Well, the producers have showed us that they'll do pretty much anything and everything to keep Legally Blonde going, so this doesn't surprise me at all. If I remember correctly, her reviews in Rent weren't too good.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
I think she'd be a great Brooke. Her dancing in "Out Tonight" was definitely the highlight of her performance in RENT. If it's Brooke, "Whipped Into Shape" will definitely have to be lowered for her voice. She can sing, just not as high as the song calls for.
Paulette would be better suited for her voice, but does she have the humor for it?
"Who says you can't bend over backwards and eat bugs if you want to? I guess the bugs would probably say you can't do that that, but assuming that they are willing and consenting bugs, then there's no problem. Let's wig out eating bugs."
-RuPaul
Brooke is a pretty small role as well, though. I take it she's Scary Spice? I know Sporty goes by Mel as well. She probably was offered Paulette. The other roles are too small, I think. Either way, there are no spice girls that I'd like seeing on Broadway (and from all accounts, Scary Spice was well...scary in RENT).
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Well anyone on this board should know the next Elle is coming from the reality show. and hopefully wouldn't be dumb enough to even think that Mel B. would be considered for that role anyway.
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
She was terrible in Rent, as much as I wanted to love her... couldn't understand a word she was saying between her accent and her always being out of breath.