Fasten your seat belts and get ready for a wild SST take-off on
a short runway with
”
Legally Blond, The Musical
”
. From the moment the curtain rises this show moves like a moon
shot lift-off. Tony Award winning director, choreographer Jerry
Mitchell, (
”
La Cage Aux Folles
”
and
”
Hairspray
”
) creates a two-and-half-hour perpetual
”
pop
”
from a shook up bottle of Champaign.
Fasten your seat belts and get ready for a wild SST take-off on a short runway with “Legally Blond, The Musical”. From the moment the curtain rises this show moves like a moon shot lift-off. Tony Award winning director, choreographer Jerry Mitchell, (“La Cage Aux Folles” and “Hairspray”) creates a two-and-half-hour perpetual “pop” from a shook up bottle of Champaign.
The talented, energetic, well-built and sharply tuned cast leaves the audience breathless with Mitchell’s wild, creative choreography and fast moving detailed direction. David Rockwell’s eye popping sets that moves around like a gigantic jigsaw puzzle is a show in its self. Gregg Barnes colorfully dresses the show with grand glitz and glamour without becoming tacky. Ken Posner and Paul Miller’s lighting design enhances an already easy to look at classy production.
Laura Bell Bundy as Elle Woods handles the Reese Whitherspoon (from the 2001 nonmusical movie) role with a pair of pipes that levitates the front row audience out of its seats.
She is adorable, loveable and starts out completely vapid and ends up as the valedictorian (lawyer) of her graduating Harvard class. Getting there is more than half the fun even if it’s as far-fetched as a plot can get. I can guarantee you will enjoy the journey.
Bruiser and Rufus a Chihuahua and bulldog respectively steal all their scenes. Bruiser is right on cue and Rufus just “looks” which is all he has to do to get an audience reaction. Animals are usually unpredictably tricky but these two pros deliver the goods with delightful ease.
This show will not have any trouble opening successfully on Broadway on their target date in April. Its solid and delivers full throttle
If you are looking for something philosophical and deep and songs you will whistle as you leave the theatre stay home. But if you want to just feel good and experience fun and joy just for the heck of it get over to the Golden Gate Theatre and be entertained and soak up the energy. You’ll be able to leave your thermostat off for at least four days.
Camille Bounds is the arts and entertainment editor for the Western Division of Sunrise Publications.
