Do you love an old-fashioned, high spirited, tap-dancing romantic musical with some really great performers and an airy, imaginative Deco set (by David Gallo)? Take a trip to New York in 1922 and to Thoroughly Modern Millie; you'll have a good time. It's a light, breezy, no- surprises romp, with a crisp, perky Millie, Sutton Foster, who really puts over a number; a beautiful (in voice, face and physicality) second lead, Angela Christian; a very comic Harriet Harris, and the amazing Marc Kudisch, in a purple suit, who blazes onto the stage and lights up the theater with his presence, energy, great voice in Gilbert and Sullivan patter, in Victor Herbert, and whatever else they throw at him, with perfect comic timing and a twinkle in his eyes.
Choreographed by Rob Ashford with panache and zip, with zany costumes by Martin Pakledinaz, fine lighting by Donald Holder, and directed by Michael Mayer with proper tongue in cheek, Millie is a fun evening for those whose cup of theater is the genre of 42nd Street.
