It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle for Legally Blond Workshop
It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle for Legally Blond Workshop
TheaterBoy7777
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/06
#0It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle for Legally Blond Workshop
Posted: 5/3/06 at 5:04pm
Im not sure if someone already posted this so if they did ignore this. I know people have been talking about her doing this but this is the first time I have seen a official source.Check out the link below.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/99473.html
Updated On: 5/3/06 at 05:04 PM
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#1re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle for Legally Blond Worksho
Posted: 5/3/06 at 5:07pmyay, I am very happy for her. She needs a showcase.
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#2re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle for Legally Blond Worksho
Posted: 5/3/06 at 5:11pm
Not much new news, really.
She's already done workshops for this show.
What we want to know is if she's cast for the Broadway production.
Although this is a good sign, it's nothing official.
#3re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle for Legally Blond Worksho
Posted: 5/3/06 at 5:16pmGreat casting...She's fab!
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#4re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle for Legally Blond Worksho
Posted: 5/3/06 at 5:16pmRichard Blake is in the workshop as well. Hope he gets the part in the actual show.
renthead333
Featured Actor Joined: 3/9/06
#5re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle for Legally Blond Worksho
Posted: 5/3/06 at 5:45pmim sooo HAPPY rachel dratch is in the workshop! I HOPE SHE GETS CAST!
ThePinballWizard
Leading Actor Joined: 1/25/06
#6re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle for Legally Blond Worksho
Posted: 5/3/06 at 5:59pm
Is it me or does she seem all wrong for the role? I don't know. The beauty about the Legally Blonde movies was that Reese played it ditzy and vain but that she still had a heart. Laura doesn't seem like that to me, I would be afraid that she would play it completely like she played her Glinda and Amber. I guess that would be okay, but you want to feel for her. I don't want to look at her onstage and be like this girls a ditz and not feel for her at all.
::shields himself from the onslaught of attacks::
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#7re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle for Legally Blond Worksho
Posted: 5/3/06 at 6:19pmWell we don't really know how she's going to play it. It seems kinda rude to just think that she'll play it a certain way. Although her Amber could come off as bratty, but her Glinda should have had some sort of heart.
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#8re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle for Legally Blond Worksho
Posted: 5/4/06 at 12:40am
Her Glinda had plenty of heart. I am happy I had the chance to see her in it -AND meet her backstage.
I think its wrong to say she would not play it right, because her two highest profile parts have been semi-bratty characters. I think as an actress she can play a number if not all archetypes.
When I met her - she was nothing but warmth. I believe she can bring that quality to Elle Woods.
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#9re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle in Legally Blonde
Posted: 5/8/06 at 4:55pm
It sounds like Laura Bell Bundy is cast in the musical for good.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/99453.html
"There was even a Miss America glamming up the line of arrivals—1998’s Kate Shindle, who made her Broadway bow as a replacement in Jekyll & Hyde and is now on her way to originating a role on Broadway—the brunette nemesis Selma Blair played to Reese Witherspoon’s 2001 "Legally Blonde." Laura Bell Bundy from Hairspray has the title role in the new show, adapted by Heather Hach and musicalized by the husband and wife team of Laurence (Bat Boy) O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
#10re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle in Legally Blonde
Posted: 5/8/06 at 4:59pmI love Rachel Dratch...SO MUCH. But I don't see her in this role.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#11re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle in Legally Blonde
Posted: 5/8/06 at 5:02pmI'm not sure if I like all this making broadway shows from movies thing. But if it can be pulled off with The Wedding Singer, then this just may turn out good too.
#12re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle in Legally Blonde
Posted: 5/8/06 at 5:05pmGlad to hear Rachel Dratch is still in it. I hope she makes it to Broadway. I'm sure she's ready to leave SNL after so many years.
TheBoyfromChi
Featured Actor Joined: 10/11/04
#13re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle in Legally Blonde
Posted: 5/8/06 at 5:07pmRachel won't play Paulette like Jennifer Coolidge did, but she has the dorky, shy, ugly duckling sort of style that I think could recreate the role to suit the stage version.
misto625
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/05
#14re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle in Legally Blonde
Posted: 5/8/06 at 5:50pm
I also agree with whatyouown223 that while I do think Rachel Dratch is very talented and I love watching her on SNL, she is not right for the role and it just doesn't make sense to me.
#15re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle in Legally Blonde
Posted: 5/8/06 at 5:53pmDratch could do that role in her sleep.
defying_gravity2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/05
#16re: It's really official Laura Bell Bundy as Elle in Legally Blonde
Posted: 5/8/06 at 11:02pmI love Rachel Dratch. I'm so excited to see this in SF. I have really high hopes, especially with such an amazing cast and creative team.
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