Legally Blonde
A story of rising to a challenge and defying expectations, all while looking fabulous, Legally Blonde is the perfect way to push our 8th season into high gear and never let up. This is one musical we guarantee you won’t object.
Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin
Book by Heather Hach
Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture
Omigod. Omigod, you guys! We’re kicking off the 2018-19 Broadway Season in high fashion with the one and only Elle Woods.
A member of UCLA’s Delta Nu sorority, Elle has a seemingly perfect life and perfect future. All she needs is her boyfriend Warner to cement it with a proposal. But her dream life turns into a nightmare when Warner decides to break it off because she’s not serious enough for him. As if! Heartbroken and in despair, Elle hatches a near-impossible plan to win him back: get into Harvard Law School. What? Like it’s hard?
A story of rising to a challenge and defying expectations, all while looking fabulous, Legally Blonde is the perfect way to push our 8th season into high gear and never let up. This is one musical we guarantee you won’t object.
Did you know?
- This is Trent Stork’s first show taking the lead as director but 16th show working on the direction team at Paramount Theatre.
- Although it first debuted in 2007, our production of Legally Blonde will have a fresh, new take bringing it into the context of 2018 and showing what it’s like today for a young woman going to school and having a dream.
- Based on the popular movie starring Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde will have everything you want in a show: heart, big dance numbers, comedy, devastating ballads and more. Expected to be underrated, this production will prove you should never judge a book by its cover.
“You think this is a story about a dumb blonde, but that’s not Elle Woods. She’s an extremely strong, capable and intelligent woman forced to look at herself in a different way; challenges herself and succeeds; all the while realizing it’s been in her the whole time. This will be the chicest, fiercest production you’ll ever see. Nothing about this show will feel typical.” -Trent Stork, Director
Opening Night
Behind the Scenes
Meet the Team
Artistic Team
Trent Stork
Director & Co-Choreographer
Kory Danielson
Music Director & Conductor
Megan E. Farley *
Co-Choreographer
Jeffrey D. Kmiec †
Scenic Designer
Theresa Ham †
Costume Designer
Nick Belley
Lighting Designer
Mike Tutaj †
Projection Designer
Adam Rosenthal
Sound Designer
Katie Cordts
Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer
Ethan Deppe
Electronic Music Designer
William Berloni
Animal Trainer
Jaq Seifert
Fight Choreographer
Maggie O’Donnell *
Stage Manager
Matthew McMullen *
Assistant Stage Manager
Calandra Daby
Assistant Director
Charlotte Rivard-Hoster
Assistant Music Director & Associate Conductor
Cast
Casey Shuler *
Elle Woods
making Paramount Theatre debut
Gerald Caesar *
Emmett Forrest
making Paramount Theatre debut
Jacquelyne Jones *
Vivienne Kensington
previously in Legally Blonde
James Rank *
Professor Callahan
previously in 42nd Street
Sophie Grimm *
Paulette
previously in The Sound of Music Groundhog Day, Legally Blonde, and Les Misèrables
Teressa LaGamba *
Enid Hoopes, u/s Paulette
Tyler Lain *
Warner Huntington III
making Paramount Theatre debut
Kyrie Courter
Pilar, u/s Brooke Wyndham
making Paramount Theatre debut
Lucy Godinez *
Serena
previously in Legally Blonde
Sara Reinecke *
Margot
previously in Kinky Boots, Beauty and the Beast, The Producers, Legally Blonde, Elf, and Mamma Mia!
