Laura Bell Bundy News

Natalie Joy Johnson takes BroadwayWorld.com behind the scenes 'Backstage at Blonde', the young singer and actress is making her Broadway debut in the hit musical Legally Blonde. As the cast celebrates the show's continued success, Natalie shares the inside scoop on what it means to be a 'Blonde' on Broadway!

Laura Bell Bundy (Elle Woods), Orfeh (the beautician Paulette), Kate Shindle (Elle's nemesis Vivienne), Nicolette Hart (Brooke Wyndham) and more cast members from Legally Blonde celebrated Dashing Diva's 'Elle of a Pedicure' & 'Legally Blonde Pedicure Party' with a 'Bend & Snap' contest for their fans yesterday, June 26th.

The Chance will celebrate our 10th season with a benefit concert of Broadway stars at the beautiful and intimate 477-seat OC Pavilion on September 27 featuring Kerry Butler, Eden Espinosa and Laura Bell Bundy.

MTV's 'Search For The Next Elle Woods' is now airing and the contestants are being whittled down to the luck one who will assume the role after Laura Bell Bundy leaves the show. BroadwayWorld brings you Part II of this exclusive interview with Laura Bell Bundy and Haylie Duff backstage at the Palace Theater as they talk about the show, the contestants and more!

'Bend & Snap' for One Elle of a Pedicure!

Kurt Deutsch, President of Ghostlight Records, is pleased to confirm that sales of the Original Cast Recording for 'Legally Blonde The Musical' have exceeded 100,000 copies, as of this week. This is yet another milestone for Deutsch's independent label, which also saw their double-CD release of the OCR 'In The Heights' debut at #1 on Billboard Magazine's Cast Album Chart, and then jump into the Top Ten of Amazon.com's overall CD sales ranking following the production's Tony Award win for Best Musical.

Laura Benanti won the 2008 Tony Award for her performance as 'Louise' in the critically-acclaimed new Broadway production of the classic Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents landmark musical Gypsy, directed by the show's author, Mr. Laurents, currently at the St. James Theatre. She celebrated the joy of winning with special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy and BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley.

She sat down to celebrate her win with BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley and special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy, star of the hit musical, Legally Blonde.

Boyd Gaines won the 2008 Tony Award for his performance as 'Herbie' in the critically-acclaimed new Broadway production of the classic Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents landmark musical Gypsy, directed by the show's author, Mr. Laurents, currently at the St. James Theatre. He shared the excitement of winning with BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley and special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy.

Paulo Szot won the 2008 Tony Award for best actor in musical for his portrayal of Emile de Becque in 'South Pacific'. BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley and special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy, star of the hit musical, Legally Blonde spoke with him right after his exciting win!

In The Heights won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Musical! The show creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda sat down to celebrate his win with BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley and special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy, star of the hit musical, Legally Blonde.

Last night, at the 2008 Tony Awards, BroadwayWorld.com teamed up with Legally Blonde star Laura Bell Bundy and interviewed some of the evenings winners as they stepped off the stage. For a complete list of the winners please click HERE. Also, be sure to stay tuned to wwww.BroadwayWorld.com for the LIVE footage from last nights interviews as we post throughout the day.

Last night the 2008 Tony Awards took place at Radio City Music Hall. After the lucky and talented winners gave their speeches to the crowd, they moved onto the press room where they were able to show off their new awards and speak some more about their gratitude.

Patti LuPone won the 2008 Tony Award for her performance as 'Mama' Rose in the critically-acclaimed new Broadway production of the classic Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents landmark musical Gypsy, directed by the show's author, Mr. Laurents, currently at the St. James Theatre. She shared the joy of winning with BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley and special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy.

You're invited to check out the 'official' Tony Award presenter gift lounge at Radio City Music Hall! The show's celebrity presenters will get to customize their own gift collections with hot, 'must-haves' like Carlos Falchi designer evening bags, Nespresso's newest espresso/cappuccino machine, Anne Koplik vintage inspired jewelry, an annual membership to Crunch Fitness and so much more! Legally Blonde star and Tony show presenter Laura Bell Bundy let us at BroadwayWorld.com tag along as she checked out all 'gifts and glamour'!

On Sunday, July 20th at 7PM Laura Bell Bundy will play her final performance as Elle Woods.

MTV's 'Legally Blonde The Musical: Search for Elle Woods' continues tonight at 10PM EST.

MTV & Legally Blonde painted NYC pink this weekend with a special tour including 50 'Elle Woods' look-a-likes taking over the city on a appropriately pink double decker tour bus. On Thursday May 29th the group walked and visited the famous jewelery store Tiffany & Co.

MTV held their annual MTV Movie Awards last night, June 1st, in Los Angeles and among the winners were Johnny Depp for the Best Villain in 'Sweeney Todd' and Zac Efron for Best Breakthrough Performance in 'Hairspray.'

MTV & LEGALLY BLONDE are painting NYC pink with a special tour including 50 'Elle Woods' look-a-likes taking over the city on a appropriately pink double decker tour bus.