Legally Blonde the Musical on Broadway

the timing's bad, I know? But hey, fic!

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:13:25 GMT

Um, hi, if there's anyone out there? Because I always come to these things four years late, I just recently found the Legally Blonde soundtrack, watched the MTV version on youtube, and got totally hooked. (For anyone who is interested in completely over-analyzing things, my monster analysis is here). And then, of course, I went looking for fic. And then I decided there wasn't enough. And then I wrote my own.

Title: Four times Elle taught Emmett something (and one time Warner did)
Pairing: Elle/Emmett
Genre: Friendship/romance.
Rating: G
Summary: What the title says.
Notes: Many, many thanks to scaramouche for beta and encouragement! (including encouraging me to post here!)

1. Fashion merchandising

When Elle brings up the exhibit on Japanese textiles at the Museum of Fine Arts that she wants to see, Emmett mentions he's never been to the MFA. This is a mistake.

"Emmett!" Elle shrieks, in a way he's starting to recognize means one of them is in trouble. When they're talking about law, so far, it's been Elle, but when they're not... "What do you mean you've never been to the Museum of Fine Arts? You've lived in Boston how many years?"

She knows perfectly well it's been his whole life. "Hey, I'm just not into art!" he says, laughing.

"Art and fashion are integral parts of a balanced curriculum," she informs him severely. "I mean, one day your clients are going to want to discuss Monet or Vera Wang, and what are you going to say to them?"

Emmett begins to ask who Vera Wang is, but thinks better of it before the words are quite out of his mouth, and anyway Elle doesn't let him get any farther. "Look, Emmett, you are so sweet to help me with law, and in return I must fix this deficiency in your education immediately."

And so somehow that Saturday morning Emmett finds himself on the T with Elle, heading to the MFA. He enjoys it far more than he thought he would, as he has fun pointing out the things he thinks are kind of neat (Impressionism, he has to admit, is an interesting concept) as well as the things he doesn't like (most of the modern art section, and he finally admits to Elle that he isn't really that excited about the Japanese textiles either).

And maybe the most fun part is that wandering around looking at random things serves as a springboard for the kinds of conversations that tend to get short shrift when they're busy studying and working. The jewelry exhibit gets Elle reminiscing about various pieces her father has given her mother, and thence to a general discussion about her parents' sometimes-dysfunctional but mostly-effective relationship, which is fascinating to single-parent-raised Emmett. The photography collection starts him talking about the old beat-up camera a kind teacher gave him in middle school, the same teacher who got him started with debate team and who is probably responsible for setting him on the path to law school.

After that, Saturday mornings become Explore-Boston time, before the rest of the weekend is devoted to working and studying. They go to the Children's Museum (which Emmett has, in fact, been to many times, and he takes delight in showing Elle around), the Museum of Science (in which, somehow, Elle extracts from him the story of the chemistry major he once dated), look at the glass flowers in the Harvard natural history museum (during which Elle tells Emmett all about Warner's allergy to roses, and about the disastrous Spring Formal they had as a result). A couple of times they skip the Saturday morning outings and go to a dance or theater matinee instead -- once even the symphony, even though neither of them knows anything about classical music, but Elle's heard Bolero once on the radio and that's enough for her to set it up.

(These are not dates with Elle, of course. Dates are full of awkwardness and trying to look one's best and trying to judge the other person. These are emphatically not dates. Plus, of course, there's the part where at least half of Elle's stories are about Warner.)

In December, he's at the firm's Christmas party, sitting with a partner and his wife. The partner is one of the quiet ones who doesn't have much to say, and the conversation is at a lull until Emmett notices the necklace the wife is wearing and comments on how it looks very similar to the one he saw at the MFA jewelry exhibition. The wife perks up immediately (it turns out it is in fact a replica of one of the MFA pieces), and they then start talking about the jewelry exhibition and the other exhibits. The partner shoots him a grateful look. Emmett is both pleased by this and uneasy with the feeling that this will only encourage Elle.

2. Get in the car and just go

Emmett doesn't understand why Elle is looking at him as if he has just confessed to not knowing how to read. "Elle, I've never had a car to learn with. And anyway, Boston is a civilized city, unlike LA! We have public transportation! We have a bus line and the T! I don't need to know how to drive!"

