Througholy Modern Millie ?
Througholy Modern Millie ?
Mactor327
Stand-by Joined: 8/2/06
#1Througholy Modern Millie ?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 9:25pm
How should Jimmy be played? Is he a typical love interest?
How should trevor be played? Egoticial and abnoxious? I'm afraid this might get anoying
How should Millie be played?
Same for Dorothy
Also what are your feelings on the show?
Updated On: 11/17/09 at 09:25 PM
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#2re: Througholy Modern Millie ?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 10:06pm
Dude, sweets... you need to ask your damn director. He is the one chosen to make those decisions. If he can't figure it out, he is in the wrong field.
A director is the one who selects those choices on how a role should be played... hence the name: DIRECTOR! He... directs!
Geez!
By the way... I love THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. You need to learn to spell it correctly before you can even bother to ask more questions about the damn show. 
#2re: Througholy Modern Millie ?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 10:47pm"Thoroughly" is the word that eliminated me from the seventh grade spelling bee...
#3re: Througholy Modern Millie ?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 10:50pm
They should all be played well. And I didn't care for the show.
Furthermore, that Millie wasn't a holy girl at all with all that boozing and dancing going on. And don't even get me started on her "modern" hairdo.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
MusicSnob1
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/09
#4re: Througholy Modern Millie ?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 10:53pmBrody - I think the OP is the Director. Bahaha!
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#5re: Througholy Modern Millie ?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 10:57pm
Ah... they're taking the Mary Zimmerman/Jack O'Brien approach to directing: ask strangers on a message board. 
#6re: Througholy Modern Millie ?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 11:05pmUsually, the writers of plays and shows are kind enough to leave clues in the script as to how these characters behave.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#7re: Througholy Modern Millie ?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 11:09pm
1. No, a character should never be played "typically".
2. No, definitely not.
3. With heart
4. Hardest character to play.
I really enjoyed the OC and the show. I also had a fabulous time directing it this time last year.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#8re: Througholy Modern Millie ?
Posted: 11/18/09 at 2:11amFigure it out for yourself. Sorry to be rude, but if you're an actor, you shouldn't have been cast if you can't figure it out on your own. And if you're a director, you shouldn't be directing if you can't figure it out on your own. Besides, there's no set way to play any character in ANY show. That's why we see theatre.
#9re: Througholy Modern Millie ?
Posted: 11/18/09 at 2:23amNO! YOU ARE CRUSHING THE DREAMS OF OUR YOUTH!!!1!!one!
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#10re: Througholy Modern Millie ?
Posted: 11/18/09 at 2:35am
Couldn't you simply listen to the OBCR and watch the movie and figure these things out through simple observation.
And how else should they be played other than how you described? They're all pretty classic musical theatre types.
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