Legally Blonde (Broadway musical)

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Legally Blonde is a Broadway musical comedy, based on the hit film of the same name, that follows sorority girl Elle Woods as she enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend and discovers her own intelligence and potential.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
musical comedy
stage musical
basedOn Legally Blonde (2001 film)
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Legally Blonde (novel)
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bookBy Heather Hach
broadwayClosingDate 2008-10-19
broadwayOpeningDate 2007-04-29
broadwayTheatre Palace Theatre
choreographer Jerry Mitchell
composer Laurence O’Keefe
Nell Benjamin
countryOfOrigin United States
director Jerry Mitchell
featuresCharacter Brooke Wyndham
Elle Woods
Emmett Forrest
Enid Hoopes
Kyle B. O’Boyle
Margot
Paulette Bonafonté
Pilar
Professor Callahan
Serena
Vivienne Kensington
Warner Huntington III
featuresSong Bend and Snap
Chip on My Shoulder
Legally Blonde (Remix)
Omigod You Guys
So Much Better
What You Want
Whipped Into Shape
genre musical comedy
hasTheme academic achievement
challenging stereotypes
romantic relationships
language English
lyricist Laurence O’Keefe
Nell Benjamin
mainCharacter Elle Woods
numberOfBroadwayPerformances 595
orchestrator Christopher Jahnke
originalBroadwayBrookeWyndhamPortrayedBy Nikki Snelson
originalBroadwayElleWoodsPortrayedBy Laura Bell Bundy
originalBroadwayEmmettPortrayedBy Christian Borle
originalBroadwayPaulettePortrayedBy Orfeh
originalBroadwayProfessorCallahanPortrayedBy Michael Rupert
originalBroadwayViviennePortrayedBy Kate Shindle
originalBroadwayWarnerPortrayedBy Richard H. Blake
premiereDate 2007-01-23
premiereLocation Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco
producer Fox Theatricals
Hal Luftig
setting Harvard Law School
subject female empowerment
law school
self-discovery
sorority life

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Palace Theatre (Broadway) notableProduction Legally Blonde (Broadway musical)
Reese Witherspoon notableWork Legally Blonde
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Marc Platt notableWork Legally Blonde: The Musical
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Christian Borle notableWork Legally Blonde: The Musical
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Christian Borle performedIn Legally Blonde: The Musical
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Laura Bell Bundy notableWork Legally Blonde: The Musical
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James D. Stern notableWork Legally Blonde: The Musical
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Legally Blonde (Broadway musical) featuresSong Legally Blonde (Remix)
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Gregg Barnes notableWork Legally Blonde: The Musical
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Nell Benjamin notableWork Legally Blonde: The Musical
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Nell Benjamin wroteLyricsFor Legally Blonde: The Musical
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Nell Benjamin wroteBookFor Legally Blonde: The Musical
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Kenneth Posner notableWork Legally Blonde: The Musical
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Richard H. Blake notableWork Legally Blonde
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Richard H. Blake performedIn Legally Blonde (Broadway production)
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Hal Luftig notableWork Legally Blonde: The Musical
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Jerry Mitchell notableWork Legally Blonde
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Annaleigh Ashford notableWork Legally Blonde: The Musical
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