Elle nods. "Yes, and you're never going to have to fly to the public-transportation-bereft wastelands of Southern California to interview someone there, or consult with someone, or anything like that."

In fact, something like this has already happened, and while Emmett was able to cover it by judicious use of cabs charged to the client and hitching rides with the other intern there, it was, admittedly, inconvenient. He grumbles, "Well, when you put it that way..."

Elle beams. "Okay, it's settled, then. We'll go out driving on Saturday morning instead of to the aquarium. Good thing the forecast is to be warmer this weekend -- I don't know how to drive in ice either."

This fills Emmett with no great confidence in her ability as a driving instructor, but on Saturday, he agrees to go with her in her car (pink, of course) outside of Cambridge to the nearest large parking lot Elle can find, and he practices three-point turns. Elle promises him the next week he can drive on surface streets. "But only once we're out of Cambridge," she says. "Drivers around Harvard are crazy!"

It's a month before she'll let him drive in Cambridge proper, and when he manages to do so without running over any pedestrians, she pronounces him fit to drive anywhere except Southern California freeways. He applies for his license and aces the driving test on the first try.

(These are also not dates, by the way.)

It turns out to be really handy that he knows how to drive when Callahan orders him to get a deposition from Wyndham's ex-wife, who is at some spa in the Berkshires. It turns out to be much easier to just... look at a map and drive there, than the researching of all the permutations of train and bus and cab he'd previously had to do, and he no longer has to explain to Callahan that he doesn't have his license. Although Elle offers her car, he declines and rents a non-pink one.

3. Daddy, law school!

"Wait a second," Elle says. "I mean, you told me about your mom's series of no-good boyfriends a long time ago. But you're telling me you don't know who your father is at all?"

"I didn't say that," Emmett protests. "I know who he is. Or... I could. It's on my birth certificate. I just don't remember who he is."

Elle draws her eyebrows together in a look he's beginning to recognize and fear. The last time he saw that look, he ended up going with her and Paulette to confront some guy in a trailer park to get Paulette's dog back.

Before he knows it, Elle has done a whirlwind of research to ascertain who Aaron Forrest is, where he is now, and arranged for them to have lunch at Bertucci's. She insists on going with him for reassurance. "He'll never know I'm there!" she declares brightly. "I'll be in disguise. I won't intrude, or say anything... I'll just be there for moral support, you know. And to drag you off if anything gets, well, uncomfortable. And if you need rescuing, just order a pizza with hamburger on it!" Elle knows quite well he doesn't like hamburger on pizza. "It'll be, like, our secret code." She seems to be really getting into this as a game -- the whole thing seems to be a source of great delight for her -- and Emmett doesn't have the heart to stop it.

Then it turns out that Elle's idea of disguise is to wear a trench coat, large hat, and sunglasses. In March. It is sleeting outside. He makes her take the sunglasses off, at least, but admits to himself that he is glad she is there with him, if only so that laughing at her ordering at the next table in what she thinks is a dramatic, whispery-disguised voice can distract him from the sheer nervousness he feels as the grey-haired, stooped man pauses by his table and asks if he is Emmett Forrest.

"Yes," he says. "And you must be Aaron Forrest."

"Yes," the man -- his father -- says. His voice shakes a bit, and Emmett realizes his father is as nervous as he is, but that doesn't help. They stare at each other.

"Excuse me, waitress," Elle says in a loud whisper at the table beside him, "I would like to order sausage on my pizza. Because pigs are courageous, don't you think? Like Wilbur in Charlotte's Web!" The waitress looks rather nonplussed, but writes down the order nonetheless. Presumably minus the Wilbur part.

He smiles despite himself, and words come back to him. "So, um. This wasn't to put you on the spot, or anything... I just thought, it could be nice to get to know one another. I know it's awkward. I'd just... like to know more about you."

Aaron says, "I... never knew about you, until that nice young lady called. I was married, you see." This much Emmett knows from his mom, who otherwise refuses to talk about his father. "She's dead now, five years, rest her soul. But at the time... it was just -- your mother is an amazing woman, but I loved my wife, and I had to make a clean break from her. But if I had known about you..." He trails off. "Well. What would you like to know?"

