Legally Blonde

I'd already decided that I was going to do a post on Legally Blonde, which I saw on Saturday night (September 22nd, 2012), but it's taken me longer than expected to get around to actually writing it (the lack of sleep- it's a long story).

Anyway, so on Saturday night, six of us saw Legally Blonde the musical at the Sydney Lyric theatre. We'd been looking forward to this for months, and I was really excited to see the show. I love the movie, and I knew how awesome the cast was, because I'd watched Erika on It Takes Two and I knew Lucy, Rob and David from Wicked. 

 So I knew I was going to love the show, because I do love the movie and I am a fan of so many of the cast; but I wasn't expecting to love it as much as I did. Seriously, it's taken the #2 spot on my list of favourite musicals (#1 is still Wicked, LOL- just in case you were wondering).

It's such a fun show, it has such a great energy to it, and there's not a slow moment in the whole show. And it's hilarious. And the cast was just... incredible. The casting was just done perfectly.

Lucy is phenomenal as Elle, Rob is Warner (in the best possible way, haha) and David is the perfect Emmett! Helen is hilarious as Paulette, Cameron was so good as Professor Callahan and Erika... seriously, "Whipped into shape" says it all. I'd heard from David's blog how hard that routine was, but to actually see it... wow. You have to be seriously fit to do that. (Which I am not, as was proved to me when I woke up this morning after spending all weekend walking around Sydney. "Ouch" about sums it up).

I don't know if I could pick a singular favourite song from the show... so I'll pick 3, lol (in no particular order).
1. "Ohmigod you guys" is just so much fun, and gets stuck in your head so easily- we were singing it all the way as we walked back to our hotel after the show, haha. Yes, we got some strange looks from people on the street).
2. "So much better" was one of the few songs I'd heard before I saw the show, from the media launch and such; but it was really great to see in the context of the show. Lucy does such a great job of singing this, and as it closes the first act, you really end on a great note.
3. "Chip on my shoulder" I loved this song. I don't even know if I could tell you why, but it's just a great tune and the lyrics are really great. It's been in my head all day, so I thought that was a problem easily solved by listening to the song from the soundtrack. It kind of helped, but I spent half the song thinking, "David sings this so much better", haha.

We've got plans to see the show again in November, but I'm not sure I can wait that long, LOL!

We had some really cute moments in the show too- like when Bruiser wouldn't come on stage at the beginning, haha. But he's so cute no-one minded! The dogs are simply gorgeous!
And it's really funny, I loved how they had little pop culture references, like to Glee and Lord of the Rings and it doesn't matter if you've seen the movie or not.

After the show, we went to the Stage Door to meet the cast, which has become one of my favourite things about going to the theatre. The cast are all such lovely people, and it's really great just to be able to meet them.
Unfortunately, we missed meeting Erika (we did see her, but just didn't get a chance to say "hi"- so we'll have to grab her next time!)

So if anyone's in Sydney (or near enough) I really recommend Legally Blonde! It's such a great show, and cast, and you'll have a great night!

I wish I could go again sooner, but that's the downside of teaching out in the country- it's just a tad difficult to get to the city. Hurry up, November!