Thursday, August 8, 2013

LEGALLY BLONDE

BY ED BRUCE  edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

WE WENT AGAIN...JUST AS GOOD THE SECOND TIME ...ENDS TONIGHT....YOU WOULD THINK SOMETHING THIS GOOD THAT SELLS SO GOOD 3000 A NIGHT...COULD GO COMMERICAL OR GO ON FOREVER FOR PROFIT....THANKS AGAIN..

ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON I LEARNED WITH "UNFINISHED SONG" THAT GREAT SCRIPTS CAN STILL BE PRODUCED FOR THE MOVES.....ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT I LEARNED THAT GREAT SCRIPTS CAN STILL BE PRODUCED FOR THE THEATRE !

LEGALLY BLONDE.....WAS NOT A MUSICAL FOR THE 2001 MOVIE.....HOWEVER FROM THE BOOK BY HEATHER HACH....THE MUSIC BY LAURENCE O'KEEFE AND NELL BENJAMIN AND THE NOVEL BY AMANDA BROWN....SUPER SUMMER THEATHRE HAS PRODUCED A REAL GEM.  THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR THIS BRAIN STORM AND THANKS TO PHILIP SHELBURNE FOR HIS FIRST CLASS DIRECTION !

THIS AT THE SPRING MOUNTAIN STATE PARK WEST CHARLESTON WEST LAS VEGAS...THIS ON PERFECT COOL SUMMER STARRY NIGHT AT THE OUTDOOR VENUE.

WE HAD A SWELL TIME.

OVERFLOW CROWD ON THIS NIGHT....THIS THE FOURTH OF FIVE SHOWS THIS SUMMER...TICKETS AT THE GATE OR www.supersummertheatre  ....MIGHT WANT TO MAKE YOUR MOVE EARLY...THIS WILL BE A HOT TICKET.

LAS VEGAS ENTERTAINMEN NEWS SOMETIMES USES MULTI REPORTERS...LAST NIGHT WE DID...GARY TURNER REALLY LOVED THE SETS FOR THIS PRODUCTION....ME TOO.....THE CONTINUITY USED IN TRANSFERS AND BREAKS WAS PERFECT...... WE HATE DEAD TIME....LOTS OF WORK AND THINKING PUT INTO THE LOOK FOR THIS AND SOME STAIRCASES AND LIFTS WORKED VERY WELL.....AT THE END IN THE COURTROOM SCENE IT WAS BRILLIANT TO SEE THE JUDGE IN THE BATHROOM SITTING ON THE STOOL AND COURT CLERK READING THE TRANSCRIPT OFF TOILENT PAPER AND THEN DEPOSITING IT THERE IN.   THERE WAS GREAT EARLY LINE....."SOMEONE WHO WEARS BLACK WHEN NOBODY DIED"...AMONG THE REASONS FOR ME TO COME BACK AND CATCH THE MISSED LINES.

SUPER SUMMER THEATRE HAS COME A LONG WAYS IN 37 YEARS....WE IN LAS VEGS NEED TO BE PROUD OF THIS TREASURE.

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE THEME WAS SOME GOOFBALL TEEN COMEDY....WRONG AGAIN PUNDIT BREATH....THIS A MAJOR MAJOR PRODUCTION WITH ALL THE ELEMENTS...TALENT...DANCE...SET...COSTUMES...PRODUCTION...CONTINUITY AND JUST A GREAT "LOOK" TO THE WHOLE THING....WE LOVED IT.

SIMPLE ENOUGH LOVE STORY...BOY GIRL DOUBLE TRIANGLE WITH A HARVARD EDUCATION MIXED IN....LOTS OF LYRICS AND SMART ASS LINES !  THIS ACTUALLY A PROBLEM BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW WHERE THEY WERE GOING AND THE PACE WAS TOO FAST AND THERE WERE SOME OPENING NIGHT AUDIO FARTS....I HATE TO MISS ANYTHING AND I NEED TO GO BACK FOR THE REPLAY.

LOVED THE TALENT FOR THIS ....WITH 15 YOUNG GIRLS DANCING IN COSTUME AND A VIOLIN PLAYER IN THE FIRST 15 MINUTES.....THEY IMMEDIATELY WON ME OVER....I STARTED TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY COSTUMES ALISON THOMPSON WORE AND THEN LOST OUT AT 11.   SHE WAS ACTUALLY ILLEGALLY BLONDE...THAT GOOD....BEAUTIFUL GIRL....THE LEAD....... LIKEABLE....GOOD ACTOR...GOOD SINGER...GOOD DANCER...SHE MADE ME LIKE HER...IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH....STRONG CAST....EVERYONE SEEMED IN THE RIGHT SPOT.

THIS ACTUALLY A REAL MAJOR PRODUCTION WITH  THE PEOPLE...... PRODUCTION...... TALENT AND LEGAL CREDITS IT JUST CAME OFF IN A WONDERFUL FASHION.

CANT WAIT TO SEE IT AGAIN.

LOVELY PLACE TO ATTEND THE THEATRE...STAFF AND ATMOSPHERE JUST THE TOPS.

THE PRODUCERS WILL BE THE SEPTEMBER PRODUCTION....CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF ACTOR THEY CAN GET TO IMMITATE NATHAN LANE.

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