“Clark’s careful attention to character arcs and small details as well as big stage pictures”

“Right on the heels of a masterful Sweeney Todd in October, Moonbox Productions has pulled off yet another big hairy audacious musical with ‘blood in the water’ – Legally Blonde. This time around, the venue is the BCA, the story is set in current-day SoCal and Cambridge (Sarabeth Spector, scenic, Finn Bamber, lighting, Julia Wonkka, properties design), and the cut-throats are lawyers and law students. Helmed by Katie Anne Clark (in her professional directorial debut), musical director Mindy Cimini, and Choreographer Taavon Gamble, the cast of 21 – 20 humans and one chihuahua – deliver energetic, pitch-perfect performances that keep the audience engaged and entertained from start to finish.

Legally Blonde is most celebrated for its high-octane musical numbers – and the insanely catchy, superficial, and frothy opener ‘Omigod You Guys’ not only puts you in a good mood right away but sets the stage for the fun – and fashion – that follows (costume design by William Andrew Young). The titular number ‘Legally Blonde’and its reprise, and ‘Bend and Snap’ are iconic, and in ‘Whipped into Shape,’ which opens Act 2 – the actors jump rope!

But Moonbox’s Legally Blonde is not all light-hearted and lightning-quick, fluffiness and frivolousness. As early as the second scene I realized that with Clark’s careful attention to character arcs and small details as well as big stage pictures, the story’s themes of busting stereotypes, finding true love, rooting for underdogs, believing in yourself, and realizing that dogs are a woman’s best friend (but humans could be too) would shine through.”

—Linda Chin, Theatre Mirror