Legally Blonde on Broadway

March 26, 2007 3:05 PM

Broadway.com has been doing a video diary of Legally Blonde: the Musical as it moves toward Broadway. See the first rehearsal with director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell, visit a costume fitting, or catch a sneek peek of the show's pre-Broadway tryout in San Francisco. Legally Blonde starts performance in New York City on April 3rd.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero (13 comments total)

And I know, the idea sounds terrifying. The show received good reviews in San Francisco; time will tell if New York City will be as kind.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 3:06 PM on March 26, 2007 [1 favorite]

Is this related to the post below?
posted by Sukiari at 3:06 PM on March 26, 2007

That sounds atrocious. I guess it won't be long until someone decides to do a dramatic stage adaptation of the musical, which then gets made into a miniseries, that culminates with a two-hour Movie Event, that ends with a teaser trailer for the big-screen adaptation starring Reese Witherspoon's daughter Gaghmi.
posted by Shecky at 3:19 PM on March 26, 2007 [1 favorite]

In the name of God and all that is Holy, no more musicals of movies. PLEASE. Reefer Madness was the last of these I'll entertain for the next 20 years. I'm serious, you guys.

Even if this one winds up being OK.

I might allow Hairspray, however.
posted by Sticherbeast at 3:23 PM on March 26, 2007

Do they provide handguns at the theatre so that you can shoot yourself as the show gets deeper into it, or do you need to bring those yourself?
posted by Flem Snopes at 4:39 PM on March 26, 2007

Does anyone ever come up with new ideas for musicals? The Producers. Hairspray. The Phantom of the Opera. Les Miserables. Cats. All decades, and in some cases, centuries-old ideazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......
posted by The Card Cheat at 4:42 PM on March 26, 2007

Seriously, since it seems that all the bad ideas for musicals have already been done to death, why doesn't someone start using the good ones?
posted by Flem Snopes at 5:41 PM on March 26, 2007

Musicals are a bad idea.
posted by breezeway at 6:05 PM on March 26, 2007

I'm so glad this show has moved on. The billboard ads were truly terrifying.
posted by tingley at 6:06 PM on March 26, 2007

Heh. What did they look like? The billboard in Times Square is pretty frightening (and the main girl is so cute, I'm not sure what they did to her face in the logo, but it is not good).
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:16 PM on March 26, 2007 [1 favorite]

If they can turn a Victor Hugo novel into a musical... anything is fair game, folks. Cannot stand musicals.
posted by wfc123 at 6:31 PM on March 26, 2007

Once more with feeling
posted by Sparx at 12:58 AM on March 27, 2007

Can't believe I missed this thread.

I was HORRIFIED with having to suffer through the commercials for the Legally Blonde musical playing on tv here constantly. It was on billboards all over san francisco. It was on posters, the sides of buses... everywhere. And then when the reviews weren't bad, I realized I can never believe any theatre reviews in this town. Nobody can convince me that thing didn't suck. I refuse to believe. Sorry.
posted by miss lynnster at 3:22 PM on April 2, 2007