Convinced that her blonde hair is the source of her problems, she has retired to the Hair Affair salon, where she plans to become a brunette. We meet Paulette, a hairdresser who sees a bright future for Elle and insists she just needs some relaxing Irish music. Paulette complains about her own dreams of falling in love with Ireland one day. She hears Vivienne and her friend enter the living room while talking about an upcoming party. A curious Elle joins her and Vivienne invites her and tells her it`s a costume party. She thanks Paulette for her encouragement and starts fighting for her husband. 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. 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. Legally Blonde: The Musical Music Nell BenjaminLaurence O`Keefe Lyrics Nell BenjaminLaurence O`Keefe Book Heather Hach Basis Legally Blonde by Amanda BrownLegal Blonde by Karen McCullah LutzKirsten Smith Premiere January 23, 2007: Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco Type of production 2007 San Francisco 2007 Broadway2009 West End Awards Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical Legal Blonde is a 2007 musical with music and lyrics by Laurence O`Keefe and Nell Benjamin. The story is based on Amanda Brown`s novel Legally Blonde and the 2001 film of the same name. It tells the story of Elle Woods, a sister who enrolls in Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others and successfully defends the queen of the practice Brooke Wyndham in a murder trial. Throughout the series, no one believes in Elle Woods, but she manages to surprise them if she defies expectations and stays true to herself. MTI and original Broadway choreographer Jerry Mitchell have teamed up to revolutionize the way you choreograph your musicals with an innovative new resource: The Original Production (TOP). Play your entire musical with a pre-recorded score played by a full orchestra of professional musicians LIVE directly from your Apple iOS device. After receiving his acceptance, she is discouraged by her snobbish classmates, who sniff out her pink clothes, cheeky posture and little dog Bruiser (“The Harvard Variations”). His teaching assistant, Emmett Forrest, is the only person who shows his kindness, but even he can`t save it from Professor Callahan, who teaches the class that the only way to succeed is to be a shark (“Blood in the Water”). Leaving class, she meets Warner`s new friend, Vivienne Kensington, who has surprisingly flat hair. In a moment of tragedy, her sisters come to convince her that everything will be fine (“Positive”).
She decides that it must be her blonde hair that is holding her back, so she goes to the Hair Affair salon to make a radical change. Beautician Paulette Bonafonte warns her against her decision and speaks wise words (“Ireland”). Vivienne invites Elle to a costume party and convinces Elle that she has finally found a girlfriend. The musical premiered on August 18. It was filmed in September 2007 in front of an audience live for television, as well as on two other dates where it was filmed without an audience. 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 first aired on MTV on July 21, 2008,[12] and Hanks` debut as Elle Woods aired on July 23, 2008.[11] July. 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] During the development phase of the musical, a demo recording of twelve songs was released with Kerry Butler and others under the name Elle.[13] 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] The delighted girls of UCLA`s Delta Nu sorority, led by Margot, Serena, and Pilar, celebrate Warner Huntington III`s upcoming engagement to her 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”).