Chatterbox to Deconstruct LEGALLY BROWN and Show New Footage Tonight 10/16

Tonight, October 16th, 2008 Seth's Chatterbox will deconstruct the LEGALLY BROWN episodes and unearth some of the show's "lost" footage.

Seth's Broadway Chatterbox is a one hour weekly talk show hosted by Seth Rudetsky. The show features sassy Broadway celebrities and happens on stage Thursday evenings @ 6 PM at Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th St. in New York City, between 8th & 9th Avenues).

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The exciting conclusion to the runaway Web series "Legally Brown: The Search For The Next Piragua Guy" will be posted this weekend to coincide with the closing of Legally Blonde, The Musical on Broadway which plays its final performance at the Palace Theater on October 19th. "Legally Brown" is a tongue-in-cheek look at the reality competition phenomenon, inspired by the MTV series, Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search For The Next Elle Woods. "Legally Brown" can be found on the Usnavi Channel of Youtube as well as www.legallybrownonbroadway.com

Created and Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Tony Award winning-composer-lyricist-star of Broadway's In the Heights), each Legally Brown webisode acts as behind-the-scenes highlights to the fictitious show, "Legally Brown" – where nine Broadway actors compete to get their next gig, as The Piragua Guy in In The Heights. Along the way they face the humorous challenges, high drama and shocking twists we've come to love and expect from the Reality Competition format.

Contestants include : Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu), Allison Janney (9 to 5), Matthew Morrison (South Pacific), Noah Weisberg (South Pacific), Hunter Bell (Title Of Show), Norm Lewis (The Little Mermaid), Derrick Baskin (The Little Mermaid)) Telly Leung (Rent), and Eliseo Roman (In The Heights) defending his role as The Piragua Guy.

The Judging Panel includes: Bernie Telsey (Casting Director), Quiara Alegría Hudes (In The Heights Writer, Pulitzer Finalist), Rickey Tripp (In The Heights): Seth Rudetsky (Broadway Vocal Coach) Andy Blankenbeuhler, (Tony-Winning In The Heights Choreographer), Thomas Kail (Director, In The Heights), as well as In The Heights Cast members Janet Dacal, Andréa Burns, Robin DeJesus and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Asmeret Ghebremichael (Legally Blonde The Musical) hosts the show as Asmeret Duff.

"Legally Brown" was directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, produced by Andrew Fried, edited by Lucy Bickerton and Lin-Manuel Miranda, and written by Owen Panettieri and Lin-Manuel Miranda, Additional Production credits include:  Accompanist: Cian McCarthy, Graphics by Gage Ullman, Director of Photography: Paul Bozymowski, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Wei-Ming Lam, Director of Operations: Owen Panettieri, Assistant Director of Operations: Laura McDonald

The exciting conclusion to the runaway Web series "Legally Brown: The Search For The Next Piragua Guy" will be posted this weekend to coincide with the closing of Legally Blonde, The Musical on Broadway which plays its final performance at the Palace Theater on October 19th. "Legally Brown" is a tongue-in-cheek look at the reality competition phenomenon, inspired by the MTV series, Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search For The Next Elle Woods. "Legally Brown" can be found on the Usnavi Channel of Youtube as well as www.legallybrownonbroadway.com

Created and Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Tony Award winning-composer-lyricist-star of Broadway's In the Heights), each Legally Brown webisode acts as behind-the-scenes highlights to the fictitious show, "Legally Brown" – where nine Broadway actors compete to get their next gig, as The Piragua Guy in In The Heights. Along the way they face the humorous challenges, high drama and shocking twists we've come to love and expect from the Reality Competition format.

Contestants include : Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu), Allison Janney (9 to 5), Matthew Morrison (South Pacific), Noah Weisberg (South Pacific), Hunter Bell (Title Of Show), Norm Lewis (The Little Mermaid), Derrick Baskin (The Little Mermaid)) Telly Leung (Rent), and Eliseo Roman (In The Heights) defending his role as The Piragua Guy.

The Judging Panel includes: Bernie Telsey (Casting Director), Quiara Alegría Hudes (In The Heights Writer, Pulitzer Finalist), Rickey Tripp (In The Heights): Seth Rudetsky (Broadway Vocal Coach) Andy Blankenbeuhler, (Tony-Winning In The Heights Choreographer), Thomas Kail (Director, In The Heights), as well as In The Heights Cast members Janet Dacal, Andréa Burns, Robin DeJesus and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Asmeret Ghebremichael (Legally Blonde The Musical) hosts the show as Asmeret Duff.

"Legally Brown" was directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, produced by Andrew Fried, edited by Lucy Bickerton and Lin-Manuel Miranda, and written by Owen Panettieri and Lin-Manuel Miranda, Additional Production credits include:  Accompanist: Cian McCarthy, Graphics by Gage Ullman, Director of Photography: Paul Bozymowski, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Wei-Ming Lam, Director of Operations: Owen Panettieri, Assistant Director of Operations: Laura McDonald

Photo Credit Craig Brockman