Emmett, to his surprise, finds he has quite a few questions. Aaron, for his part, seems to drink in all the information Emmett shares about himself. Somewhere in the middle Elle loudly -- forgetting the dramatic whispers -- announces to the waitress, "I'm ready for my check! I think I can leave now... Gosh, you guys -- by which I mean, this restaurant, of course -- seem to be doing really well here!" The waitress, who has apparently by this time gotten used to Elle and her remarks, agrees breezily that they do good business. Emmett smothers a laugh before turning back to Aaron.

"Your mom's done a great job with you -- and you've grown up to be an amazing man," Aaron tells him at the end. "I'm sorry I couldn't have been a part of your life before. But if you'll have me--I'd like to stay in your life." Emmett nods, and the glow of it stays with him all the way during his walk to Elle's place, which he's going to because he knows Elle will kill him if he doesn't give her the play-by-play in person.

It's only weeks later, when Elle and he are grabbing a quick dinner at Bertucci's, that he realizes that Bertucci's doesn't actually list hamburger as a pizza topping. He mentions this to Elle, who says, “Didn’t I tell you that you were courageous?” and takes another bite of pizza. It's only then that he realizes that the whole disguise and "secret code" and outrageous remarks were, perhaps, not meant for Elle's benefit after all.

(Is he courageous enough to admit to himself that he might be falling in lo—No. Maybe soon, but not today.)

He does take her hand and squeeze it. He usually doesn’t do anything nearly so touchy-feely, and she grins at him encouragingly.

4. The book with the tattered cover never gets read

Emmett goes along with Elle's fashion makeover, but mostly because her infectious enthusiasm carries him along, and not because he actually thinks it will make a difference. If his law expertise and intellect haven't managed to impress Callahan, he's fairly sure that a new suit won't.

He keeps up the protests while Elle, serenely confident, buys him a briefcase. A very smart, stylish briefcase. He has never owned a briefcase in his life. "Elle, I know you mean well, but do you really think that a briefcase is going to make a difference?"

He starts to think he might be wrong when he sees himself, decked out in a sharp new suit, in the mirror. But the moment passes quickly, and before he knows it, Elle has signaled her approval, collected the suit, paid for it over his protestations, and dragged him back to his apartment with it.

There, Elle produces some hair gel she’s snagged from Paulette and, in a truly horrifying session in his bathroom, instructs him in its use. She is much too close to him for comfort, even had he been interested in the intricacy of hair care, which he is emphatically not.

Then she makes him put on the suit again, and they look in the mirror. Elle looks smug. Emmett looks…like a picture of a lawyer. Like a professional. Like someone who's confident and knows what he's doing. Like someone he'd hire if he needed legal help.

(Like someone who might have a chance with someone like Elle.)

(He tries to squelch that thought, but it's much too late for him.)

“Elle, I – “ he begins, but before he can say anything more, she says brightly to him, “See you tomorrow!” and disappears out the door. He stares after her.

Although he's not sure he's done the hair gel thing completely correctly the next morning, the approving double-take Callahan gives him when he walks in tells him he's done a decent enough job. There's a new note in Callahan's voice when he addresses Emmett, and Emmett takes a while to realize that it's... respect. That Callahan, apparently, thinks he looks like a lawyer now too. And for the first time, that day Callahan gives him the go-ahead for cross-examination when he asks for it, instead of casually dismissing him.

So he has to admit he's learned something in the last day: it really does matter how you dress. Actually, he's learned two things. Unfortunately, one of them is that what he wants is right in front of him, and that it's not for him.

5. I'm going to find my way

Emmett figures there's no reason his friendship with Elle can't go back to what it was before the Wyndham trial. He doesn't think Elle heard his declaration of love to her closed door, and he's rather glad, because he's a little embarrassed about it now. He just wants things to go back to the way that they were. He tries to be a good friend. Tries to tamp his feelings down. Tries not to let his gaze linger on her more than he can help.

He tries not to miss her on the evenings she has girls' nights with Vivienne and Enid, now that they're friends, or studies with a study group she got hooked into at the beginning of term, or the evenings that he works late at his new associate job or goes out with a couple of his buddies from law school. He doesn't stop doing these things just because he's infat-- because he, in fact, likes hanging out with Elle, but he still misses her on evenings when he doesn't see her.

Elle, for her part, seems happy to continue their evening study sessions, and they still go on their Saturday morning adventures. He savors every one, because he is not sure how much longer they will continue. He is careful to keep the talk light when they go to the North End and have what is uncomfortably like a romantic lunch. He deliberately redirects the talk away from what he likes in girls when they go to the MIT museum.

