Legally Blonde understudies — Page 17

Yes, you're "allowed" your opinion possitive, even though you never saw the actual performance as a ticket buyer. You just admitted you were skulking around the lobby and/or watched a bootleg. I think some of us simply find it very strange that you're on this mission to destroy some nobody in the chorus. Again, let me remind you, you're the only one giving her ANY play and it's so funny to me that you and the people you're catering to (that's pretty darn obvious too) don't get that simple truth.

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I Support the Kate Shindle/Richard H. Blake Take Over New Jersey Plan!

Clumsy: if you haven't seen it yet you should totally check out Kate's new blog Shindle's List (shindleslist.blogspot.com), I think her writing's hilarious! And there's a link to her Fox "After the Show Show" appearance on there too. But she had me with her entry about the sex at Blonde from the other night, "and we tell on you"- lol.

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When my friend and I go to Blonde on Sunday, I'm gonna say to Kate and Richard how I support their take NJ plan.

My friend is gonna be like ...WTF.

PS: Is anyone out this weekend? Is this week Christian is out?

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Updated On: 1/30/08 at 02:47 PM

Darn it, I wanted to see Andy!Emmett. :sad:
It shall be interesting to see what the replacement for my beloved Noah brings to the table.

I've seen a Serena U/S the last two times I've gone: Cara Cooper played her twice. I love Cara!

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i doubt anyone knows, but does anyone know who will be Serena tomorrow? i'm sad to hear it probably won't be Tracy, I was looking forward to seeing her cause she was out last time I went...but I'd love to catch Becky in the role!

I hate not living in New York and being able to see whoever I wanted in whatever role. Grr.

This is interesting...

According to broadwayunderstudies.com:
"-- 01.30.07: Becky Gulsvig will be playing the role of Elle Woods in LEGALLY BLONDE from February 27th - March 1st."

But LBB's vacation dates were stated as: "february 27th-march 2nd." Soooo... does this mean that there is a chance of Haven playing Elle on that Sunday March 2nd?

or am I messing up the dates?

I just checked Laura Bell's myspace and it does say "Feb. 27th - March 2nd."

Unless it was just a typo on broadwayunderstudies that says Becky will be on through the 1st? If not, maybe Haven could possibly be playing Elle on that day? hmmm.

How many times have they gone on opposite each other? They had huge energy today, the show is completely different seeing it with two different leads. (This was my 3rd time plus MTV) Andy wasnt as good at Christian but the chemistry was there. I loved Becky her facial expressions and emotions are great compared to LBB who runs through the show with a blank emotionless stare.
Cara didnt do it for me. Im so used to the high energy performances of Tracy and Leslie that Cara, while good just wasnt as good.

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Thanks for the review myManCape- no clue how many times they've gone on opposite each other, (I know I've seen them at least twice myself), but I agree that Becky!Elle and Andy!Emmett are such a great u/s pairing, I love watching the two of them on stage together.

So, after seeing the show last night, I have to say, if you haven't seen Andy Karl as Emmett, RUN, don't walk to the theatre tonight or tomorrow. He, in my opinion, should be playing the role full-time, and was completely fantastic last night, as he always is. His voice is so strong, and I find it more pleasant to listen to than Christian's, and his acting...he had me near tears during the "Legally Blonde" ballad. Absolutely amazing performance.

And just something else worth mentioning, Orfeh was on FIRE last night. I mean, she is ALWAYS amazing, but anyone who was there last night can agree that she was HILARIOUS, and especially good. Actually, the whole cast seemed to be very high-energy, it was a great show.

But seriously. Go see Andy. ... Now.

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"I wish Andy was doing Sunday's performances!
I'm not sure how to feel about seeing Noah's replacement, when I loved Noah in the role of Emmett so much"

Judging by Bryce in his ensemble roles, he's going to be great. I hear he has a great voice, and he does look a bit like Luke Wilson. I think he's got good comedic timing, so I'm really interested to see how he does with it :)

"How is Matthew Risch as Kyle? Do he and Orfeh have nice chemistry?"

He's very different as Kyle, nothing like Andy, but I think he's good. I mean, it's one of those cases (for me), that it's a very clear understudy performance, and the lines don't REALLY fit him that well.... (He's CLEARLY not Irish, which always rubbed me the wrong way, since Paulette's dream is to marry an Irish guy, and if Matthew is on...she's not really getting that, so that always confuses/bothers me) but I think he does the best job he can with it. I particularly like him as Dewey though, and he has some great line readings ("Paulette, what's going on?" as Kyle, and "It's your birthday!" as Dewey were VERY funny).

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