Legally Blonde (2007 Original Broadway Cast)
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Composer: Laurence O'KeefeComposer: Nell Benjamin
Performer: Laura Bell Bundy
Performer: Christian Borle
Performer: Orfeh
Performer: Richard H. Blake
Performer: Kate Shindle
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2007-07-17
Music Label: Ghostlight
Soundtracks:
- Act 1. Omigod You Guys
- Act 1. Serious
- Act 1. What You Want
- Act 1. The Harvard Variations
- Act 1. Blood In The Water
- Act 1. Positive
- Act 1. Ireland
- Act 1. Ireland (Reprise)
- Act 1. Serious (Reprise)
- Act 1. Chip On My Shoulder
- Act 1. So Much Better
- Act 2. Whipped Into Shape
- Act 2. Take It Like A Man
- Act 2. Bend And Snap
- Act 2. There! Right There!
- Act 2. Legally Blonde
- Act 2. Legally Blonde Remix
- Act 2. Find My Way / Finale
Music reviews of Legally Blonde (2007 Original Broadway Cast)
Music Review: This Much Fun Shouldn't Be Legal
Rating: 4 Stars
I'll just start this review by saying that I have never seen this show. I'll then proceed to say that based on this album, I would actually prefer to see this over this season's slightly over-hyped multiple Tony winner Spring Awakening. The score is unabashedly pop, and the show doesn't pretend that it isn't just a whole lot of fun, while still managing to deliver a wonderful message about staying true to yourself.
Unlike last year's big pop musical, The Wedding Singer, the score is uniformly excellent. From the high energy opening, "Omigod You Guys" to the great closer "Find My Way/Finale", the score is peppy, catchy, and as optimistic as sunny day in spring. Some of the standout tunes inclued "Ireland", a wistful song of longing, "Much Better", the explosive Act I finale, "Blood in the Water" a dark, jazzy number extolling Callahan's moral views (or lack thereof), and "What You Want" Elle's Harvard preparation montage. Of special note is the title song, "Legally Blond", which defied all of my expectations. I was expecting something of a big showstopping number broadly defining the moral of the show. What we get is a hearbreaking ballad from Elle, and what is arguably one of the most beatiful numbers from the show. Then the remix/reprise of the title number delivers the expected goods in a finger snapping, toe tapping, smile inducing showstopper worthy of some of Herman's biggest crowd rousers.
The cast is equally as great as the score, and they are all so equally good that even Laura Bell Bundy has problems standing out, but stand out she does, displaying an impressive set of pipes while belting her heart out. Orfeh shows an equally amazing voice as hairdresser Paulette, and Christian Borle makes for a very sweet, caring Emmett.Michael Rupert even has a deliciously amoral turn as Professor Callahan. The ensemble is strong, and blends well with each other, and also gets to act as a Greek Chorus of voices in Elle's head at times.
According to some sources, the book for this show is a tad weak, and considering the source material it isn't too surprising, but it would have to be weak beyond reason to bring down the sheer energy that the musical numbers exude. The music and lyrics are deep enough to get the message across, without sounding stilted or out of place within the music, and they don't come across as trying too hard to sound poetic (I'm talking to you Spring Awakening...). All in all,it is definetely one "Elle" of a show.
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