He tries not to think of what it will be like when she gets together with Warner. They don't seem to be together yet, which is continually surprising to him, but he's figured it's just a matter of time. Just last night Warner cajoled her into having dinner with him, and Emmett's walking more slowly than usual to her room tonight because he maybe feels just a little trepidation about what she might have to report. Of course, he thinks, cheering a bit, maybe Warner and Vivienne are back together. Warner's just the sort of guy who would announce it by taking Elle out to dinner.

On that happy thought he passes the bench in Harvard Yard where he saw Elle in that bunny costume, it seems forever ago. He pauses, and in the pause, from the shadows he hears retching. He calls, "Hey, are you okay?" expecting to find a freshman undergrad, but instead he finds himself facing a very drunk and rather belligerent Warner Huntington III. "Oh, it's you," Warner says. "I oughtta rearrange your face."

"Er, what?" Emmett says, sidling away a bit. He's fairly confident his upbringing featured a lot more experience fighting than Warner's, but on the whole he'd prefer not to have to test that hypothesis. "Hey, Warner. It's just me, Emmett."

"I know," Warner growls. "What does she see in you, anyway?"

Emmett says politely, "I'm sure I don't know," that seeming like the safest response, given that he is not really sure what Warner is talking about, except maybe that Vivienne is already gunning for an internship next summer with Emmett's new employer, and it's only September.

Warner snarls, "I've seen the way she looks at you! Do you realize that I took her to dinner last night and she couldn't stop talking about you? Emmett this, Emmett that, Emmett is amazing and wonderful, how could I ever love anyone who wasn't Emmett. Sickening, is what I call it."

Emmett blinks. "Wait a second. Elle said that?"

Warner scowls. "You don't even appreciate it, either. You never even look at her, that's what she said, she hasn’t said anything because she’s sure you’re not interested. So why won’t she go out with me? Do you know, the only thing worse than being second best is being second best to someone who doesn't even care?"

Emmett is taken completely aback. "Oh, I care," is the exceedingly lame response he comes up with, but he's pretty sure neither of them wants to hear him say the more accurate "Actually, I'm desperately in love with her and never thought I had a chance," or even "Yes, it so happens I know exactly what you mean."

Warner sighs and sits down hard on the bench. "Whatever. I'm sick of chasing a chick who's got the hots for another guy. I'm sick of law school. Sick of it all."

"Er. You seem to be doing just fine in law school," Emmett points out.

Warner shakes his head. "I'm getting good enough grades... but I hate it."

Emmett feels the slow anger rising in him again, as it did when he saw Elle on this bench a year ago. What is it with these California kids and... "With the chance you've been given, why aren't you driven as hell--" he starts, and then realizes in the middle of his sentence that it's not the same situation at all as Elle's had been. Warner is, demonstrably, driven. He's aced his courses. He's had to be one of the top four students in his year to have gotten Callahan's internship, even if that rather ended in flames for all of them. Emmett trails off, a little confused.

Warner doesn't seem to notice; his eyes go wide and he starts nodding emphatically. "Yeah. Yeah! That's it! I'm wasting my chance by being in law school!"

Emmett frowns. "Uh, what?" Great, way to be articulate. He tries again. "Um. What would you be doing if you weren't in Harvard Law School?"

"Modeling," Warner says promptly.

"...Excuse me?" Emmett is fairly sure that this is turning out to be one of the oddest exchanges he's ever had, and considering he's been hanging out with Elle for a year, that's saying something. Much of him wants to run away as fast as he can (and find Elle), but it really looks like Warner needs someone to talk to, and to tell the truth, he'd regret it forever if he never found out where this conversation was going. He sits down, gingerly, on the other side of the bench from Warner.

"I love it," Warner says. "Totally unacceptable to my family. I still do it on the side, though. I was even doing one job this summer, but it got too busy with the case. It's just -- " and Emmett gets to hear rather more than he really wants to about the thrill of getting a pose just exactly right, the painstaking work it takes to do the multiple takes, how much more visceral it is than law school, how Warner understands and enjoys the people in modeling-world much more than those in law school, how Warner thinks he has the connections and the will to really make it work, how his dream is to run his own modeling agency after he gets too old to model himself.

