Play your entire musical with a pre-recorded score played by a full orchestra of professional musicians LIVE directly from your Apple iOS device. Mitchell received a Tony Award nomination in 2004 for his choreography of Never Going to Dance. This fall, he will choreograph the Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (another MGM On Stage project). Legal Blonde the Musical opens at UCLA`s sister house Delta Nu, where Margot, Serena and Pilar celebrate the news that the Warner Huntington III campus dream boat is going to propose to their bubbly blonde president, Elle Woods. While speculating on the details, Elle searches the mall for the perfect dress («Ohmigod You Guys»). After catching a sneaky saleswoman trying to sell her an outfit, Elle gets ready for her romantic dinner and thinks Warner will ask the question. But instead of declaring his love, he tells her that he is looking for a more serious girlfriend when he transfers to Harvard Law School. Heartbroken, she comes up with a blueprint to follow him to Harvard and prove that she can be serious enough for him. The girls are quick to point out that it is not easy to go to Harvard and that they help her study to further her application. After her parents agree to fund her, she prepares a one-time personal essay and surprises the admissions team by telling them that it was love that motivated her career change («What You Want»).
During the development phase of the musical, a demo recording of twelve songs featuring Kerry Butler and others under the name Elle was released. The demo included workbench versions of «There! Right there! » (called on the sampler «Gay or European»), «Blood in the Water», «Omigod You Guys», «Serious», «What You Want», «Legally Blonde», «Legally Blonde Remix», «So Much Better» and «Take It Like a Man», in addition to two songs that were not present in the final version of the show: «Beacon of Positivity» (which became «Love and War» for the previews and finally «Positive» for the final version of the show) and «Good Boy», a song instead of «Ireland». [63] Fox Theatricals is a producer of the Tony-nominated musical Caroline, or Change. Other credits include Tony Award-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest; You are a good man, Charlie Brown and dead of a salesman. The musical was recorded in September 2007 and aired on MTV in October 2007. After that, a reality show aired that showed the audition for the next person to play Elle Woods on Broadway. The winner was Bailey Hanks, who starred from July 23, 2008 until the end of production on October 19, 2008. The finalist, Autumn Hurlbert, was Hanks` understudy.
[2] As night falls, Elle and Warner enjoy a romantic candlelit dinner. While she eagerly awaits the proposal, Warner explains that it`s time to get down to business and take the next step. by separation. He doesn`t think she`s serious enough about her future. She, upset and embarrassed, is shocked by this revelation and leaves. Based on the novel and the bestselling film of the same name, Legally Blonde: the Musical follows the journey of the infamous Elle Woods, a fashion-conscious UCLA sorority who sees her life turned upside down when she is abandoned by her boyfriend Warner. To prove to Warner that she is more than just a blonde sister, she follows him to Harvard Law, where she struggles to fit in and do well. In the end, she defies expectations and manages to stay true to her gorgeous pink personality. When Delta Nu`s president, Elle Woods, is fired, she decides to get «serious» in order to win back her son.
But once she`s at Harvard Law, she discovers the true power behind being legally blonde. The show also received negative reviews. Tim Walker wrote in the Sunday Telegraph: «It`s a big, empty ship in a series that makes a lot of noise and not much else, and would have been better called `Irredeemably bland`. I was aware that for the two hours and 25 minutes he ran, I was sitting in the middle of a group of people, with a blank smile on faces that otherwise seemed completely numb. This is what I looked like. This is the expression that registers when what you see doesn`t quite match what`s going on in the brain. During its performance in San Francisco, the musical included a song called «Love and War», but when it aired on Broadway, the song was replaced by what is now «Positive».[59] [3] Another predecessor of «Positive» was «Beacon of Positivity». The musical was filmed on September 18, 2007 in front of a television audience, as well as on two other dates when it was filmed without an audience.[4] All three edited performances aired on MTV on October 13 and 14, 2007, with additional airing dates on November 3 and 14, 2007. MTV`s involvement in the musical continued with a reality show called Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods, which aimed to hire the next actress to play Elle Woods on Broadway. to replace Laura Bell Bundy. The show was hosted by Haylie Duff and premiered on MTV on June 2, 2008.
The show ran for eight episodes.[10] The focus was on the preparation and coaching of the participants, as well as on the auditions themselves. The competition was won by Bailey Hanks, 20, of Anderson, South Carolina. The results premiered on MTV on July 21, 2008,[12] and Hanks` debut as Elle Woods took place on July 23.[11] The finalist, Autumn Hurlbert, also made her Broadway debut in this show as sister of the sorority in Delta Nu and served as an understudy to Hanks.[11] [13] The delighted girls of UCLA`s Delta Nu sorority, led by Margot, Serena, and Pilar, celebrate Warner Huntington III`s upcoming engagement to their blonde sister President Elle Woods («Omigod You Guys»). The girls send Elle to dinner with Warner, where he tells Elle that he needs someone more serious and breaks up with her. Devastated, Elle sulks for twelve days («daughter of Delta Nu»), but has a plan to win Warner back after seeing a photo of her brother`s fiancée: «someone serious, a lawyer, and someone who wears black when no one is dead» («What You Want»). She decides to sue Warner at Harvard Law School to show him that she is serious. With the help of Delta Nu`s sister Kate, she studies for LSAT and misses all the spring semester parties in the name of love. Instead of writing a personal essay, she bursts into Harvard admissions offices with Margot, Serena, Pilar, a group of cheerleaders, and the entire UCLA brass band to prove it`s Harvard material. Although she is rejected at first, she is finally accepted after revealing that she is motivated by love. Listen to a cast or demo recording before you get licensed for your next musical. During the workshop phase of the musical, the song «Good Boy» existed in what would later become «Ireland» in the musical. [5] In the song, Paulette and Elle connect on the idea that men are like dogs and should therefore be treated as such.
When she comes to the party as a Playboy bunny, she realizes that the joke is on her – no one else is wearing a costume. She, although humiliated, refuses to be defeated and recalls their past relationship with Warner. Vivienne interrupts her conversation with insults and taunts.