![]() Where: Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theater, 455 W. When: Through July 14 doors open for dinner at 6 p.m. To read more of her reviews, go to ‘Legally Blonde’ Put on your pink, and come watch justice prevail for a night.įrances Baum Nicholson has been reporting on the Los Angeles area theater scene for more than 35 years. Still, if you are looking for a bright, airy evening of theater - there are even two dogs on stage - and an light-hearted, mildly feminist message, then “Legally Blonde” is for you. if only the mics were set quite so “boomy,” as some essential lyrics get lost in the electronic tonalities. Rod Bagheri’s musical direction leads to fine ensemble work. As the professor who both gives Elle her big shot and proves her biggest wake-up call, Ron Hastings has a command and a harshness which make that part the catalyst it should be.ĭirector Chuck Better keeps this very episodic tale moving, in part thanks to his own design for an equally impressive moving collection of set pieces.Īlison Keslake’s choreography creates atmosphere and keeps the focus on the lighter, sillier parts of the piece. The current public health order requires ALL people entering the building (regardless of vaccination status) to wear a mask any time they. Soon, she begins to shine on her own, if only as a form of vengeance.Īs Emmett, Jordan Killion balances a mild geekiness with whatever is the mature version of a gee-whiz view of the world.Īs the hairdresser who keeps Elle grounded - and whose personal concerns provide Elle with proof of the power of knowing the law, Molly Stilliens has an absolute ball, particularly when drooling over Nic Olsen’s UPS guy. Candlelight Pavilion will be following the latest guidelines and requirements set forth by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health so you will always feel safe and protected. Once it becomes clear that the boyfriend, Warner, has more upper-crust marriage intents, Elle buckles down as a law student, encouraged by Emmett, another student from a comparatively humble background. When that boy rejects her instead and leaves for Harvard Law School, Elle’s sorority sisters help her prep for the LSAT, and she ends up accepted there as well. In short this is delightfully breezy piece with a quietly serious core.Įssentially, the story follows Elle Woods, a UCLA sorority girl who has skated through college with the understanding that she will end up married to a boy from a prominent family. The music, though comparatively unmemorable, leads to a number of striking dance numbers. The storyline, silly as it is, comes as a kind of affirmation of hard work, and a rejection of the exclusionary silver-spoon contingent of our society. So, how does this “Legally Blonde” stack up? The show proves polished and teeming with youthful energy. And now, in the most lighthearted of these, the musical based on the film “Legally Blonde” echoes in comic form the push for women’s equality in the workplace commonly called “Time’s Up.” As the “Me Too” movement took hold they were running “9 to 5.” As the immigration debate heated up, “Ragtime,” concerning immigration and racial issues at the turn of the last century, was running on the stage. On the night that white supremacists were marching in Charlottesville, they were opening “South Pacific,” with its messages about the dangers of racial intolerance. The management of Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theater in Claremont has displayed remarkable timeliness this past year or so.
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