‘Legally Blonde: the Musical’ is super fun!
CMPAC’s production debuts new sound system
Twerking California sorority girls as the classical Greek chorus is probably the best way to describe “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” which had its opening night on Saturday, Jan. 17 at the CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale.
While the golden nuggets of the movie (e.g., the bend and snap) remain intact, the musical is actually even funnier, with expanded jokes and an unexpected Celtic element to the Paulette character.
For those not familiar, “Legally Blonde” is the story of Elle Woods, a sunny, quintessentially blonde UCLA fashion major and proud Delta Nu sorority president who is hoping to marry her dream boyfriend, Warner Huntington III. When the proposal is nowhere to be found and Warner tells Elle he needs a “Jackie not a Marilyn” as he sets off to Harvard Law School, Elle, with the help of her faithful Delta Nu sisters, make it her mission to get into the Ivy League school and win Warner back. As Malibu Elle makes her way through the “serious” East Coast society, she learns to believe in herself and that being blonde and being boldly intelligent are not mutually exclusive…