Partially to stanch this flow of too much information, Emmett talks a bit about seizing the day, not necessarily accepting other people's definitions and judgments, not having to feel like one must go along with conventional wisdom, and other such things that he's not sure he's being coherent about, or even non-hypocritical (his own current failure to seize the day aside, he's coming to the not-entirely-pleasant realization that he has been judging Warner by Emmett's own conventional Harvard-Law-informed standards of success), but it seems to calm Warner down. At some point Warner says gruffly, "All right, fine. Maybe I do know what she sees in you," and with that curious leave-taking he gets up from the bench and blunders off.

Emmett watches him go, bemused, and then gets up hurriedly, finishing the journey to Elle's place in record time. When he walks in the door Elle looks up from her computer and jumps up. "Emmett!" she squeals, smiling delightedly at him.

He looks at her, really looks at her, the way he hasn't allowed himself to since the Wyndham trial, sees how she's looking at him like he's the only other person in the world; knows everything Warner said about her was true.

She takes his hand in hers, bites her lip a little. "Hey -- I've been wanting to tell you for a while -- Emmett, you should know -- "

Intoxicated by her nearness and what he sees in her eyes, Emmett doesn't let her finish, but draws her to him and kisses her.

"What did I need to know?" he asks her, a long time later.

She snuggles against him in a possessive sort of way that seems totally natural even though she's never done it before, closes her eyes, gives a little kittenish sigh of happiness that melts his heart. "It turns out you already knew it," she says.

Elle/Emmett Fanmix

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:13:29 GMT

(01) "Run Away With Me" -Aaron Tveit
Let me be your ride out of town. Let me be the place that you hide.
We can make our lives on the go, run away with me.
(02) "Earth Angel" -Death Cab For Cutie
Earth angel, earth angel, will you be mine?
My darling dear, love you all the time.
I'm just a fool, a fool in love...with you
(03) "December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)" -Daniel Reichard
Hypnotizin' mesmerizin' me. She was everything
I dreamed she'd be. Sweet surrender what a night.
(04) "Soular Flares" -The Ready Set
So is it cool if I call you around 8 or 9.
We'll a real long time about the days we were young, we're still young.
(05) "Everything" -Michael Buble
You're a every line, you're every word, you're everything.
(06) "Worry Rock" -Weezer
Where do we go from here and what did you do with the directions?
Promise me no dead end streets, and I guarantee we'll have a road.
(07) "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" -The Proclaimers
I would a thousand miles and I would walk 500 more, just to be the man
who walked five thousand miles to fall down at your door.
(08) "The Way You Make Me Feel" -Michael Jackson
Well I'll be working from 9 to 5, to buy you things to keep you by my
side. I never felt so in love before. Just promise baby, you'll love me forevermore.
I swear I'm keepin' you satisfied 'cause you're the one for me.
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Original London Cast Recording

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:38:07 GMT

The newest cast recording of LEGALLY BLONDE features the original London cast with Sheridan Smith and Duncan James. Today, it has been released on UK iTunes and CD. Has anyone heard it yet?

A Picspam of Act One of Legally Blonde: The Musical

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:27:21 GMT

Margot: Dear Elle he's a lucky guy I'm like
gonna cry. I got tears coming out of my nose.
MAD PROPS! He's the campus catch. You're a
perfect match, 'cause you   both have such
great taste in clothes! Of course he will
propose!

Margot: Bruiser, Where is Elle?
Bruiser: Woof!
Margot: SHE'S TRAPPED IN THE
OLD VALLEY MILL?!
Bruiser: Woof!
Margot: Whoops! Sorry! THE OLD
OLD VALLEY MALL?!

Elle: It's almost there but...this dress needs
to seal the deal. Make a grown man   kneel but
It can't come right out and say bride. Can't
look like I'm desperate or like I'm waiting
for it. I gotta leave Warner his pride, so
bride is more implied!

Delta Nus: Omigod
Elle: Omigod
All: Omigod, you
guys! Omigod!

Warner: We both know why we're here, I see it in your eyes.
I guess it calms my fear to know it's not a surprise. I
thought one look at you, looking like a dream come true
Would leave me speechless like you always do, but now we're
wide awake. We've got some plans to make. Let's take some
action, baby. So, baby, give me your hand, I've got some
dreams to make true. I've got the future all planned. It's
time to get serious. Time to get serious with you.

