This week we chat with Astin Astin Hammermeister about which of life's truths can be learned from the thoroughly modern musical - Thoroughly Modern MIllie!

"It will require a strong stomach for overtly racist tropes and tired sexual stereotypes, though; not to mention a penchant for the kind of paint-by-numbers songs that are forgotten before they even reach the resolving chords. There are things to like in the show, but there is so much else that is flat-out offensive, and it takes a brave company to even attempt it. The good news is that the Production Company knows exactly where to pour their resources, and they manage to produce an evening’s entertainment nowhere near as disastrous as it could have been." by TIM BYRNE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughly_Modern_Millie_(musical)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Tesori

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughly_Modern_Millie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Scanlan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Chenoweth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bea_Arthur

https://www.mtishows.com.au/thoroughly-modern-millie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euEtbp3pRGI

https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/1458/thoroughly-modern-millie

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062362/

https://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/modmil.htm

http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_t/thoroughlymillie.htm

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/10828

http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_c/chrysanthemum.htm

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