Millie at LaJolla

Ok, Im looking at pics of Millie in LaJolla and WOAH did they change the show a hell of a lot.
1) The cast is totally different except for Sutton Marc Kudish and Francis Jue
2) Meersy isnt chinese
3) There are so many songs that werent in the Broadway version
4) I dont get it. Why are there pics of Sutton as Millie and then some of Erin Dilly as Millie? { http://millie.cjb.net/ }

Did anyone see the La Jolla production? How was it?

Updated On: 4/24/05 at 11:49 AM

Erin was replaced shortly before previews. Sutton was the understudy and was promoted to lead. Gavin Creel was brought in for Broadway since Sutton is rather tall and they didn't want her to be taller than her leading man (or so I've heard on that one).
Also the costumes were completely redone.
There were lots of changes to that show indeed, now that it's brought up.

the original Jimmy is now the Laurie understudy in Little Women! so they are now back together again, Jim and Sutton

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Millie was fantastic in La Jolla. It was though, almost a completely different show from what ended up on Broadway. THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE, STUMBLING, ONE MANHATTAN STRAIGHT UP, YOU CAN COUNT ON ME, THEN WHAT, BABY?, SAY THAT and JAZZ BABY were all highlights for me. especially JAZZ BABY as it was from the film. but ultimately the replacement songs worked better I guess. ONLY IN NEW YORK ended up being my favorite song from the show so yeah most of the new songs were just better. I still miss those La Jolla songs though. I wonder if they ever made a demo...

they did! there is a sample cd and nonsample clips as well

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