"Legally Blonde, The Musical" was adapted from the 2001 film and premiered on Broadway in 2007 after a San Francisco tryout. This female empowerment flavored confection about Elle Woods, a Malibu sorority girl who gains admission to Harvard Law School in an attempt to win her ex-boyfriend back, capitalizes on the popular girl power themes that charged the 2003 sensation, "Wicked", and wraps its central theme within high-octane choreography and lots of valley-girl pink. Pinkness. Pink-ti-tude?
The driving force behind the current Stages production is the tireless Michelle London as Elle. She's got strong pipes, dances wonderfully, looks perfect, and brings a great deal of personality to a demanding role. After the opening number, one of the show's most memorable, "Omigod You Guys", Elle prepares for a proposal of marriage from her self-absorbed boyfriend, Warner Huntington III (Brandon Davidson). What she gets, is dumped. Warner needs a "serious girl" and Elle doesn't fit the bill. Buoyed by her Delta Nu sisters, particularly her own personal Greek chorus -- Margot (Melinda Cowan), Serena (Julia Johanos) and Pilar (Sarah Rolleston), Elle decides to follow Warner into Harvard Law to prove that she can be more brains and less bombshell.
