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#1

In one week Legally Blonde will be a piece of Broadway history...

Posted: 10/13/08 at 1:35am

I really enjoyed this show and I'm gonna miss it a lot. It was one of those shows where you could go in feeling lousy and come out happy. I'll be there next week to say one last goodbye.

Still can't believe it's closing. Thoughts?
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5 May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot

Updated On: 10/13/08 at 01:35 AM

#5

re: In one week Legally Blonde will be a peice of Broadway history...

Posted: 10/13/08 at 1:47am

Will any of the musicals created in the past two years?

Right here. Right now. I love this show and love the fact that it can make me laugh and love and smile like no other. That's its legacy to me, and fifty years from now I'll still look back on it and smile.

Updated On: 10/13/08 at 01:47 AM

#8

re: In one week Legally Blonde will be a peice of Broadway history...

Posted: 10/13/08 at 1:55am

In one week, Legally Blonde will be a piece of Broadway's past. (History - doubtful)

Though, maybe as a Snapple funfact for being taped for MTV. Sure, it was a decent, make you feel good show, but nothing really historic.
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Posted: 10/13/08 at 2:02am

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Posted: 10/13/08 at 2:16am

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#16

re: In one week Legally Blonde will be a 'peice' of Broadway history...

Posted: 10/13/08 at 2:24am

It was a cute show, but I don't really see it as making a huge impact to the theater world. In my opinion, it will be remembered for a little while, but that's about it. I don't see it having the staying power like other shows.

That being said, I saw it on MTV when it was on, and I was not overly impressed. But, it's cool if you did really enjoy it.
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#17

re: In one week Legally Blonde will be a 'peice' of Broadway history...

Posted: 10/13/08 at 5:50am

I don't think there are too many televised b'way shows that have made an impact on me. I was pretty bored with the MTV broadcast...and even lamenting that I was bringing my 8th graders from Boston to see it a few weeks later. I was, however, really, REALLY pleasantly suprised by the live performance.

Meaningful? Not really. Terribly original? Nope. Worth seeing multiple times? Not for me. Entertaining? As hell!

I admit: I am not one to get all worked up over shows closing. That's what happens. (Unless you happen to be Phantom.) Disappointing if I hadn't had a chance to see something I wanted to...but no biggie. (Of course TWICE in the last few months I've missed opportunities due to closing. My kids lost out on seeing Xanadu -- on stage no less. Damn them for changing the closing date. And they closed Passing Strange about 10 days before I was suppose to see it.




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Updated On: 10/13/08 at 05:50 AM

#24

re: In one week Legally Blonde will be a 'peice' of Broadway history...

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:34am

'Xanadu', in the history books? WHY? Because it turned out a zillion times better than anticipated? With such inauspicious beginnings, it would have had to suck harder than the conbined contents of 'Not Since Carrie' to have turned out as people anticipated. That doesn't somehow magically make it a brilliant piece of theatre with massive historical significance.

I also expect 'Curtains' will be little more than a "final Kander & Ebb show"-based footnote when it comes to these history books.

I'll agree that 'Billy Elliot', 'Spring Awakening' and 'In the Heights' will make the history books though, even if it is just as part of a list of Best Musical Tony winners in the case of the latter two.
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#25

re: In one week Legally Blonde will be a 'peice' of Broadway history...

Posted: 10/13/08 at 10:37am

I will probably go see the tour when it comes upstate (rochester/buffalo/whatever) so that's cool, though I'm sad that I didn't get to see Nicolette's Brooke one last time. And I kind of wanted to see Bailey too.
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