Legally Blonde: 100% official

#1

Legally Blonde: 100% official

Posted: 3/26/09 at 4:18am

I seriously never thought it would happen, especially considering the monumental f*ck up they made of the marketing all those moons ago, and the sudden closure of it in NY, but Legally Blonde in the West End has now been confirmed! Performances will begin at the Savoy (I didn't even think about the Savoy) on 5 December. Groups go on sale today, and general sale will begin on 26 April. All cast announcements are being embargoed until 22 April.

Good times? I'm not sure, but if Sheridan Smith is in it, she'll probably bump up the star ratings.

#2

re: Legally Blonde: 100% official

Posted: 3/26/09 at 4:28am

how brilliant !

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#3

re: Legally Blonde: 100% official

Posted: 3/26/09 at 4:40am

Totally excited :)

Thankfully it'll have previews this year, because as of January 4 2010 my UK visa runs out

#4

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 5:38am

FABBBB!!! Will be living in London by then!!


Does anyone know when Carousel will close then?

#5

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 7:05am

i have always maintained that Legally Blonde would not come across the Atlantic, I am just chocking on a piece of humble pie!!!!

#6

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 7:09am

I wouldn't have been entirely pushed to go see it, but if Sheridan Smith is in it, I'm there. She was phenomenal in Little Shop.

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The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.

Derek Mahon

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."

Arthur Miller

#7

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 7:14am

it seems a bit of a small stage to put LB in but oh well i'm sure they are obviously going to manage it!

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#8

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 7:17am

It did look small in Fiddler, but Carousel made it look big. Maybe it was the projections.

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The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.

Derek Mahon

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."

Arthur Miller

#9

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 7:19am

probably because it was tiny during never forget.

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"Lateness is a choice" - Sir Trevor Nunn

#10

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 7:25am

I don't think that was a factor for me, I didn't subject myself to Never Forget.

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The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.

Derek Mahon

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."

Arthur Miller

#11

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 10:47am

I didn't think this was would be happening, but hey, I reckon it will do well in London in a smaller theatre.

And PLEASE PRODUCERS, no tacky MTV casting show!

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#12

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 11:15am

hi where do u get the tickets from then for groups, i have 20 that want to book for this....rang the savoy, applause, ticketmaster and see tickets and no one has any info on this show?

#13

re: Legally Blonde: 100% official

Posted: 3/26/09 at 11:21am

Groups can be booked through ATG's groups department and should be available through all agencies by Monday. For now, the only way I've found is to email them on groups@theambassadors.com.

#14

re: Legally Blonde: 100% official

Posted: 3/26/09 at 11:32am

ok thanks will give them a try

#15

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 11:33am

Happy to help. Good luck!

#16

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 12:20pm

Well all i have to say to you all is....i told you so lol

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 12:23pm

i could make a tonne of jokes now that unclude lyrics from the show...but i'm restraining my hands :) i always knew it would make it! The Savoy is a horrible theatre! the seating is so uncomfortable and there is next to no marquee space! i wanted it to take the dominion...just so the bronze freddie could be replaced by a gold elle

#18

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 12:28pm

Do you know anything about ticket pricing yet?

It would be suicide for them to charge £60+ for tickets surely? Hopefully they will take the same route as Avenue Q/Spring Awakening or they will pretty much rule out alot of the target audience.

#19

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 1:58pm

Hurrah @ Lgeally Blonde.

Boo @ thee Savoy. First of all- it has no room for a pretty marquee and nice signage, secondly- its so wierd inside..... and thirdly..... well, there is no third.

I hope it does well though- its such a great show. Loved it in New York.

#20

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 6:21pm

Yes - it's an interesting choice for a theatre. Maybe it will be a holding pen - so they can test it out before moving it on forward to a more spacious house.

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#21

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 6:28pm

Maybe they'll do a Next to Normal and announce a theatre they wouldn't mind being in, in the hope that one they really want comes up before December...?

#22

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 6:29pm

Aka the Picadilly!!

#23

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 6:31pm

right it sounds stupid but you know in your head you just have an image of a show being in a certain theatre...i just really always imagine Legally Blonde at the Picadilly...the Savoy seems odd to me and my mental image :P haha im such a retad sometimes!

#24

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 6:37pm

Totally agree. I was always secretly hoping it would take the Adelphi from Phantom 2. Yes, its only over the road, but the frontage and visibility is tenfold than the Savoy.

I've never been into the Savoy ... what's it like?

#25

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Posted: 3/26/09 at 6:38pm

Double post

Updated On: 3/26/09 at 06:38 PM