Legally Blonde is a
musical based on the
Amanda Brown novel and the 2001 film of
the same name. The musical features a book by Heather Hach, music and lyrics by
Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, with direction and choreography by
Jerry Mitchell.
After a pre-Broadway tryout in
San Francisco, California, the musical opened on
Broadway on April 29, 2007 to mostly positive reviews. The musical was recorded for
MTV in September 2007 and aired in October 2007.
Legally Blonde played its final performance on Broadway on October 19, 2008.
[[1]playbill.com] The US national tour began in September 2008.
