Legally Blonde - The Musical - Savoy Theatre — Page 3

I loved it. Totally didn't expect to.
Sheridan and alex are just wonderful and sooo lovable and fun.

Loads of hiccups with the set, the house didn't lift at the start so the show stopped and restarted 10mins later, the benches got stuck in court and the salon is shakier than the worst amateur panto.

But the cast are terrific, all the movement was really tight given it's only the second day. That skipping whilst singing is mighty impressive.

The rat dog got stage fright and refused to come on at the end but the rest of the cast seemed to enjoy it.

I saw this on Saturday night and found it much slicker than I was expecting. I was really impressed with Sheridan Smith who, as CONAries said, has obviously spent a lot of time connecting with the character. She sings and dances very well but it is her comedic chops which really makes her performance 'so much better' than any other Elle I've seen. You can't help but warm to her and I'm glad she had shed the nerves which seemed to inhibit her during the CIN performance.

Other standouts for me were Alex Gaumond as Emmett, Jill Halfpenny as Paulette and Chris Ellis-Stanton as Kyle. A very hard-working and well-drilled ensemble too.

There was only one set malfunction that I noticed and, although it's obviously scaled down, it still works well given the limitations of the venue.

I was sat in Row M on the far right and had a perfect view of proceedings. Jerry Mitchell was sat right behind me too, so I guess Row N can be considered a good choice for seeing everything in its entirety (though he is about 8ft tall, so probably doesn't have much problem seeing over the heads of the people in front)!

I'll definitely be trying for lottery tickets for this in the next few weeks to see how it's bedded in.

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If anyone needs a lottery buddy on Saturday let me know. Double our chances!

Website says "up to 20"

The lady at the box office said that there are seats being kept aside for the draw but didn't say where.

Wow! Front row! I will be trying on Friday, Sat Mat, Sat Eve and Sunday Mat!!!

I LOVED it. Love Sheridan, love Alex, love Aoife (that girl has some serious abs from all that skipping - apparently they had to do 45 mins of skipping warm-up at the start of every rehearsal).

Hopefully, I'll be seeing this in just a couple of months. I'm thrilled to hear the positive response to Sheridan as she's really the reason for my seeing the show again, though I admit when I saw it on Broadway, I had a great time. Where is the stage door for the Savoy located? I rarely stage door any more, but this is a case where I might want to snag a photo op.

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Thanks jaqs! I'll keep my eye out for it before I go in to see the show.

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Thought this production was just GREAT. After seeing Sister Act this year and being disappointed, this really lived up to my expectations.

Smith was utterly charming as Elle and has great comic timing and seems to have worked so hard on the character. The sets, I admit, were not the best, but the ensemble, score and whole production makes up for it.

Also, I don't know why everyone doesn't like the Savoy as a theatre, true, it's smaller and doesn't boast great things, but it's perfectly fine as a theatre - i've definately been in worse!

For the first week, The show was outstanding and everyone seemed on top form! If the first week is anything to go by, things should go just fine! The cast are all excellent and the concept/music&Lyrics are great!

The few changes in lines/Ireland didn't make much difference and people laughed a lot on these changed lines which I just found funny.

A definate must! Smith should win something for her role, but no doubt, will be overlooked for more "serious" performances. I hope this lasts, the audiences reaction was really good, but I'm not sure if it can last....

GO SEE IT!

Updated On: 12/12/09 at 11:16 AM

Good to hear Mark, and glad you had such a good day.

I suspect the lottery for this show may get progressively harder to win. I'm not expecting great reviews but the word-of-mouth should stand it in excellent stead and among its target audience it should be very popular. I've already recommended it to several friends who have tweenage girls. And I definitely want to see it again - lots of pluses for me, very few minuses and I wish all involved every success.

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Booking till May

well i was thinking...with all the lyric changes and the fact that there's a few C-D List names in it..they might actually make a cast recording. I'd deffinitely buy it, even though i've got the OBC, i'd love to have the OLCR as well!

^Sheridan said she is contracted until October.