Review: (Vancouver) Legally Blonde

Light and fluffy and totally entertaining
TUTS remount isn’t perfect, but it’s still fun to watch
by Chris Lane
@chrislanetweets

Just in case you thought the movie wasn’t campy enough, Legally Blonde: The Musical features even more pink and even more squeals, right from the energetic first number, Omigod You Guys.

It’s about as peppy as you would expect, but also somewhat formulaic and predictable. And yet it’s hard not to cheer for Elle, delightfully played by Reese Witherspoon’s doppelganger, Jocelyn Gauthier.

Review: (Ottawa) Legally Blonde

Omigod I Had Fun
by Jim Murchison
@JimMurchison

The Orpheus season opened up with the frothy Legally Blonde The Musical. As frivolous as it appears on the surface, the themes are pretty positive. Be true to yourself, don't judge a book by its cover and apply yourself and you can succeed are the ideas that run through this play with book by Heather Hach and music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin.

Review: (Calgary) Legally Blonde

OHMIGAWDYOUGUYS!

by Josef Vermeulen

@yycatcboy

With passionate energy, Legally Blonde the Musical has burst onto the stage at the Pumphouse Theatre.  Presented by Front Row Centre Players, Calgary’s community theatre musical company, Legally Blonde’s cast and production team are closing out their season with a bang.

Telling the story of Elle Woods, who ends up at Harvard Law chasing love, Legally Blonde is a musical theatre rendition of the movie with the same title. Elle’s journey from lovesick girl to full blown stereotype-busting woman is given excellent treatment on the musical stage and is, dare I say it, better than the movie.