Thoroughly Modern Millie Movie Poster

From the Original Broadway Cast Recording (Typed by Alison 🙂 Act One Manhattan, 1922. Millie Dillmount steps off the train from Salina, Kansas (Not For the Life of Me). Surrounded by a throng of fabulous flappers, Millie's a fish out of water, until she bobs her hair and sheds her Sunday best for a higher […]. Plot Thoroughly Modern Millie Summaries In New York City during the Jazz Age, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount's self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan, and a book by Richard Morris and Scanlan. It is based on the 1967 film of the same name, which itself was based on the British musical Chrysanthemum, which opened in London in 1956. Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for.. It's 1922, and Millie Dillmount has just arrived in New York City from Salina, Kansas. Determined to become a success, she tears up her return ticket (" Not for the Life of Me "). Bobbing her hair, she assumes the modern look of a "flapper" (" Thoroughly Modern Millie "). But she is quickly mugged on the streets of New York, losing her hat, scarf, purse and a shoe. In a panic for someone to.