Arts & Entertainment
Great Escape: 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' in Marietta Opens Friday
The Tony-Award winning Broadway musical will continue through Oct. 2 at the Strand Theatre on the Marietta Square with half-price tickets at the free goldstar.com.
Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon. Your tweens take tap on Wednesday evening. It’s your time. Take it.
Each week, we’ll tell you about great ideas to give you a much-deserved break and make your life a little easier—maybe a whole lot easier.
Winner of five Tony Awards, including best Broadway musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie is the first show of the 32nd season for the Atlanta Lyric Theatre, opening Friday.
Find out what's happening in Dallas-Hiramwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Taking place in New York City in 1922, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of young Millie Dillmount, searching for a new life in a city full of intrigue and jazz. During the 1920s, women were entering the workforce and the rules of love and social behavior were changing.
Based on the popular movie from 1967, starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore and Carol Channing, the stage version of Thoroughly Modern Millie includes a full score of new songs and bright dance numbers. The music is by Jeanine Tesori with lyrics by Dick Scanlan; the book was written by Richard Henry Morris.
Find out what's happening in Dallas-Hiramwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Times will be:
- 8 p.m. Friday
- 8 p.m. Saturday
- 2 p.m. Sunday
- 8 p.m. Sept. 22
- 8 p.m. Sept. 23
- 8 p.m. Sept. 24
- 2 p.m. Sept. 25
- 8 p.m. Sept. 29
- 8 p.m. Sept. 30
- 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Oct. 1
- 2 p.m. on Oct. 2
Ticket prices vary from $45 to $25 plus a few dollars extra for taxes and fees. However, fees are almost half price when you sign up for free at goldstar.com.
Other musicals this season will include:
- The Sound of Music ~ Dec. 2-18
- Ain't Misbehavin' ~ Feb. 17-March 4, 2012
- The Light in the Piazza ~ April 20-May 6, 2012
- Gypsy ~ June 15-July 1, 2012
- Legally Blonde the Musical ~ July 27-Aug. 12, 2012
Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Atlanta’s only local professional musical theater company, was formed in 1980 by Tedi and Robert Langdon and Sally Knap. Then they called their repertory theatre company the Southeastern Savoyards, presenting the works of Gilbert and Sullivan.
The company’s first production, Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, was performed at Emory University in December 1980. Later, the company’s productions were moved to the Marist School, the 14th Street Playhouse and Center Stage Theater. Then for 17 seasons, the company settled in at the Robert Ferst Center for the Arts on the campus of Georgia Tech until moving to the Strand Theatre on the Marietta Square.
