Legally Blonde Reviews — Page 9

New York Sun review is positive.

http://www.nysun.com/article/53429?page_no=2

Newark Star-Ledger is mixed-positive.

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/117790754015530.xml&coll=1

Where is the Post review?

I haven't seen BLONDE, but I disagree with your assessment of MUSIK.

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CaryMeToRent-

Of course it's just a generalization. Certainly not meant to be "offensive".

Here's another generalization. The poeple on these boards are also not the people that the producers are aiming this show at.

-QB

Queenbee, I know. I was just busting your chops. :-P
B3TA...you can't really find that offensive. The demographic that the producers are aiming for don't, for the most part, read the NYTimes. I think that's what Queen Bee meant to say.

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again,
after it garners no tony's (maybe one for set), little mermaid will open and other new shows that will take the thunder away from this one and this show will have a short life of a year to a year and a half or even less.
There are no "defying gravity" numbers that will have girls singing in their rooms and then plastering them all over youtube. There is no beautiful duet (changed for good) that girls can sing with their BFF's in the highschool show choir.
There is no "dorky girl" wins boy themes which is a HUGE reason Wicked works (as one comic once said everyone thinks they are cool, but really only 5% of the country is cool). Most of the people that watch wicked are not "cool" hence they relate. Hey, I am not cool. It worked for me. How many people can really relate to a sorority girl getting the man, going to harvard and being rich as hell. umm...1% of the population? Again, which is why Hairspray works. Dorky overweight girl gets hot boy. this country is 70% overweight. all those people can relate to Tracy Turnblad and WISH they could all meet Link. This does not happen in this show. (also the music in hairspray is about 10 times better than the music in LB. Great opening and closing numbers)
Yes the Grosses are up but look at the avg tix price for LB. It was like 60 bucks and their gross was not even 700,000. Their weekly nut has to be around 700,000 just to cover operating expenses. They better hope people start paying more for a tix or come xmas, the palace will be hosting the Linda Eder Concert once again.

Wicked had two women with genuine star power to kickstart it (especially Cheno) -- and, as the reviews indicate, a star vehicle without a star is just empty.

WICKED taught all those homely or awkward or "outside" teenage girls (and gay boys) that they could overcome and wind up with the handsome prince. Legally Blonde's message isn't going to be as appealing. It won't hit the zeitgeist the way WICKED did.

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The Post is up...
Having briefly skimmed it, i'd say it's mixed.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04302007/entertainment/theater/whither_spoon__theater_clive_barnes.htm


"THE movie "Legally Blonde" had two fantastic things going for it - "Reese" and "Witherspoon."

The musical based on that 2001 movie, which opened last night at the Palace Theatre, has neither. It's a loss - a palpable loss.

It does have Laura Bell Bundy, who's pretty damn good, and it has an awesome wattage of girl-power which, unless you happen to be a boy, a man or a woman, could count for a lot.

Heather Hach's book, based on the screenplay and the original novel (who knew?) by Amanda Brown, makes all the right moves and has a good feel for both fun and wit, even though theater necessarily lacks the open-ended possibilities of a movie.

And unfortunately, the score never picks up the slack, although the lyrics by the husband and wife team of Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin are markedly sharper than their usual.

I loved - in moderation - the effervescent and radiant Bundy, I loved even more the crazy, measured charm of Borle as the smartest kid on the block, and Rupert's crisply supercilious law professor, while Orfeh proves adorable value as a beautician who doubts her beauty and a stylist needing more style.

A pleasant if noisy night out - but for those who have seen the movie, the wraith of Witherspoon hovers dangerously close."

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Updated On: 4/30/07 at 07:50 AM

Ummm...what the hell? I just saw a commercial (?) for Legally Blonde on TV. They sang this odd song that's not from the show. It sounded like a really bad cheesy jingle. Yuck! A terrible commercial!

Don't get your hopes up.

im also glad Brantley called out the product placement; it really bothered me, since there are basically advertisements built into the show for JET BLUE™, RED BULL™, MATCH.COM™ , STARBUCKS™ & others...which i assume can be replaced by whichever corporation wants to buy advertising space in a broadway musical that quarter.

again, disclaimer: i enjoyed the show....while i was watching it.

yeah yankee your right

though i do think they are way of calling it a show for tweens(though it is marketed that way its def a show for everyone.

I did like a lot of the score for a fun factor.

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As mentioned a few pages earlier by Michael Bennett, Ben B. has the slightest bit of subtext: the show would work better if someone like Chenoweth had the lead.

I personally agree with that idea...