Thoroughly Modern Millie, London

Well here is a fact for you. The Mack likes the theatre. In fact she loves it. As she hadn’t attended a show since the summer, as a treat to herself she thought she’d book to see one of the new musicals in town, ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’. * Booking * As I’m fortunate (or unfortunate, depends how you look at it!) to work in London, I went along to the box office at the Shaftesbury theatre to book my tickets. We were 3 rows from the front, as recommended by the lady in the theatre, as right at the front was a little ‘too’ close, according to her. The stage is raised and we’d be craning our ... more

“OK – baby is arriving in July, let’s make a list of the things we’d like to do together before I get too huge and round to do them and just go out and do it!” said my wife to me at the beginning of the year. “Sure, what’s first on the list?” I replied. “Go to New York and do that…actually no. If we go there we need to save up and do it properly and there’s no time for that.” “Fine – no New York then. Anything else?” I enquired. “I would love to go to see Amanda Holden in Thoroughly Modern Millie in the West End.” “OK. That’s settled then – anything else?” “Nope. I think that’ll do for now ... more

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical stage adaptation of the film musical of the same name. Currently playing in London's West End, it won 6 tonys and 4 drama desk awards on Broadway before opening in the Shaftesbury Theatre. -------------- The Plot -------------- Set in the roaring twenties, Millie (Amanda Holden) is a country girl who wants to make it big in the city. Her intended method of doing this is to marry a millionaire (in a rather Breakfast at Tiffanysesque manner). She arrives in New York and runs into Jimmy, a young gentleman of questionable reputation and indeterminate ... more