Legally Blonde The Musical | Triangle Arts and Entertainment

NORTH CAROLINA THEATRE TO PRODUCE BROADWAY SMASH HIT LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL -

Runner-up on MTV reality show ?The Search for Elle Woods? to star

RALEIGH, N.C. ? North Carolina Theatre, the region?s premier producer of professional Broadway musicals is excited to produce the North Carolina Theatre premiere of Legally Blonde The Musical, running Tuesday, October 9^th through Sunday, October 14^th, 2012 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.

College sweetheart and sorority star Elle Woods doesn?t take ?no? for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone ?serious,? Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books and sets out where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law School.

In casting news, NCT is excited to announce that Autumn Hurlbert will star in the role of ?Elle.? Autumn was runner-up in the MTV- produced reality program Legally Blonde: The Search for the Next Elle Woods, a talent-based show which sought to recast the role of ?Elle? on Broadway after Tony Award nominee Laura Bell Bundy left the production. Some of Autumn?s other credits include ?Beth March? in the first national tour of Little Women and ?Sybil? in Private Lives at the Huntington Theatre Company. Joining ?Elle??on stage will be her faithful pup, ?Bruiser,? being played by Chico the Chihuahua, the original dog from the Broadway production of Legally Blonde.

Legally Blonde The Musical features music and lyrics by Laurence O?Keefe and Nell Benjamin with a book by Heather Hach. Based on the hit movie starring Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde The Musical is an award-winning Broadway sensation and winner of ?Best New Musical? at the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards in London. Legally Blonde The Musical premiered on Broadway in 2007 with direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell. The Broadway musical continued its successful run through the fall of 2008, running for 595 performances. The Independent wrote Legally Blonde The Musical is ?ridiculously enjoyable from start to finish.?

NCT?s production of Legally Blonde will be directed and choreagraphed by Denis Jones,who served as associate choreographer for the original Broadway production.

Performance Schedule:
10/9: 7:30 PM
10/10: 7:30 PM
10/11: 7:30 PM
10/12: 7:30 PM
10/13: 2 PM & 7:30 PM
10/14: 2 PM & 7:30 PM

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?Legally Blonde The Musical is a high-energy, musical comedy that features fun songs and a fun night out at the theatre for the whole family,? says Casey Hushion, Artistic Director for North Carolina TheatreThis production is an all-singing, all-dancing, feel good musical comedy that is one ?Elle of a show?

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Ticket Information

To purchase single tickets to Legally Blonde The Musical, call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000. Season tickets to North Carolina Theatre?s 2013 Broadway season are on sale now, for more information please visits www.nctheatre.com. ? ? ?

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