Show Synopsis:
Millie Dillmount moves from a small town to New York City to marry a wealthy man and live in the lap of luxury for the rest of her life. She gets a room at the Hotel Priscilla and becomes friends with the wealthy Miss Dorothy, who wants to learn how a less affluent life. Millie gets a job at Sincere Trust as a stenographer with the intention of marrying the company boss Trevor Graydon, while Mrs. Meers, the owner of the Hotel Priscilla, tries to capture Miss Dorothy to be sold into white slavery. Millie unintentionally foils her plan, and she and Dorothy go to a club to celebrate Millie's employment. They see Jimmy, who is beginning to fall in love with Millie, and the famous singer Muzzy van Hossemare. Millie tells Jimmy off for being a womanizer, and believes he is dating Miss Dorothy. At first she is angry, but allows him to take her to dinner, where Millie debates whether she is throwing away a chance at true love in pursuit of Trevor. Muzzy convinces her to set her heart on Jimmy while Trevor falls in love with Dorothy. Trevor, Jimmy, Millie, and Muzzy realize that Mrs. Meers has been kidnapping her tenants to sell them and conspire to get her arrested. Millie accepts Jimmy's marriage proposal and learns that he is actually rich, Miss Dorothy's brother, and Muzzy's son, so Millie achieves her dream after all.

Character:
Mrs. Meers, a devious woman who loves playing a part; bitter about her long lost dreams of being a star; ruthless.

Song Context:
Millie and Dorothy are celebrating Millie?s employment without a care in the world, and Mrs. Meers revels in how well she has been able to keep her cover as the proprietress of a hotel while actually shipping young women to Southeast Asia to be slaves.

Fun Facts:
1) This musical was based on the 1967 musical film of the same name starring Julie Andrews. 2) Jeanine Tesori, who composed the score of the musical, once called the musical "a coming-of-age story. So would you call it happy? You watch someone literally start their life: a young girl drops who she ever was and begins again, like so many people do in New York. It's hopeful. It's about beginnings.? 
3) In an interview with Broadway.com, Harriet Harris, who originated the role of Miss Meers on Broadway, called it her ?most exciting? role and ?an incredible, almost dreamlike experience.? She described her experience in the workshop: "Dick said, ?Oh, she?s not right for it.? But when Richard passed away, Dick decided to honor his memory by giving me a shot at the workshop. I came up with a lot of ideas, like the horrific accent, which I showed to my Chinese-American cohorts. They found it funny, and so incorrect that it was all right. At one point, after some [negative] feedback, it was suggested that I might have a Swedish accent. Who could be offended by that? But it was a little late?we had my costumes?and the whole thing passed.?