Maya -
legally Blonde is one of my absolute favorite movies ever. I was so excited for the musical, because I knew it could have been SO good. But honestly? I'm going to speak my opinion, and hopefully people will realize that it's just my opinion. I thought that the choreography was amateur, at best, and the score is not even poppy or fluffy or fun, it's plain-out not very good. All of the performances are overdone, and none of the women ever sing on key. It's the WEIRDEST thing to me. Laura Bell has some serious vocal technique issues, and I don't think any of the girls portray their characters the way it should be. It could be because the material they were given was lacking in any goodness, though.
I LOVE fluffy, fun musicals. But to me, Legally Blonde was not done well at all, and so the "fluffy" and "fun" doesn't even exist. I most certainly went in there with an open mind. Maybe high expectations, but I have high expectations for every Broadway show. Sorry, but if they're going to charge me that much for a ticket, then their million-dollar show ought to be worth it. For me, Legally Blonde wasn't. It wasn't the 3 times I saw it in person, and the one time I saw it on TV.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.