Jazz Age Musical THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE Bows on Hale Theatre Centre Stage

The high-spirited musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, starts February 16th and runs through April 1st. A young ingénue from Kansas, a handsome beau, Jazz Age flappers, and some comically devious characters all come together at Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert.

Winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Millie is based on the 1967 movie starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore and Carol Channing, who won a Golden Globe Award for her performance. The Hale's production stars veteran actress Caelan Creaser as the naive Millie Dillmount, newly arrived in the vibrant New York City of 1922, where she seeks a new and exciting life in addition to a wealthy husband. Comic actress Kathi Osborne, a veteran of more than 500 shows, performs the role of the conniving Mrs. Meers, who owns the hotel where Millie stays. Meers is involved in a plot to kidnap young ladies and ship them off to the Far East to become "actresses" in a white slavery ring.

Allan DeWitt appears as the handsome Jimmy Smith, a paperclip salesman who tells Millie to go back to Kansas, but later falls in love with her. Heidi-Liz Johnson has the role of Miss Dorothy Brown, an actress from California who becomes Millie's best friend. Victoria Holden plays bon vivant and jazz artiste Muzzy Van Hossmere. Kinsey Peotter returns to Hale for her fourth show as Miss Flannery, a surly stenographer at Sincere Trust, where Millie works and has designs on the wealthy company owner's son.

Audiences from San Diego to New York to London went bonkers over this show-stopping, toe-tapping 1920s-style musical. The glitzy production is directed and choreographed by ariZoni Award winner Cambrian james, a veteran of dozens of Hale performances.

ElizaBeth Spencer is the music director. Thoroughly Modern Millie features music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan, and the book by Richard Morris and Scanlan.

Playing Wednesdays through Saturdays in the evenings, with a 3pm matinee on Saturdays - February 16th through April 1st.

Be sure to purchase your tickets soon, as Hale musicals sell out quickly. Tickets are priced at $18 for children, $22 for students, and $32 for adults. Many of the shows are nearly sold out already, so call the Hale box office at 480-497-1181 to purchase yours tickets today. Tickets are also on sale online at www.HaleTheatreArizona.com.

A gem of a theatre, the Hale is located at 50 West Page Avenue in Gilbert's Heritage District, across the street from the Gilbert Water Tower Park. Several restaurants and ample free parking are located nearby.

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