Legally Blonde Blooper 4/10/07 — Page 2

I'm sorry I missed it.

I knew when I read the SF reviews and they praised Jerry Mitchell's choreography, that the show had a lousy score. The first number was decent, but from then on it was all downhill. They seemed to copy a lot of the concepts and dialog from "The Wedding Singer". Many of the scenes and songs were unnecessary and it seemed like they were added just for filler material. What was the point of the song "Ireland"? It did not advance the storyline at all. When the show ended, I looked at my watch and saw that only 2 hrs. and 20 mins. had elapsed. It felt like a 3 hr. show. I was relieved when it was over. I hate to say it, because I really wanted this show to succeed, but this show makes High Fidelity look like West Side Story!

Good review, goldenboy. I agree with your sentiments about not caring for Elle Woods. This same flaw is inherent in the movie, but some reason, it's more glaring in the show. To use a writer's term, there's no 'character arc' for Elle. She's the pretty girl who's really smart in the beginning. And at the end, she's the pretty girl who's really smart. What's the journey for her?
My Review of Legally Blonde the Musical - click here

ok so I figured I would say this about the audience since many think that it will be target to 12-15 year olds...this may possibly true for many, but surprisingly I went to the show tonight..a lot of people I was sitting around & a lot of people I overheard talking while on the line to the bathroom at intermission..were adults who were older & seemed to go to a lot of theatre & also surprisingly lawyers/law firm people sat around me & got a good laugh out of it & entertainment. They looked like they were enjoying themselves. Also one girl, was behind me on the line & was talking about to someone I don't know who, about having law firm outting to this play.

This just shows that maybe Legally Blonde will target people we all I'm sure would never have expected to reach to.

And that is cute about the improvisation with the dog barfing, poor dog, but the cast is amazing & I am sure they did a good job with playing that off.

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That happened when I saw it too. It was kind of cute though and she handled it well.

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I saw the show tonight and really enjoyed it. I went in expecting to see a fun, ridiculous show, and that's what I got. I thought they executed it very well for what they were trying to do, and the cast had so much energy, which kept me engaged. Sure, the story was pretty one-dimensional and yeah, I agree that some of the jokes fell flat/were delivered strangely, but mostly I was very impressed with the cast, and thought LBB was good. She worked for the show, I thought, and while she didn't stand out in the cast, she fit right in. So, overall the show was entertaining, and sometimes that's exactly what you want from theatre.

Sorry for bumping an older thread, but I thought it'd be better than starting another new one.

Updated On: 5/14/07 at 12:03 AM

Glad you liked it :)

And thank you for not starting ANOTHER Legally Blonde thread!

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Oh yeah, was anyone there? I hope they got that set fixed so it doesn't happen again.

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I was there Friday night! I'm not really sure what it was either, it was just one of those huge panels that form like a half rectangle around the stage. But yeah, it was so close to hitting Laura Bell! She was so cute about it, though, she just stepped to the side, giggled, and then the stage man told her to get offstage.
And for the rest of Act I that one panel/thing wasn't lit up
Didnt notice if it was fixed for Act II or not though...

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