Omigod You Guys, I Saw Legally Blonde: The Musical!

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(If you don't know, the title is referencing the opening number of the show.)

Well, it's almost been a week since I saw it, but I've been too busy to update the blog till now. But last week, I saw the official UK tour of Legally Blonde: The Musical in Milton Keynes! It was absolutely AMAZING. As expected, from Legally Blonde: The Musical. I wrote Grey, Blue and Green a dissertation about it, which I won't repeat here, but here's the gist:

• My show was actually the one Amber Davies, the star, left in the middle because she had been ill for a month and her body couldn't take it anymore, which led to her leaving the tour temporarily. The part she was in was definitely not what it could have been, and now that makes sense. I feel really bad for her and I hope she gets better soon!
• Her replacement, Hannah Lowthers, actually plays the role of Margot (one of the Delta Nu girls) normally, so they had to spend a good 20 minutes getting the costumes and wigs switched over. Hannah did absolutely amazing! She was a stupendous Elle, especially for being switch in twenty minutes into the show.
• The rest of the cast were also amazing. I loved Paulette's actress, especially!
• The set design was amazing. Everything was so wonderful and colourful when it needed to be, and more boring and traditional when it needed to be. I especially loved how they used the window in Elle's room for her yelling to Warner, for the Delta Nu girls, etc.
• The dances were a bit more Tik Tok-inspired. I'm not the biggest fan of it but I think it's a cool way to modernize it. Of course, my ass, living in 2006 instead of 2026 (currently blogging on my Windows XP laptop and listening to my iPod) feels differently.
• I will say that some of the American accents were a bit over-done/phony-sounding. Paulette's Southern accent was just a bit too Southern--a bit too Blanche from the Golden Girls, and sometimes incomprehensible. Emmett's accent was kind of indiscernible--I couldn't tell what exactly it was supposed to be. I also felt like Emmett's actor was kind of over-singing some of the time, like he was trying to add in all of these vocal runs, especially in "Chip On My Shoulder", that I felt distracted from the actual material rather than adding to them.

Overall, it was totally AMAZING!! I spent £70 at the merch table and came away with this haul:

• A souvenir brochure/program
• A (really great) tote bag
• A diary
• A pin set
• and a fridge magnet!

And this was after I restrained myself away from the t-shirt and hoodie.
Some other pictures:

This is the backdrop they had before Act 1 started--when the show started the sign came up and the show ensued.



This is the pre-Act 2 backdrop: the logo disappeared from the middle afterward and showed Brooke Wyndham leading her workout DVD! She's supposed to be a YouTuber here, so this is a bit of an odd choice, but I still love it. Maybe she just has an '80s aesthetic!



Overall, this was a really great experience. They also had a poster/photo backdrop out front I took a photo with! Though I prefer to stay anonymous on here so I shan't share it. I love this musical so much, so it was so amazing to see such a large-scale and amazing production in person. Now, I feel so much better than befoooooooooooore!