Legally Blonde

Synopsis

College sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods doesn't take no for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone serious, Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and heads for Harvard Law! Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

Our Review:

14 July 2011

Bad hair day? It’ll soon brighten up with this show. Warner Huntingdon III (Neil Toon) splits up with bubbly Elle Woods to go straight (to Harvard), so what’s a girl to do? Being smart, in every sense, she follows suit, and learns a lot, while remaining true to herself.

Fans of The Paper Chase, and more recent courtroom soap operas, will recognise much of the plot, some of which is obvious and quite silly (not to mention confusing), but including some neat twists.

The staging is composed of largely sophisticated though cartoonish pieces and props (always odd seeing massive columns being hoisted aloft), and of course, an awful lot of pink, while the action is enlivened by first class dancing and singing. It’s a shame the latter is occasionally shrill to the point of drowning out the wonderfully witty lyrics, particularly with a refreshing attitude, aiming to put the feminine right up there alongside feminism. ...

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