<Tr> <Th> Productions </Th> <Td> 2002 Broadway 2003 US tour 2003 West End 2005 UK tour 2017 UK tour </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Tony Award for Best Musical Drama Desk Outstanding Musical </Td> </Tr> <P> Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan, and a book by Richard Morris and Scanlan . It is based on the 1967 film of the same name, which itself was based on the British musical Chrysanthemum, which opened in London in 1956 . Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small - town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for money instead of love--a thoroughly modern aim in 1922, when women were just entering the workforce . Millie soon begins to take delight in the flapper lifestyle, but problems arise when she checks into a hotel owned by the leader of a white slavery ring in China . The style of the musical is comic pastiche . Like the film on which it is based, it interpolates new tunes with some previously written songs . </P> <P> After previews at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California in October 2000, the show opened on Broadway on April 18, 2002 . The production subsequently won six 2002 Tony Awards, including Best Musical . Due to the success of the original Broadway production, there was both a United States tour and a West End production launched in 2003, followed by a United Kingdom tour in 2005 . The musical has since become a popular choice for high school productions . </P>

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