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| | Edinburgh Evening News - Features - Elaine's Millie Tant tendency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | DESPITE the wig (complete with red chopsticks), the colourful make-up and the ersatz oriental robes, there is no mistaking the figure of Elaine C Smith in the publicity shots for the forthcoming production of the Tony award-winning musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie, at the Playhouse. |
 | | Based on the 1967 Oscar-winning film starring Julie Andrews, Thoroughly Modern Millie is the tale of a young Kansas girl who arrives in Manhattan at the height of the jazz age. |
 | | Playing opposite Grace Kennedy, who reprises her West End role of Muzzy Van Hossmere, and Donna Steele, who plays the formidable Millie Dillmount, it is a part Smith is relishing, and she confesses: "I love playing the baddie because normally I play the goodie and this is much more fun. |
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