I know, this is where everyone comes to get play reviews, right? We’ve subscribed to the Broadway Series at TPAC for decades quite literally. Almost every year there are plays we really look forward to, plays we are more so-so about and, on occasion, some that hold no interest whatever. Legally Blonde was in that category. I mean, a play that started out a movie first? That’s just backwards and the translation’s got to be less than wow, right? Besides, it’s a running blonde joke in pink.

Wrong! It was a good adaptation with a great cast and songs. Worth seeing, with a couple of local connections actually. Laura Bell Bundy, who now lives here,  returns to play Elle Woods (the Reese Witherspoon role in the movie). She starred in the role on the Broadway stage, receiving a Tony nomination fot the role. It’s not just a blonde, fluff play, it’s entertainment.

(Disclaimer: Reese’s dad is my ear, nose & throat doctor and is completlely responsible for how good my septum now looks.) :)