LEGALLY BLONDE Plays The Marcus Centre, 4/13-4/18

THE FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF LEGALLY  BLONDE THE MUSICAL will begin performances in Milwaukee on April 13-18, 2010  presented by Broadway Across America-Milwaukee and the Marcus Center as part of  the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series. Tickets are now on  sale. Ticket prices start at $25 and will be available at the Marcus Center Box Office 929 N  Water St, Downtown Milwaukee, by calling the box office at 414-273-7206, online at  MarcusCenter.org, all Ticketmaster outlets, by visiting Ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-
982-2787. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 414-273-7121 ext. 210.

Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her  boyfriend dumps her for someone more "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits  the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law.  Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

In its first year on Broadway, LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL earned seven  2007 Tony Award nominations, ten 2007 Drama Desk Award Nominations, a 2007  Outer Critics Circle Award and the chorus of the musical was honored by Actors'  Equity Association's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) with the first ever  ACCA Award. The musical also ranked in the top ten list of the most requested  Ticketmaster "Arts & Theatre Events" for 2007. LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL
received three 2009 Touring Broadway Awards in New York City on May 4, 2009.  The show won awards for Best New Musical, Best Production Design and Best  Choreography of a Touring Production. The Awards, presented by The Broadway  League, honor excellence in Touring Broadway. It is the only such national award.

Becky Gulsvig, the Elle understudy in the original Broadway cast, is Elle  Woods in the tour. Fans of the MTV reality show "Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods", which premiered on June 2, 2008, will recognize a  familiar face in the tour casting: Third runner-up and fan favorite Rhiannon  Hansen appears as Elle's best friend Margot. The reality show represented the
musical's second venture with MTV. In the fall of 2007, MTV aired LEGALLY  BLONDE THE MUSICAL in its entirety to stellar ratings and was subsequently  nominated for two 2007-2008 Daytime Emmy Awards.

Joining Ms. Gulsvig and Ms. Hansen are DB Bonds as Emmett, Natalie Joy  Johnson as Paulette, Jeff McLean as Warner, Megan Lewis as Vivienne, Coleen  Sexton as Brooke, Ken Land as Professor Callahan, Tiffany Engen as Serena,  Lucia Spina as Enid and Candice Marie Woods as Pilar.

Also featured in the cast are: Barry Anderson, Sara Andreas, Kyle Brown,  Nick Dalton, Ven Daniel, Brooke Leigh Engen, Spencer Howard, Paul Jackel,  Leslie McDonel, Ashley Moniz, Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone, Brian Patrick  Murphy, CJay Hardy Philip, Alex Puette, Jonathan Rayson, Constantine Rousouli  and J.B.Wing.

The Original Broadway Cast Recording for LEGALLY BLONDE THE  MUSICAL was released on Ghostlight Records, an imprint of Sh-K-Boom  Records, and captured the #1 slot on the Billboard Cast Album chart and charted  at #86 on the Billboard Top 200. The album has continued its success, charting  every week as one of the top-selling Broadway cast recordings and soared to the  Top 10 albums (of any genre) on iTunes once the show premiered on MTV.

As on Broadway, Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell is the director and  choreographer. Music and lyrics are by both Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin,  and the book is by Heather Hach. The production features scenic design by David  Rockwell, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Kenneth Posner  and Paul Miller, orchestrations by Christopher Jahnke and sound design by  Acme Sound Partners.

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL is produced on tour by Hal Luftig, Fox  Theatricals and Dori BerinsteinDenkert and Dean Stolber.

www.LegallyBlondeTheMusical.com

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will play April 13 through 18 at the Marcus  Center. Performances are Tuesday through Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8:00  p.m., Saturday at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m., and Sunday at 1:00 and 6:30 p.m. Prices  start at $25 and vary depending on performance, seat location, and date of  purchase. This Milwaukee engagement of LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL
is presented by Broadway Across America- Milwaukee and the Marcus Center for
the Performing Arts as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus
Center Series.

 

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