LEGALLY BLONDE first preview — Page 5

Well, LoveMusik got good notices from the reading (unlike BOUNCE, a show that went through many titles and cast changes before it was staged in that unsuccessful try-out). I highly doubt that Murphy, Cerveris, Pittu, and Blazer singing the Weill songbook to a book written by Pulitzer-winning Alfred Uhry under the direction of Hal Prince could be worse than LEGALLY BLONDE.
The show opens in about a month so we'll see what it's like soon enough.

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I completely agree, Matt Risch is gorgeous

Good to hear that Legally Blonde lives up to its hype as being a fun and bubbly show.
Looking forward to seeing it.

Guys, Road Presenters are NOT the majority of Tony Voters. I think they only make up like 20-30 percent of the voting pool. However, all the othe "artsy" musicals may split the voters in NY, whiich would be good news for the most commercial show.

I have a feeling that there will be two artistic musicals (Spring Awakening and then EITHER LoveMusik or Grey Gardens) and two more populist musicals (Curtains and Legally Blonde, I predict, although Mary Poppins is still in the race).

Do they have the souvenir program yet? :P

Jeeze, it's already turning into the next Wedding Singer.

Too many posts shilling the show - from people who haven't even seen it!

Updated On: 4/4/07 at 08:46 AM

Wow - this is my first "Tony Season" here on the boards, and if it gets this heated before the nominations are even announced, I can't wait to see what May and June bring!

CURTAINS has as good a shot at winning Best Musical as any of the other leading contenders for the prize. Reviews don't mean jack when it comes to the Tonies - Tony history is littered with prize-winning shows that were ripped to shreds by the critics. Lest we forget, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE was not the recipient of gushing love letters. Nor was EVITA, folks, just to name two examples.

So far, CURTAINS is doing quite well at the box office, and at a fairly high ticket price. SPRING AWAKENING is also holding its own. It seems that LEGALLY BLONDE is poised to become a hit, if not a smash. Sadly, GREY GARDENS is struggling along, and LOVEMUSIK is still an unknown entity. Yes, Hal Prince is directing, and the stars are great, Kurt Weill is brilliant, but nothing is for certain. Prince has had more flops than hits in the last 20 years of his career, and very few people outside this board know or care who Kurt Weill, Michael Cerveris and Donna Murphy are.

LEGALLY BLONDE, which is after all the topic at hand, seems to be one of those shows that is taking on a life of its own, and I'm hoping it's a smash, with or without the good reviews it may or may not get. I'm hopeful that CURTAINS will do the same. There's room every season for the good, old fashioned crowd pleaser, which both of them appear to be.

As for the Tonies, I'm still holding to my own theory that it's still too early to tell, and that this season is going to be one of the most competitive, and therefore exciting, seasons in years.

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Updated On: 4/4/07 at 09:10 AM

Not a chance LB is a far superior show to Wedding Singer

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Wedding Singer was fun don't get me wrong but LB has a heart and a good story and i prefer the music in LB, wedding singer just seemed like it was trying to throw every 80s thing in to 2 hrs

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All shows have faults ive never seen one what doesn't

I think LB is a great show but it does have its faults, a few of the songs are duff , they should not have replaced Love and War.
A few jokes fall flat, and they should be a bit more of a connection between elle and her potential guy.

The dogs are underused to haha

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One BIG difference between WS and LB: WS had nowhere near the pre-opening hype that LB is getting, and whatever hype it had wasn't as fervent or as positive.

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I'm just saying that that statement has been made a lot around here, with the implication that that will be THE reason it received a nomination for Best Musical. I just think that's negative and unfair.

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Rath, come on! This is a message board. People post their opinions, make all sorts of predictions (bizarre and otherwise), say whatever they think in whatever way they feel like, etc. You love this show so you say all sorts of things about it that other people wouldn't, and that's OKAY! Just let it go. Post and let post!

I have to go get ready now because I am going to see the matinee of CURTAINS in an hour!

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yeah, i want to hear what people think about THE SHOW, not the politics of TONY Noms.