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:

19 October 2011

We have had singing and dancing nuns, and Danny and Sandy recalling their "Summer Nights." Now finally - Legally Blonde - The Musical has followed the trend and embarked on its first UK tour. 

Writer Norman Mailer once said that “You don’t know a woman until you’ve met her in court.” An idea that protagonist Elle Woods (Faye Brookes) certainly puts to the test.

The sorority president may look nothing more than a blonde bombshell, but after splitting up with boyfriend Warner Huntington the Third (Neil Toon) she sets out to to prove that she is a woman with both style and substance - especially in front of a magistrate.

This is a show overflowing with cheesiness and Americanisation. Every last gesture is exaggerated, every girls voice becomes an excitable squeal, and any slightly interesting narrative line is transformed into an all singing/all dancing musical number. Take it as you fin...

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