Brooke is a fitness queen and workout video star accused of murdering her billionaire husband. As a former sister Delta Nu, she is determined to help him and clear her name. Nikki Snelson reprised the role in the musical, while Aoife Mulholland, Hannah Grover and Helen Petrovna played the role in the British productions. Legally Blonde (Musical) Music Nell BenjaminLaurence O`Keefe Lyrics Nell BenjaminLaurence O`Keefe Screenplay Heather Hach Basis Legal Blonde by Amanda BrownLegal Blonde by Karen McCullah Lutz Kirsten Smith Premiere January 23, 2007: Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco Productions 2007 San Francisco Tryout2007 Broadway 2008 US Tour2009 West End2011 UK Tour2017 UK Tour2018 UK TourVarious international/regional productions and tours Legally Blonde is a musical with music and lyrics by Laurence O`Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach. The story is based on Amanda Brown`s novel Legally Blonde and the 2001 film of the same name. It tells the story of Elle Woods, a sister who enrolls in Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others and successfully defends the queen of the practice Brooke Wyndham in a murder trial. Throughout the series, no one believes in Elle Woods, but she manages to surprise them if she defies expectations and stays true to herself. The Muny`s mission is to enrich life by producing exceptional musical theatre accessible to all, while continuing its remarkable tradition in Forest Park. As the largest outdoor musical theatre in the country, we produce seven world-class musicals and welcome more than 350,000 theatre goers each summer. Le Muny now celebrates 104 seasons in St.
Louis and remains one of the main institutions of musical theater. Directed by veteran choreographer Jerry Mitchell, the animated and frothy show follows the story of a baby Bel-Air who drives a Porsche, worships pink and walks around a tiny Chihuahua in his Prada purse. When her boyfriend leaves her, claiming that she is not “serious enough” to marry (he wants to become a senator), she sets out to prove him wrong and win back her heart by being admitted to Harvard Law School. It sounds far-fetched, but Bundy works hard to ground the character in reality. “It`s the most rewarding thing as an actor to be able to go on a journey with a character who really grows up during the show. [She] returns to win the love of a man. But what she realizes is that she has to love herself and it`s much more important who she is as a person than this guy. In fact, the musical takes on the same girl power spirit that made Wicked and Hairspray such hits, and Bundy identifies strongly with these women-centered themes. “I never believed I would get my self-esteem from a man. My career, my creative activities and my passion have always been priorities.
However, if you dig deeper, you`ll learn that Bundy, 25, is not a Malibu Barbie. In fact, she`s made a career playing the kind of bad girl the public loves to hate. When she was just ten years old, she received a Drama Desk Award nomination for the off-Broadway musical Ruthless!, in which she played a monstrous little aspiring Shirley Temple Tina Denmark who strangles her rival with a jump rope to play the lead role in the school play. In 2002, Bundy created the character of Amber by Tussle, Tracy Turnblad`s nemesis in Hairspray. Then, last year, she took on one of Broadway`s biggest roles as Glinda, superficial and self-centered in Wicked. The six participants test their dancing skills on the cobblestone streets of Brooklyn and take on a hip-hop dance challenge (“Shake Your Junk” dance sequence). The song in the episode was “Positive”. Lander won a yoga class with Kate Shindle (who played Vivienne Kensington in the musical), which she shared with Hansen. SAINT-LOUIS (9. June 2022) – The Muny announced today that Kyla Stone, Fergie Phillipe, Patti Murin, Sean Allan Krill, Hayley Podschun, Dan Tracy, Kelsey Anne Brown, Khailah Johnson, Gabi Campo and Kerri George will star in the musical Legally Blonde, The Musical, July 25-31, 2022. This positively contagious show is directed by Maggie Burrows, choreographed by William Carlos Angulo, under the musical direction of Lon Hoyt.
The animated sister She is heartbroken when her boyfriend, Warner Huntington III, breaks up with her the night she expected him to propose to her. Determined to win him back, she follows him to Harvard Law School, where she soon discovers many new talents and a new destiny. The film starred Reese Witherspoon, who won a Golden Globe for her performance. Laura Bell Bundy created the role in the Broadway musical and Sheridan Smith starred in the West End transfer. More recently, she has been played by Lucie Jones and Faye Brooks. Elle`s snobbish classmates disapprove of her clothes, and the only person willing to help her is legal assistant Emmett Forrest (“The Harvard Variations”). However, he cannot protect her from the bloodthirsty Professor Callahan (“Blood In The Water”) in class. Callahan kicks Elle out of the classroom at the suggestion of her classmate Vivienne Kensington, who happens to be Warner`s new friend. This “tragedy” evokes the apparitions of the sisters of Delta Nu, who, as a Greek choir visible and audible only by Her, encourage them to remain positive (“positive”). She, believing that the blonde is the problem, decides to become a brunette. She goes to the Hair Affair salon, where she meets beautician Paulette, who, after telling Elle about her hair dyeing plan, tells Elle that when she`s down, she puts on her favorite Celtic Moods CD and dreams of Ireland and her Irishman dream. In the living room, Vivienne unexpectedly invites Elle to a costume party.
Paulette sends Elle dressed in a costume for the party with encouraging words (“Ireland (Reprise)”). Serena is an energetic cheerleader who is a member of sister house Delta Nu. With Margot and Pilar, she is part of the Greek choir that accompanies Elle`s journey through musicals. The role was played by Leslie Kritzer, Susan McFadden and Rachel Grundy. The musical received mixed reviews, but was hailed as a fun and upbeat production. Ben Brantley, who reviewed the musical in the New York Times, wrote that the show was an “energetic, empty and expensive hymn to the glory of femininity.” He praised Laura Bell Bundy, saying, “She sings and dances perfectly, and she delivers silly lines as if she meant them.” [55] Clive Barnes, in his review in the New York Post, praised Heather Hach`s book, but criticized the “amorphous, synthetic, and incredibly empty music” and summed up the show as “an enjoyable, albeit noisy, night.” [56] Elysa Gardner wrote for USA Today that the musical was a “flattering trifle” and that the “cast ensures that events, no matter how condescending, are not irritating.” [57] Jeremy McCarter lamented in New York Magazine that the musical “evokes no memory of Tracy Flick, the student council activist who played Reese Witherspoon in Election before starring in Legally Blonde,” and wrote that the “manic drive” in Witherspoon`s performance in Legally Blonde was her favorite part of the film. [58] Further information is www.legallyblondethemusical.com.
