The 2018-2019 Broadway season has begun at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora with Legally Blonde: the Musical. While I’ve never seen the movie, I had some general knowledge of the plot before we went to the show last weekend. Not knowing the specifics, I was fairly entertained by the show, even with the bits that I felt were obviously predictable from the beginning.
Elle, in addition to being a flighty blonde, is upbeat and starts with the absolution conviction that she can follow her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School and succeed, despite her total lack of interest in law or serious studies. She is assisted by her sorority sisters throughout, both in real life and versions of them in her head (singing as a Greek chorus), and by friends she makes once she arrives at Harvard.
She goes head-to-head with her ex-boyfriend, his new girlfriend, and one of her law professors, none of whom believe she has a chance of graduating, much less landing one of the four internships offered by the professor. The only people on her side are Emmett, the professor’s assistant, and Paulette, a beautician she meets when she considers going brunette to convince people she’s serious about law school.
This show was a delightful start to the season. I’m looking forward to see their interpretation of The Wizard of Oz in November.