Kate: That's great, nice plan.
Now can we think this through?
Harvard Law School?
Elle: I have a 4.0 average.
Kate: Yeah, in Fashion
Merchandising. What makes you
think you can do this?

Mr. Woods: What you want, Button, you just say the word!
But what you want's absurd and costs a whole lot of swag
and hell why? Button, when you can stay right here
pursue a film career.
Mrs. Woods: How 'bout a nice burken bag?
Mr. Woods: Yes, the east coast is foreign. There's no
film studios. It's cold and dark, no valet parking. All
the girls have different noses! Christ, Button! It's
like the damned frontier.

Margot: Hey everybody, it's the spring fling beer bash extreme!
Frat Boys: EXTREME!
Kate: Not for you! Time to study! Go!
Margot: This year's theme: Jamaican me crazy!!!

Elle: How about love? Have you ever been in love? 'Cause if you have, you'll
know that love never accepts a defeat. No challenge it can't meet. No place
it cannot go. Don't say no to a woman in love. Don't laugh when I say love.
Don't think that I'm naive. Because even a person who's smart can listen to
their heart, can listen and believe so believe in what love can achieve. Do
you believe?
Professor: I do!
Professor: Me too!
All: Yes, We believe in love! How 'bout you?!
Dean Of Admissions: Welcome to Harvard!

All: Pretty impressive, good to know
Emmett: Welcome to Harvard!
Sundeep: What's up?
Enid: Yo!

Callahan: All right, then, you heard your classmate.
You have just been killed. She cut your throat, so
grab your coat. Yes, you've got guts but...
All: Now they're spilled. Your blood's in the water.
Callahan: So would you please withdraw and if you
return, be ready to learn or is it unfair? Oh, wait
I don't care! That's just how I rule, in life and in
school with fear and shock and awe. You're nothing
until the thrill of the kill becomes your only law!

Greek Chorus: Keep it positive
Margot: As you slap her to the
floor!
Greek Chorus: Keep it positive
  Serena: As you pull her hair
and call her whore!

Paulette: In a bar once I met this guy Dewey and he bought me like 14 beers.
And he told me that he was from Ireland, so I lived with him 10 years. If I
squinted he looked like my sailor, through my boozy delusional fog, but he
dumped me for some slut named Kayla! Took my trailer and took my dog!

Paulette: There's a guy at that party who loves you. Something most of us only dream
of. You go out there and you get some Ireland, the country of whiskey and love!

Warner: Those parties senior year I thought we ruled the world.
Elle: You funneled all that beer. I held your head when you hurled.
Warner: We were like Gods back then walking among common men. Tell
me why can't it be that way again?                         v

Emmett: I grew up in the Roxbury slums, with my mom and a series of bums.
Guys who showed me all the ways a man can fail. I got through law school
by busting my ass, worked two jobs in addition to class! So forgive me
for not weeping at your tale.
Elle: Well excuse me, just because you got some kind of chip on your
shoulder....
Emmett: You know what? You're right, there's a chip on my shoulder and
  it's big as a boulder. With the chance I've been given, I'm gonna be
driven as hell...

Emmett: You gotta plow through 'til you've-
Elle: FOUND IT!
Emmett: Been reading it hard I can tell....

Greek Chorus: Daughter of Delt Nu show them at that you're no fool!
Daughter of Delta Nu, go back to school with a big chip on your
shoulder!

Callahan: Dear god, it's scented.

Emmett: Guess she got a chip on her shoulder.
Maybe some wise man told her "With the chance
we've been given we gotta be DRIVEN AS HELL!"

Emmett: I guess you never can tell
with Little Miss Woods comma Elle!
No, you never can tell with Little
Miss Woods comma Elle!

Elle: Paulette are you ready?
Paulette: I don't know Elle. Dewey scares the crap outta me!
Elle: That's okay! Channel that fear! Remember you are a
strong independent woman and you must be reunited with your
dog.
Emmett: Anyone who bakes their dog a birthday cake deserves
nothing less.
Paulette: AND IT'S SHAPED LIKE A BONE!
Elle: And that kind of devotion cannot be ignored!
Paulette: Well, it's not easy finding dog friendly chocolate
substitutes.

Paulette: This is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me! Bar none!

