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This is a beautiful souvenir program from the Original Broadway production of the JEANINE TESORI, RICHARD MORRIS and DICK SCANLAN musical comedy "THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE" at the Marquis Theatre in New York City. (The production opened April 18th, 2002 and ran for 903 performances.) ..... Winner of six Tony Awards including "Best Musical", the show starred SUTTON FOSTER (Tony Award winner) in the title role, SHERYL LEE RALPH, HARRIET HARRIS (Tony Award winner), MARC KUDISCH, GAVIN CREEL, ANGELA CHRISTIAN, KEN LEUNG, FRANCIS JUE and ANN L. NATHAN and the cast included KATE BALDWIN, ROXANE BARLOW, MELISSA BELL CHAIT, CATHERINE BRUNELL, JOYCE CHITTICK, J. P. CHRISTENSEN, JULIE CONNORS, DAVID EGGERS, ALDRIN GONZALEZ, GREGG GOODBROD, JESSICA GROVE, SUSAN HAEFNER, AMY HEGGINS, JoANN M. HUNTER, ALISA KLEIN, MATT LASHEY, DARREN LEE, DAN LoBUONO, CASEY NICHOLAW, NOAH RACEY, AARON RAMEY, T. OLIVER REID, MEGAN SIKORA and BRANDON WARDELL ..... Side note: Before rehearsals began, the starring role had belonged to KRISTIN CHENOWETH, the director's original choice. When Miss Chenoweth got a television series, she had to back out and her understudy ERIN DILLY was offered the role of "Millie". After the first run-through at the La Jolla Playhouse, it became clear to the director that Miss Dilly was not ideally suited for the role, and the producers plucked SUTTON FOSTER from the chorus to take over. She played "Millie" for the entire tryout engagement, which received notices encouraging enough for the producers to bring the show to Broadway. Against the recommendations of many advisors, they decided to give the starring role of the .5 million production to the relatively unknown 27 year-old actress who would confirm their decision when on June 2nd, 2002 she stepped onto the stage of Radio City Music Hall to accept the Tony Award for "Best Actress in a Musical" ..... CREDITS: Book by RICHARD MORRIS and DICK SCANLAN based on the Original Story and Universal Pictures Screenplay by RICHARD MORRIS; New Music by JEANINE TESORI; New Lyrics by DICK SCANLAN; Sets designed by DAVID GALLO; Costumes designed by MARTIN PAKLEDINAZ; Choreographed by ROB ASHFORD; Directed by MICHAEL MAYER; Produced 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 ..... DETAILS: The oversized 24 page program measures 9" X 12" inches and includes full production credits, promotional text, bios of each member of the creative team and page after page of full color production photos from the Broadway production. Includes a four-page insert with individual photos and bios of each cast members ..... PLEASE NOTE: The scanned pages have been cropped due to the limitations of my scanner. The margins are slightly wider than shown ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this rare program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
