{"id":110,"date":"2009-10-06T16:19:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T20:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=110"},"modified":"2009-10-06T16:19:32","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T20:19:32","slug":"legally-blonde-the-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/legally-blonde-the-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"THEATRE: LEGALLY BLONDE, THE MUSICAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><em>LEGALLY BLONDE, THE MUSICAL<\/em><\/h1>\n<h1><em> <\/em><\/h1>\n<p>As a life-long goer to musicals, I realized my favorite ones are happy, the way a musical should be. I don\u2019t need to see people splitting up, dying from aids (or anything else), having underage German sex, killing others, etc.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_113\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113\" title=\"Legally Blonde, the Musical\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture-15-300x166.png\" alt=\"Photo credit: Joan Marcus\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Joan Marcus<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nMy all-time faves include Peter Pan, The Drowsy Chaperone, Beauty and the Beast, and for the past couple of years, Legally Blonde, though I had never seen it in person. MTV had shown us a taping of the original Broadway show, with the one-and-only Laura Bell Bundy starring as Elle Woods.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. X and I became so attached to that version that, though we were dying to see the show in person we were afraid that we couldn\u2019t enjoy wit without Ms. Bundy. So, it was with that mix of high anticipation and huge fear of a let-down that we attended the national tour\u2019s opening night at Hollywood\u2019s Pantages Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m happy to report that we still loved it!!! We did start out a tad concerned, however, when the opening number, the ripped-off-from-me \u201cOh My God, You Guys\u201d was staged very differently, and without the charm of, the Broadway show, but I\u2019m sure it\u2019s to save money and stage-moving hassle.<\/p>\n<p>But it picked-up by the second number and stayed true to itself from there. Though Becky Gulsvig, in the lead, can\u2019t really dance, she fakes it enough to work, and is a good enough actress and singer to make the show enjoyable. (To be fair, I don\u2019t really think that there\u2019s anyone who could have come close to Laura Bell Bundy.)<\/p>\n<p>The big improvement is in the part of Elle\u2019s hair stylist-new best friend, Paulette. The actress on Broadway was brutal and Natalie Joy Johnson is so much better.<\/p>\n<p>An older couple was pretty snide about the music to us on the way out, but for the younger and young-at-heart, this is a must-see. The only problem is that you\u2019ll be talking and singing like a Valley Girl for days afterwards, but you\u2019ll be upbeat and humming as you do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legally Blonde running through Sept. 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pantages Theatre 6233 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood 800-982-2787 www.BroadwayLA.org<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEGALLY BLONDE, THE MUSICAL As a life-long goer to musicals, I realized my favorite ones are happy, the way a musical should be. 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