LEGALLY BLONDE is a hit musical based on the movie of the
same name, starring Reece Witherspoon
as a ditzy but intelligent
California girl who follows her heart all the way to... law school. She
sets out to disprove the dumb blonde theory and along the way wins
her man - but is it the man she set out to get? The movie spawned
two sequels and was based on the best selling books by Amanda
Brown.
The show has music and lyrics by Nell Benjamin and Laurence
O'Keefe who were nominated for a Tony award for their work.
Laurence O'Keefe is perhaps best known for the quirky
Off-Broadway show Bat Boy which also played the West End.
Legally Blonde inspired MTV to film the Broadway show, and
then follow up with a documentary series entitled Legally
Blonde - The Search For Elle Woods which found the
successor to Broadway's original, Laura Bell Bundy.
Later this year, Legally Blonde will make its West
End debut featuring musical actress Sheridan Smith
and boyband member Duncan James, who has
previously appeared in Chicago and recorded a single
for Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman In White.