Legally Blonde at Virgin

[alex2155]

Posted: 7/17/07 at 7:59pm

Did anyone go to the CD signing at Virgin today? How was it? How was the singing?

[JumpJumpJumpSoHigh]

Posted: 7/17/07 at 9:24pm

I got there for the later part of the signing, but sadly missed the performances. I hear they did "Ireland" and "So Much Better" (the latter without backing vocals, weirdly enough). Huge turnout! It seemed like a success! :)

~JJJ

[carymetorent2]

Posted: 7/17/07 at 10:36pm

I was there. There was a great turnout. Heard they sold over 200 CDs. Orfeh sang "Ireland" and really played to the crowd and Laura Bell did "So Much Better" on her own, but pulled Richard Blake over to sing ot him. It was pretty funny. Jerry Mitchell introduced both the songs and then the seven main cast members along with Jerry, Nell and Larry signed.

[broadwaybaby086]

Posted: 7/17/07 at 10:49pm

Great turnout. "So Much Better" did have backing vocals, but they were just pre-recorded/included on the backing track.

[yankees1253]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 1:02am

i love this news. thanks so much carymetorent2. it did get an awesome rating on itunes. hope they put up pics and some people videotaped it for youtube. i really wanted 2 go.

Laura singing solo for so much better and over 200 cds sold.
omigod you guys.

[carymetorent2]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 10:44am

I was going to tape, but I saw a lot of others with their cameras out, so I just decided to sit back and enjoy the performance. I am sure a video will surface.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 10:53am

Did they enforce the "buy a CD to watch" policy?

I didn't bother going since I got out of work at 5 and would've missed the performances by the time I got there.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 1:15pm

I wonder how long Virgin on Times Square is going to stay open. It has gone way downhill in the past 10 years (the last time I was there, it was like a loud tourist toilet) and the Virgin Megastore on North Michigan in Chicago just closed up shop.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 1:16pm

The Virgin Megastore in Boston also closed up last year.

[alex2155]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 2:05pm

Laura and Orfeh's performances are on youtube if anyone is interested. Both sounded good and Laura especially seemed to be having a lot of fun with it. She didn't quite have enough air to hold that last note long enough, but it didn't really matter...plus she probably wasn't warmed up nearly as much as she is during the shows. Kind of wished I had gone, oh well.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 2:16pm

It was a really fun event! So glad I got to be there.

[yankees1253]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 3:44pm

hey. The legally blonde myspace website from the show, they have taken pics by themselves and put them on there.

heres the link:http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=80314869&MyToken=3acdea85-3a8a-4022-9b82-3e5f278eeec0

[carymetorent2]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 5:00pm

They did enforce that you had to buy a CD. When you went down the signing line, at the beginning of the line, they checked taht you had a wristband which you could only get when you purchased a cd that day.

[yankees1253]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 5:06pm

i just saw he youtube videos of both laura and orfeh they were terrific. i loved how laura sang to richard and you can see kate laughing in the back there,and jerry moved out of the way. i wish i was there.
Laura will be great at birdland monday. i cant wait till then.

carymetorent2....i agree i will rather enjoy their performances and i am glad you had a wonderful time. ihope broadway.com went or broadwayworld.com went to the signing.

[JumpJumpJumpSoHigh]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 5:07pm

So they enforced the wristband thing for the autograph line, but not for watching the performance? That's a lot less unfair than I thought it might be.

I brought a Virgin wristband from another event just in case, but it was a different color. Whoops. Luckily I didn't go in the line, so it wasn't an issue. But damn, that would've been embarrassing.

~JJJ

[Anakela]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 5:16pm

I brought a Virgin wristband from another event just in case, but it was a different color. Whoops. Luckily I didn't go in the line, so it wasn't an issue. But damn, that would've been embarrassing.

Hee- thanks, I totally just laughed at the mental picture of someone being 'gently escorted out of the building' from the Legally Blonde cd signing, for having the wrong color wristband. :)

[JumpJumpJumpSoHigh]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 5:25pm

Dude, that would have been FUNNY. "I'm sorry, yours is bright orange, not yellow, I think you're going to have to leave and very likely be arrested. Wristband fraud, you know."

That might have been a little bit awesome, actually!

~JJJ

[LYNX71]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 11:24pm

I went to the signing after work but when i got there, I had missed the performances.
Once i was able to find the actual line and realized i supposedly needed a wristband,
I made friends with the girl in front of me and said i was with her and had no problem getting in to the line and get my CD signed. I had purchased my CD from the Sh-k-boom website a couple of weeks ago. Andy Karl was wandering around, i guess waiting for his wife to finish the signing. Jerry Mitchell, Heather Hach and Laurence O ' Keefe were all there as well. No Leslie Kritzer - has she already left the show?

Thanks!

[Anakela]

Posted: 7/18/07 at 11:35pm

No Leslie Kritzer - has she already left the show?

Kritzer, as much as I totally disagree with this, is probably not considered one of the 'main' cast members- from what I understand from those who attended, only the main cast members (plus Larry/Nell and Jerry) were there to sign.

[broadwaybaby086]

Posted: 7/19/07 at 12:08am

Yes, it was only the main-billed performers, plus Jerry, Larry, and Nell. Kritzer et al. are considered featured ensemble in terms of billing. Also, the last couple of times I've seen the show, Bundy hasn't held the last note of "So Much Better" completely through. No big. Ce n'est pas necessaire.

[ruprecht]

Posted: 7/19/07 at 11:25am

You can't actually *see* Orfeh's song on you tube. It's pretty much in the dark with flashbulbs going off every second. The Laura clip is lit better. Orfeh sounds amazing as always. Let's see how long it takes for this thread to get deleted now that I've posted on it. Seems to be happening alot lately.