Elle: Wait, was that Law? Is this the point of law? I'm feeling
kind of high.
Emmett: .....You okay?
Elle: This is why we all study and slog, to help the underdog.
I so identify....

Elle: All of this time I've planed, I'd be patient, and you would love me again.
You'd come to respect my mind, and at last you'd find, you could love me again.
And I have turned my whole world upside down, trying not to let you go....
Watching you walk away is like a fatal blow.

Elle: Is that my name up on that list? Does someone know that I exists?!

Elle: It's like making love with you all night.
No wait it feels so much better hello much
better. It's Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Ooooooh! Much better!

Elle: I am so much better...THAN BEFORE!

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all caps are from the MTV broadcast of Legally Blonde: The Musical and are made by me.

Compare & Contrast: Legally Blonde

Thu, 13 May 2010 01:49:01 GMT

Instead of lying outside by the pool, you stalk some guy to an Ivy League School?

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Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:34:28 GMT

Hello! My name is AmyJack and I'm a relatively new Legally Blonde fan, well for the musical anyways. I've loved the movie for several years now. I watched the MTV showing of the show in Youtube after hearing the soundtrack and fell in love with it all. So this is both and intro and an advertisement, which I hope is okay. If it isn't then feel free to delete it.

I play at a panfandom roleplay here on LJ called dramadramaduck. The whole concept is "what if characters from different fandoms had livejournals" so all kinds of characters communicate from their own worlds through this LJ community. My point in telling you all about this is because I have recently started playing Elle there along with my other characters and I would LOVE to have some castmates. I'd die to have an Emmett, but I'd also love to have any other members of the cast join us at DDD! It's a fun, partly serious, partly crack RPG, but things can get a bit adult over there sometimes so we have a 15 years or older rule for applications.

So it's very nice to meet you all and I hope I'll see some of you over at DDD. If you have any questions just let me know. Thanks!

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:28:09 GMT

Legally Blonde Opening Night Gift on Ebay

Enjoy!

Not sure Orfeh would approve, LOL, but oh well!

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:10:38 GMT

Does anyone have a full show soundtrack of Bailey Hanks singing the song? Does that even exist?

If it does...can someone upload it in mp3 format?
:D

Fic: Five Times Emmett Didn't Meet Elle

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:30:56 GMT

TITLE: Five Times Emmett Didn’t Meet Elle
AUTHOR: empressearwig
PAIRING: Emmett/Elle, with mentions of Elle/Warner and Warner/Vivienne
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: What if Elle hadn’t ended up at Harvard Law…
DISCLAIMER: The characters of the Legally Blonde: The Musical belong to their owner. No copyright infringement intended.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks to normative_jean for reading this first.

( Part 1: What You Want )
( Part 2: Just Like The Kennedy's )
( Part 3: Might I Venture Your Vacation Plans Can Wait? )
( Part 4: Bruiser's Not a Dog, Bruiser's Family )
( Part 5: Don’t Go To Parties A Lot )

Five Times Emmett Didn't Meet Elle, 1/5

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:05:05 GMT

OMIGOD YOU GUYS.... (this ones big)

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:01:38 GMT

BroadwayWorld.com has confirmed the news that Laura Bell Bundy will be briefly returning to the role of Elle Woods, taking over the part on tour, temporarily replacing Becky Gulsvig who has broken a toe. Bundy (now a Nashville, TN resident) is currently flying to Washington, DC, the tour's current stop through tomorrow and will begin performances on January 13, 2009 in East Lansing, Michigan, the tour's next stop. The length of her stay has not yet been revealed but it's noted that Bundy is to be a Miss America judge on January 24, 2009. source

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:50:28 GMT

Found this on ebay, didn't know if anyone might be interested :)

Demo CD onsale

Enjoy!

does anyone...

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:02:58 GMT

know where I can get the second version of "So Much Better"? the LBB version (I have the first version she sang, but I can't find the one they actually used on stage ANYWHERE)...

delete if inappropriate, but I thought I'd ask. (:

TOUR CAST!

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:09:17 GMT

Even though this is a group for the Broadway show, has anyone seen the tour or met the tour cast?

Post you SD s and pictures here!

I'm very curious to know how nice everyone is (especially Lauren..), I have to wait until August 2009 to meet everyone and watch the show!

orfeh!

