Legally Blonde Tour in Greenville SC - 3/24/09

Ok, first off, this musical is only fun to me because of the music. This music is so catchy to me and is still running through my head this morning. However, WOW, this show is running on empty! It was one of the sloppiest tours I have ever seen. The dancing was all out of sync, about half of the jump rope dancers couldn't jump rope, and Jeff Mclean as Warner looked about 40 years old with a beer gut! Becky was cute at moments, but often came across as trying to be Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods. Amber Efe was on as Paulette and was wonderful. I also enjoyed Colleen Sexton as Brooke. The changes from Broadway were ok, but I did feel like the beginning lost alot without the stairs and such. I just felt like many were phoning it in and all I kept thinking was that Jerry Mitchell would be having a heart attack seeing the performance I saw. I really expected more from this tour especially with the economy down and theaters trying to get people in.

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Becky was the weakest Elle on Broadway, too (yes, I saw them all, save for Annaleigh), so I'm not at all surprised to hear this.

Ven? If so, YES! He was hilarious, and really nice in person too

Well I would have to disagree that Becky was the weakest Elle on Broadway, she was much stronger than Bailey overall

Maybe they were having an off night. It seems that gaedu and I have the same critiques.

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The jump rope number when the show played in DC was really sloppy, too.

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Well I would have to disagree that Becky was the weakest Elle on Broadway, she was much stronger than Bailey overall

Bailey had a lot more charisma and charm than Becky did. Both times I saw Becky, her performance bored me. The technical part of her performance was on the money- she was competent enough. However, she had zero star power or ability to carry the show. Hanks was much more engaging.

None of the Elles, however, were nearly as good as Haven Burton.

I don't think I agree with that. Haven had some amazing pipes that's for sure...but I thought she was a really weak dancer when I saw her as Margot and i doubt it was that much better as elle. She really does have a great voice though one of my favorites.

By the way, what's with all the Becky hate? I feel like when she was the understudy for lbb everyone was in love with her. Everything I've seen of her (online vids/audios) I thought she's looked/sounded really good and most people seem terrible from those things and are always 1000x better live...

How was LBB?

jigblob, from what I understand and what is rumored to be the case, Haven hated the show and wanted some more things added to her resume. Granted, that makes Haven sound like a horrible person but I've heard nothing but nice things from those who have met her. I really don't think this "added to my resume" thing is the case. Her Margot, from what I've seen on the forbidden site, could not have been better! She kicks Ashford's butt, that for sure. She was not annoying and did something completely different from just being a dumb Sorority girl, if that makes sense? As far as her Elle is concerned, she flubbed a few things here and there, but all-in-all, the girl is a star! She out-sang LBB and gave Elle Woods some depth that wasn't there during the MTV telecast, the only chance I was able to see LBB. Haven has made a huge fan out of me.

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Double post, sorry.

Updated On: 3/27/09 at 02:43 PM

I saw the tour in West Palm Beach last week and I truly enjoyed Becky's performance; she did miss somethings in the script that could have been used better. The tour to me was weak except Becky, BD Bonds, Natalie Johnson, Crystal Joy, and Gretchen Gurbhart. I understood that they were all getting very tired from traveling and performing this energy driven show, but that should not have stopped everyone from doing their best. I paid $160 for my seats and i expected to see the show not the actors being tired on stage.

?from what I understand and what is rumored to be the case, Haven hated the show and wanted some more things added to her resume.?

^I think I read that rumor on here a long time ago, but I don?t believe it. She seemed like she enjoyed being in LB a lot. There are some actors who have supposedly hated some shows they were in, but I doubt Haven is one of them.

?Her Margot, from what I've seen on the forbidden site, could not have been better! She kicks Ashford's butt, that for sure. She was not annoying and did something completely different from just being a dumb Sorority girl, if that makes sense??

I have to disagree. I didn?t like Haven?s Margot. I did love her Elle though.