Was Kristen Chenoweth suppose to play MIllie?

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 1/5/07 at 7:12am

So stumble across this cd and its kristen chenoweth in throughly modern millie workshop, what happened

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 1/5/07 at 7:23am

Yes, Kristen was supposed to be Millie. Then she got offered her TV show (I think, but it might have been the ABC Music Man) and had to drop out of the project. The role went to Erin Dilly, but during tryouts at La Jolla, it was decided to replace Dilly with her understudy (Sutton Foster). The rest is history.

I know there is a link somewhere that has the whole history, but I wasn't able to find it.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 1/5/07 at 7:55am

I thought Kristen was supposed to be Miss Dorothy originally

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 1/5/07 at 8:21am

It seems like that SHOULD have been the role for her, but it was supposed to be Millie.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 1/5/07 at 8:41am

No, she's said in an interview it was supposed to be Miss Dorothy.

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 1/5/07 at 8:47am

in the song forget about the boy she is singing millie's stuff but then she sing other parts as well...

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 1/5/07 at 9:10am

VERY interesting . . .

It depends on where you look. At this site it says Millie:

http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/kristin_chenoweth/index.shtml

At this one it says Dorothy:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155693/bio

[MisterRussell]

Posted: 1/5/07 at 10:16am

Did you mean to write "Was Kristen Chenoweth SUPPOSED to play Millie?" What did you do, attend public school?

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 1/5/07 at 10:27am

They initially brought Chenoweth in to read for Miss Dorothy. Over the course of several auditions, they decided to try and have her come back in for Millie, and eventually gave her that role instead.

As another poster said, when her pilot at NBC was picked up, she dropped out of the project and the role went to Erin Dilly, who was later replaced by Sutton Foster.

"The Girl in 14G," a song that had been written specifically to cater to Chenoweth's talents during the last workshop, was scrapped when she decided not to go further with the show. It has now become a staple in Chenoweth's set.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 1/5/07 at 2:00pm

"The Girl 14-G" was meant to be in Millie? WEIRD.

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 1/5/07 at 2:21pm

I could never see her as Millie, I could see her as Ms. Miss Dorothy, but today I feel like that is not a big enough role for her.

She was also engaged to Kudish during this time and then that ended.

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 1/5/07 at 3:04pm

i think erin would have been amazing