{"id":175,"date":"2008-05-08T12:12:09","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T16:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=175"},"modified":"2008-05-27T12:14:07","modified_gmt":"2008-05-27T16:14:07","slug":"so-beat-the-drums-%e2%80%99cause-%e2%80%98thoroughly-modern-millie%e2%80%99-is-coming-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"So beat the drums \u2019cause \u2018Thoroughly Modern Millie\u2019 is coming to town"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/11562_grierw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-176\" title=\"11562_grierw\" src=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/11562_grierw-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/11562_grierw-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/11562_grierw.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><em>A recent rehearsal Grier School will be presenting \u201cThoroughly Modern Millie\u201d at Tyrone Area High School&#8217;s auditorium on Friday, May 9 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 10 at 2 p.m. Both shows are free and open to the public. The production involves the work of over 100 students at Grier School and numerous faculty as well as some local actors and musicians. The show brings together the work of Grier&#8217;s Dance, Theatre, Music and Art Departments in a production that was prepared during the recent months of school. (Courtesy photo) <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Everyone get ready, because \u201cThoroughly Modern Millie\u201d is heading this way.<br \/>\nOn May 9 at 7 p.m. and May 10 at 2 p.m. the Grier School will be putting on a production of \u201cThoroughly Modern Millie\u201d at the Tyrone Area High School.<br \/>\nThe play tells a fun filled tale of maturity, villainy, ambition and love in the \u201croaring twenties\u201d.<br \/>\nAdmission is free.<br \/>\n\u201cThoroughly Modern Millie\u201d was originally a 1967 movie starring Julie Andrews and directed by George Roy Hill.<br \/>\nThe screenplay for the movie, written by Richard Morris, was originally inspired by the 1956 British musical, \u201cChrysanthemum\u201d.<br \/>\nThen, in 2002, the movie was brought to the stage in a Broadway musical rendition of \u201cThoroughly Modern Millie\u201d starring Sutton Foster.<br \/>\nThe Broadway adaptation, which slightly differs from the original movie, was written by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan; with music by Jeanine Tesori and lyrics by Dick Scanlan.<br \/>\n\u201cThoroughly Modern Millie\u201d tells the story of Millie Dillmount, a young girl from Salina, Kansas who moves to New York City to find adventure.<br \/>\nSuddenly Millie transforms from an innocent young girl into a \u201cmodern\u201d woman of 1922, an era filled with Jazz, flappers and speak-easies.<br \/>\nDetermined to leave her innocent ways behind, Millie devises a plan to marry rich and live a life of glimmer and glitz.<br \/>\nYet, as the story unfolds, Millie begins to see that there is more to life than material wealth, there is something much greater.<br \/>\nGrier\u2019s production of \u201cThoroughly Modern Millie\u201d is composed of a stellar cast of actors, musicians, dancers and teacher volunteers.<br \/>\nThe play is directed by Kim Silverman, choreographed by the director and Jocelyn Hrzic and musical direction by Barbra Neumuller and Ginger Reinhardt.<br \/>\nThe production stars Julie Mazer, a junior at Grier, as Millie Dillmount.<br \/>\nMs. Mazer\u2019s co-stars include Erin Nedelman, Jeremy Bigelow of Spruce Creek, Duste Walizer of State College and Sarah Bailey.<br \/>\nThis play is sure to bring the entire audience a fun-filled night of love and adventure.<br \/>\nSo, come laugh, live and fall in love as \u201cThoroughly Modern Millie\u201d marches into town.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #009966; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent rehearsal Grier School will be presenting \u201cThoroughly Modern Millie\u201d at Tyrone Area High School&#8217;s auditorium on Friday, May 9 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 10 at 2 p.m. Both shows are free and open to the public. 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