Jenna Coker-Jones *
Brooke Wyndham
previously in Legally Blonde
James Doherty
Kyle B. O’Boyle
making Paramount Theatre debut
Brittany Coriaci
Ensemble, u/s Pilar
making Paramount Theatre debut
Danielle Davila *
Ensemble
previously in Legally Blonde, Elf and The Little Mermaid
Gilbert Domally *
Ensemble, Grandmaster Chad, u/s Emmett Forrest, u/s Kyle B. O’Boyle
previously in Legally Blonde, Hairspray, The Little Mermaid, Jesus Christ Superstar, Elf and Cabaret
Michael Ehlers *
Ensemble, Dad, Winthrop, Dewey, u/s Professor Callahan
previously in Legally Blonde, Elf, The Little Mermaid, Hairspray, Newsies, and Rock of Ages
Lara Hayhurst *
Ensemble, Stenographer, u/s Margot, Animal Handler
making Paramount Theatre debut
Will Herndon
Ensemble, Swing
previously in Elf
Ruchir Khazanchi
Ensemble, Sundeep Padamadan
making Paramount Theatre debut
Yando Lopez *
Ensemble, Lowell, Carlos
previously in Legally Blonde and In the Heights
Mallory Maedke
Ensemble, Reporter, u/s Vivienne Kensington, u/s Serena
previously in Hairspray, Mamma Mia! and The Little Mermaid
Maria Montero
Ensemble
previously in Legally Blonde
LaShera Zenise Moore
Ensemble, Store Manager, Judge
making Paramount Theatre debut
John Pletka
Ensemble
making Paramount Theatre debut
Sierra Schnack
Ensemble, Swing
making Paramount Theatre debut
Will Skrip *
Ensemble, Pforzheimer, District Attorney, u/s Warner Huntington III, u/s Dad, Fight Captain
previously in Mary Poppins, West Side Story, The Little Mermaid and Sweeney Todd
Anthony Sullivan Jr. *
Ensemble, Nikos
previously in The Producers, The Wizard of Oz, Legally Blonde, The Little Mermaid and West Side Story
Leryn Turlington *
Ensemble, Kate, Chutney, u/s Elle Woods
Voice Teacher
Aaron Umsted *
Ensemble, Aaron Shultz, Dance Captain
previously in Legally Blonde, Cabaret and West Side Story
J Tyler Whitmer *
Ensemble
previously in The Producers, The Wizard of Oz, Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Elf, The Little Mermaid, Oklahoma! and Miss Saigon
Missy Wise
Ensemble, Courtney, Mom, Whitney, Joyce, u/s Enid Hoopes
previously in Legally Blonde
Frankie
Bruiser
making Paramount Theatre debut
Romeo
Rufus
making Paramount Theatre debut
* indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
† indicates member of United Scenic Artists (USA)
‡ indicates member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
Written by Artistic Associate & Casting Director Trent Stork
Who is your Goddess?
Think about it. Who is woman of incredible intelligence with seemingly divine knowledge of what you need at the exact moment you need it?
Who is your guardian who seems to float on air, takes you under her wing, and keeps her watchful gaze on you before sending you off onto life’s next grand adventure?
I have held the theory that Goddesses are sent when one is in need since I was young. I, myself, have been lucky enough to have ten Goddesses so far in my life. These are fierce, courageous, genius, women who heard a call, swooped in, and taught me a valuable lesson at the precise moment I needed it most. Some of these lessons were inspiring and some were hard earned.
As Elle Woods ventures unto her epic quest of self-discovery, she has her Goddesses, her sisters, who appear to her to keep her sane, to keep her positive, and to keep her going.
Maintaining this is no easy feat for a Millennial entering the world in 2018; life outside of a protected nest is not as bright and generous as we are told it will be.
And yet, as life seemingly bashes Elle against the proverbial rocks, she doesn’t feel entitled; she doesn’t throw her arms in the air and proclaim she has a right to success (a picture nonchalantly painted by others about my generation). Instead, taking great risk, she dives in, knowing there are others with inherent gifts, but also knowing there is no excuse for anyone to work harder than her, fighting her way to the top to take down her oppressor, a mythical beast in his own right.
Elle Woods is a hero of a generation, of my generation. Who knew the 2001 movie about a sorority girl turned lawyer holds up as a pre- #MeToo manifesto?
May her lessons resonate for the next generation. May she prove to be a Goddess for you in your darkest times. May you climb your own mountain or fight through an underworld, and may you achieve it in a way uniquely your own.
