Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Original Broadway Cast)
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Free Music Notes for Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Original Broadway Cast)
Free Music Review: Everything a musical should be!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This one of the best stage productions to come along in a long time. It is everything a musical should be. It's funny and romantic, the music is wonderful, the lyrics are beautiful and the book is just fantastic. The music is just glorious. Sutton Foster has a voice to die for and she is an unbelievable dancing talent. Harriet Harris really came into her own, not like she needed a role such as this to show us her talents. Her performance on Frasier is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to her ability. Sheryl Lee Ralph truly shines and I expect big, if not bigger things, from her in the near future. All in all, this is a phenomenal casting job, Foster is the spitting image of the film star Mary Tyler Moore, topped of with wondeful performances of truly outstanding music. If you can't see it, take my word for it and BUY THIS CD, then go see it... like me. The only thing I find disappointing is the absense of the Entr'acte. It's no big deal, it doesn't detract from the show at all, but I like to see those on recording. Broadway at it's best!!! This receives my highest recommendation.Free Music Review: a fantastic new musical
Hit: 5 Stars
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE opened to mostly-excellent reviews at the Marquis Theatre earlier this year, and led the charge at this year's Tony Awards.Newcomer Sutton Foster is a revelation as Millie. When she played the Star-To-Be in the recent Broadway revival of ANNIE, she might as well have been predicting her future when she sang: 'NYC/I give you fair warning/Up there/In lights/I'll be'. Her glorious voice soars in such numbers as "Not For the Life of Me", "Gimme Gimme", "Jimmy" and "Forget About the Boy". Needless to say, Foster's Tony win as Best Actress is well-deserved.
The rest of the cast includes Marc Kudisch, Gavin Creel, "Frasier"'s Harriet Harris, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Angela Christian.
Among the rest of the stand-out numbers are "I Turned the Corner", "They Don't Know", "Long As I'm Here with You" and a hilarious Chinese version of "My Mammy" entitled "Mugin".
It looks like THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE will be firmly playing on Broadway for many years to come. (RCA).
Free Music Review: Great Music and Great Performances make a Great Recording
Hit: 5 Stars
Well, I finally got a copy of Millie the other day, and have not been able to stop listening to it. The recording does a great job capturing the feel of this wonderful show. The music is what musical theater should be, and the performances were top-notch. Sutton Foster has a great voice, if a bit unconventional. She will be a tremendous broadway star, if she isn't quite there. She commands the stage, and this shines through on this recording. There is nothing more that needs to be said about her.
Gavin Creel is perhaps the most underrated of the cast. He was nominated for acting against some heavy hitters, but for my money he deserved the award. His voice is probably my favorite male voice on broadway today. To think that he is only in his mid-twenties and he is already so good. His performance was definitely one of the most remarkable of the year, and in his few songs on the recording this is also evident.
Of course the supporting cast is just as good. Each number is alive and well on this recording. I can only wait to see what comes from these talented people in the future.
Free Music Review: Thoroughly MAGNIFICENT Millie!
Hit: 5 Stars
I was unfamiliar with this show and with the Magnificent Sutton Foster (Millie), until seeing the Tony Awards in June. But after hearing people praise her performance and seeing the number from the show - I was mesmorized! And this cast recording only adds to the excitement. IT IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!! Ms. Foster is a gem...and the rest of the cast are priceless jewels too. The music and orchestration makes this c.d. a performance in and of itself - you can practically feel the energy coming through the stereo. I have played it over and over. Thank you Dick Scanlon (book and lyrics) for giving the world this wonderful musical and for introducing Sutton Foster to Musical Theater lovers everywhere. "So beat the drums, 'cause here comes thoroughly hot off the press! One step ahead! Jazz age! Whoopee baby! We're so thoroughly modern Millie now!"UPDATE!!! I saw the show a couple of months ago and it is brilliant. What is even more exciting is that this recording captures every bit of energy that the show does. See it, and if you can't - buy this recording!
Free Music Review: A Must!
Hit: 5 Stars
To start this cd is terrific.It includes great new and old music.A mixture of popular 1920's jazz and operatic things.With the cd's great orchestration on the title song you'll be humming it in your sleep.Both the title song and "Not for the Life of Me" are heard frequently.Sutton Foster sings all her numbers beautiflly.Highlights of her numbers are "Forget About the Boy","Gimme Gimme",and "Jimmy"."The Speed Test" is an extermely comic number filled with tap dancing typists and office workers.Sheryl Lee Ralph sings her numbers ("Only in New York" and "Long as I'm Here with You")very well and has a powerful voice.Gavin Creel is a pleasure to hear as Jimmy singing the rakish "What Do I Need with Love" and the love song "I Turned the Corner".Last,there is the entertaining "The Nuttycracker Suite".Which is a jazz version of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite.I feel this cd is a must for any musical theater lovers and great for those who like old-fashioned musical theater.