Who is muzzy in thoroughly modern millie

Shocked and brokenhearted, Millie watches him go. At Sincere Trust, Millie will not pick up the phone to talk to Jimmy. Office manager, Miss Flannery, and the other girls urge her to move on. They all have boys in their life that they need to forget "Forget about the Boy".

Meanwhile, Millie's attempts to flirt with Graydon fall flat. Jimmy shows up, which only interferes further with her plan. Miss Dorothy's presence reminds Millie of the previous night, but the two ladies make up; Miss Dorothy tells Millie that she was just hit on in her audition. Millie encourages Miss Dorothy to toughen up and become a modern, starting with bobbing her hair. Graydon enters and sees Miss Dorothy. They stare at one another and are smitten "Ah!

Graydon asks Miss Dorothy to dinner and begs her not to alter her lovely appearance. Elsewhere in the building, Jimmy crawls onto a window ledge in order to avoid Flannery and to get Millie's attention. Millie asks him why he was kissing Miss Dorothy, and he replies that he asked for Miss Dorothy's advice about his feelings for her; Jimmy realizes that he loves Millie "I Turned a Corner".

The two decide to dine at the Cafe Society that night, where Muzzy will be performing. Back at the Hotel Priscilla, Mrs.

Meers stalks Miss Dorothy, this time with pesticide spray guns. When Ching Ho balks, Mrs. Meers reminds him that he is trying to get his mother to New York. She brings to mind the memory of Bun Foo and Ching Ho's mother, and they recommit to the job "Muquin". Millie and Jimmy listen to her sing from the kitchen, where they are washing dishes. Millie visits Muzzy in her dressing room, where she tells Muzzy that she is crazy about Jimmy, but she doesn't want a lifetime of washing dishes in a restaurant kitchen.

Muzzy tells Millie that her plan to marry her boss is flawed because, even though she originally thought Mr. Van Hossmere was poor, she married him for love and never regretted it. Millie realizes that she must follow her heart "Gimme Gimme". In another part of Cafe Society a drunken man is singing about a lost love; Millie discovers that it is Graydon. Miss Dorothy has stood him up. He even went to the hotel, but she had already checked out. Jimmy overhears and is convinced that something is very wrong.

Millie realizes that two orphan girls disappeared without a word to anyone but Mrs. The three of them decide that they need a decoy orphan, and Millie knows someone who will help them. Although Mrs. Meers thinks that the new girl is a little long in the tooth to be an orphan, she welcomes her to the hotel and offers her some green tea. Meanwhile, upstairs, Ching Ho vows to help the gagged and bound Miss Dorothy. Meers finally recognizes Muzzy, and Muzzy realizes that Mrs.

Meers is Daisy Crumple, who was kicked out of the chorus when they were younger. Meers reveals her new profession. Millie, who is hiding in another laundry cart, transcribes the entire conversation "The Speed Test — Reprise". Meers demands proof, and Bun Foo says that he speaks English and will testify against her. While they search for Miss Dorothy, Mrs. Meers escapes. Miss Dorothy is discovered in an embrace with Ching Ho, who has rescued her from an unspeakable fate "Ah!

Sweet Mystery — Reprise". The boarders at the hotel, armed with pesticide cans of their own, find Mrs. Meers and force her to follow them to the police station. Jimmy proposes to Millie and, even though he is poor, she accepts. After she agrees to marry Jimmy, she finds out that he is actually Muzzy's stepson, Herbert J.

Van Hossmere, the Third. Muzzy, afraid of fortune hunters and James squandering his money on the wrong kind of women, sent the children out with 25 dollars and the hopes that they would come back with proper sweet partners, which they did. Bun Foo acquires a job as Graydon's stenographer and he and Ching Ho greet their mama in a joyous family reunion "Finale". Within an American context, Muzzy being African-American resonates very differently than her being caucasian because show business was traditionally one of the only ways an African American could circumvent the worst of racism and embark on the same kind of self-reinvention that Millie is attempting -- and, in , there were limited avenues for that trajectory available to African-Americans.

That said, from a narrative perspective, the story can be told no matter what the race of the actress playing Muzzy, so if your talent pool doesn't include a qualified actress of color, cast another kind of actress.

The film was both a critical and box office hit, going on to become one of the highest grossing films of that year and garnering seven Academy Award nominations. The idea of an adaptation was originally conceived by Dick Scalin, who worked tirelessly to convince original author, Richard Morris, of its potential.

In early , composer, Jeanine Tesori, then came on board to compose additional music for the show, which would now incorporate some of the most popular songs from the film. Later that year, Kristin Chenoweth became attached as the titular character, but eventually backed out of the project. Days before the first preview, however, Dilly was replaced by a then unknown Sutton Foster.

Despite the last-minute change, the reviews were overwhelmingly positive, and the show extended its run several times due to popular demand. Finally, on April 18, , after a substantial wait for an available theatre, Thoroughly Modern Millie officially opened on Broadway at the Marquis Theater. The show went on to be the most honored show of the season and ran for more than two years and performances, closing on June 20, There have also been productions in Canada, Hong Kong, countless regional theatres around the U.

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