There is more youthful exuberance and bounce in Legally Blonde (book by Heather Hach, music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin) than in a Beverly Hills High School pool party. As directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, it's nothing but fun.
You know the plot: Bev. Hills supposed Ding Dong goes to Harvard Law School in pursuit of a Dumb Dumb. Beautiful Laura Bell Bundy is the girl, and the charm oozes, drips and splashes -- and she taps, too. This girl is hot!
This is a real spectacle, with non-stop visual action, costumes by Greg Barnes that are as much fun as the dancing, and stage effects to applaud designed by David Rockwell. All the voices are cheery and musical, and the subplot, the beautician and the UPS delivery man, gives us two strong performers who fill the theater: Orfeh, who is a star singer/comedian, and Andy Karl, a super hunk. What a team! The entire cast is first rate.
Can you make a good Broadway musical of a film we've all seen? Yes. They did it with songs, great design and performers and action. If you're not in the mood for lighthearted fun, don't go.