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:17:47 GMT

Yeah, she's a little scary and a WHOLE lot of talent, and if you want the latest updates/gossip/photos and news on Broadway's official rockstar, you need to get your ass over to orfeh_news. We promise not to tell her about that one time you totally called her fat.

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:32:08 GMT

I'm sure a lot of you guys here are Orfeh fans too, right? :) Great. Well, now there's a community for the most up-to-date Orfeh news/pics/etc, run by two of the most awesome people you will ever meet.

We plan on doing a lot of great stuff with the community, eventually doing an "Orfeh style guide", which can help you work her sassy rock chic style into your everyday wardrobe, giveaways of old memorabilia (Or-N-More cds, rare tracks, etc.), and more information than ANYWHERE else on the web!

So, what are you waiting for? :) Join orfeh_news, and tell your friends!

Favour?

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:41:30 GMT

Hey guys... I've been a long time lurker and I'm so pissed that the broadway is over! I became a fanatic when I first saw the MTV broadcast of this on dailymotion and I couldn't stop watching!
Anyway, I was just wondering, if anyone have any of the behind the scenes on the mtv site for download? cause I'm making a dvd for memories and MTV wouldn't let me watch them since I'm from outside the US. Please and thank you :)

and also, anything else related to Legally blonde? Like the cast recording and others. PLEASE :(

Laura Bell Bundy on LB Closing

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:52:31 GMT

Laura Bell Bundy on 'Legally Blonde -- The Musical' closing

With the annoucement that Legally Blonde -- The Musical is closing Oct. 19, we asked Lexington's Laura Bell Bundy, the original Elle Woods on Broadway, for her thoughts. This was her reply:

"It is a bit sad because it is such a great show and makes so many people happy!

"We made a family at Legally Blonde and we spent a significant part of our lives creating the show and keeping the show (and each other) alive.

"But, we had a good run, we broke ground for Broadway and made people who were never interested in theater before interested! I think our producers were very bold in putting our show on MTV, and I know from the responses I have gotten and still get) from fans that it really meant something to them and made life better or more inspiring in some way. That is what it is about! I feel so proud to be a part of this show and this group of people! My life was truly blessed and changed. We, Legally Blonder's, will always be in each others lives so I am not worried about that. It's just sad to think that I won't be able to go to the Palace Theater to see them all at once!

"I stopped by last night and even though people were a bit melancholy I think everyone is very proud of the show and of each other. They are going to go out with such a BANG! That is just the spirit of this group! The reality is, there are very few shows that last this long on Broadway! And even fewer shows that actually ever make it... Everyone should feel very fortunate and proud. And, I think we all do."

Laura left the show in July and now resides in Nashville where she is working on her recording career, and a zillion other things.

http://copiousnotes.typepad.com/weblog/2008/09/laura-bell-bundy-on-legally-blonde----the-musical-closing.html

Closing!

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:52:42 GMT

After 595 performances and 30 previews, LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will play its final performance on Sunday, October 19, 2008. The show opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway, between 46th and 47th Streets) on April 29, 2007 following preview performances that began on April 3, 2007. The musical will continue to play across the country, in over 35 cities, on its first national tour.

source

wow...

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:18:15 GMT

[26] Legally Blonde the Musical (including Laura Bell Bundy)
[4] Songlyrics from Legally Blonde

Just let me be Legally Blonde

Emmy Rossum, Megan Hilty, Legally Blonde, Tudors, Wicked, Rachel Hurd Wood

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:16:38 GMT

Teasers
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1 - 5 Emmy Rossum
6 – 28 Legally Blonde Animated
29 – 44 Megan Hilty Animated
45 – 50 Rachel Hurd Wood
51 – 62 The Tudors
63 – 74 Wicked
+ 2 The Tudors Wallpapers

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Fanfics?

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:45:45 GMT

I am seriously dissapointed in the lack of Legally Blonde Fanfics on fanfic.net. There are good amount of fanfics but only one gets updated. If anybody out there wants to write one, please do. I'll take any thing. I really want more fanfics. I occasionaly see a one-shot but no realt stories. =[

This absolutely made my day!

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:17:48 GMT

First Little Batch

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:30:19 GMT

So Snaps to everyone out here in the Legally Blonde Broadway Community!

I'm Denelle and I'm fairly new here but a long time lurker.

Just to say thanks for having me I brought a few Icons to share, hope you like them! I'm still working on learning Photoshop.