brief vogue for the 1920s in the mid-'60s, the film was more a curiosity than anything else. But young Dick Scanlon seems to have been entranced, and he eventually talked screenwriter Richard Morris into collaborating on a stage version. He also wrote lyrics to a bunch of new songs with Jeanine Tesori. The result remains weightless and retro, the best songs being the originals (which means Jay Thompson's "Jimmy" and Victor Herbert's "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life," in addition to the title song). Gilbert & Sullivan and Tchaikovsky are also referenced. The cast is led by the aggressive Sutton Foster, who seems to be channeling film co-star Mary Tyler Moore, not Andrews. This is not a musical likely to be worthy of revival itself in 35 years, but it is deeply in Broadway tradition, a throwback to an earlier, sillier time.

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1
Overture
Michael Rafter
00:02:37

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

2
Not for the Life of Me
Michael Rafter
00:02:10

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Sutton Foster, Performer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

3
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Michael Rafter
00:02:57

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Sammy Cahn, Lyricist - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Sutton Foster, Performer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Ensemble, Performer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

4
Not for the Life of Me (Reprise)
Michael Rafter
00:02:04

Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Catherine Brunell, Performer - Megan Sikora, Performer - Sutton Foster, Performer - Kate Baldwin, Performer - Jessica Grové, Performer - Alisa Klein, Performer - JoAnn M. Hunter, Performer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

5
How the Other Half Lives
Michael Rafter
00:02:42

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Angela Christian, Performer - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Sutton Foster, Performer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer

(P) 2002 BMG Music. All Rights Reserved BMG Music.

6
Not for the Life of Me (Reprise)
Michael Rafter
00:01:05

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Ken Leung, Performer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Susan Cheng, Translator - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer - Francis Jue, Performer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

7
The Speed Test
Michael Rafter
00:05:54

Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Sir Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Sutton Foster, Performer - Mark Kudisch, Performer - Ensemble, Performer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Anne L. Nathan, Performer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

8
They Don't Know
Michael Rafter
00:02:09

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Jay David Saks, Producer - Harriet Harris, Performer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

9
The Nutty Cracker Suite
Michael Rafter
00:03:25

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

10
What Do I Need with Love
Michael Rafter
00:03:03

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Gavin Creel, Performer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

11
Only in New York
Michael Rafter
00:03:40

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Sheryl Lee Ralph, Performer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

12
Jimmy
Michael Rafter
00:03:28

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Jay Thompson, Composer - Jay Thompson, Lyricist - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Sutton Foster, Performer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer

(P) 2002 BMG Music. All Rights Reserved BMG Music.

13
Back at Work
Michael Rafter
00:00:25

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Anne L. Nathan, Performer - Sutton Foster, Performer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer - Ensemble, Performer

(P) 2002 BMG Music. All Rights Reserved BMG Music.

14
Forget About the Boy
Michael Rafter
00:03:23

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Anne L. Nathan, Performer - Sutton Foster, Performer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer - Ensemble, Performer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

15
Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life / I'm Falling in Love with Someone
Michael Rafter
00:03:37

Rida Johnson Young, Lyricist - Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Victor Herbert, Composer - Mark Kudisch, Performer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Angela Christian, Performer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer

(P) 2002 BMG Music. All Rights Reserved BMG Music.

16
I Turned the Corner / I'm Falling in Love with Someone (Quartet/Reprise)
Michael Rafter
00:04:11

Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Sutton Foster, Performer - Angela Christian, Performer - Gavin Creel, Performer - Mark Kudisch, Performer - Rida Johnson Young, Lyricist - Victor Herbert, Composer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer

(P) 2002 BMG Music. All Rights Reserved BMG Music.

17
Muqin
Michael Rafter
00:02:17

Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Francis Jue, Performer - Susan Cheng, Translator - Ken Leung, Performer - Harriet Harris, Performer - Walter Donaldson, Lyricist - Joe Young, Composer - Sam Lewis, Composer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

18
Long as I'm Here with You
Michael Rafter
00:02:24

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Sheryl Lee Ralph, Performer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer - Ensemble, Performer

(P) 2002 BMG Music

19
Gimme Gimme
Michael Rafter
00:03:34

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Sutton Foster, Performer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer

(P) 2002 BMG Music. All Rights Reserved BMG Music.

20
Finale: Thoroughly Modern Millie
Michael Rafter
00:01:20

Sheryl Lee Ralph, Performer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Sutton Foster, Performer - Gavin Creel, Performer - Angela Christian, Performer - Sammy Cahn, Lyricist - Ensemble, Performer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer

(P) 2002 BMG Music. All Rights Reserved BMG Music.

21
Final Bows
Michael Rafter
00:02:07

Tom Lazarus, Engineer - Michael Rafter, Conductor - Dick Scanlan, Lyricist - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Assistant Producer - Jeanine Tesori, Composer - Ensemble, Performer

(P) 2002 BMG Music. All Rights Reserved BMG Music.

Album review

It has been observed that Broadway has long since become a group of virtual repertory theaters in which revivals of successful musicals from decades past rule the roost. The next-best thing to an outright revival, perhaps, is a "new" show based on old material and employing at least some of the old music. The Producers, the hit of the 2000-2001 season, fits that description, and so does the hit of the 2001-2002 season, Thoroughly Modern Millie. The work began as a movie musical written as a vehicle for Julie Andrews in 1967, using mostly vintage music true to its 1922 setting, but with a title song by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen and a few other newly written Jazz Age-style numbers. The trifle of a plot, about a small-town girl coming to the big city to seek a rich husband (ho-hum), was just an excuse to parade flapper costumes through production numbers. Although it tapped into a brief vogue for the 1920s in the mid-'60s, the film was more a curiosity than anything else. But young Dick Scanlon seems to have been entranced, and he eventually talked screenwriter Richard Morris into collaborating on a stage version. He also wrote lyrics to a bunch of new songs with Jeanine Tesori. The result remains weightless and retro, the best songs being the originals (which means Jay Thompson's "Jimmy" and Victor Herbert's "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life," in addition to the title song). Gilbert & Sullivan and Tchaikovsky are also referenced. The cast is led by the aggressive Sutton Foster, who seems to be channeling film co-star Mary Tyler Moore, not Andrews. This is not a musical likely to be worthy of revival itself in 35 years, but it is deeply in Broadway tradition, a throwback to an earlier, sillier time.

© TiVo

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