Legally Blonde - Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Yes, Allie. I really love her.

This is going to sound nasty, but they did sound very off last night. The songs just need to be amended slightly so they key is right for them.

The show was written in the key needed for the role of Margot.
It’s not as simple as just adjusting a key for one person.
They need to cast someone (non binary/trans whatever) who can sing it

I think you will struggle to get anybody trans/non-binary who can sing it as it was designed to sound — at least not somebody who's had a male puberty. I looked at the casting notes and they want an F5. With a post-puberty larynx that's going to be falsetto (ok, there will be some tenors/countertenors who could do it) and it won't sound like it would in a female voice.

(I'm also unconvinced you'd get a trans Valjean — even if you're a trained alto, could you become a dramatic tenor? I suppose Valjeans are usually older so you'd have more time to work on it.)

The Phantom is so made up it would be of no interest what the gender or self identity they had. The first one had one as he was a Frank.

I’m sure they would consider CHF far too old for Elle at 30 this year. Isn’t that the year when we’re all supposed to go live on the Island of Irrelevance for ‘old people’? 😉
I guess there’s already one show ‘bitch’ in Vivienne so maybe Callahan would be one bitch too far?

Does anyone have a list of the lyric changes?

Of all the complaints, praise and inbetween in any thread, we need more Logan's Run references!

With the CV, Callahan now says "Dear god, it's interactive", which is not as funny as it being scented in my opinion!

Also one lyric change I found a bit clunky was in Positive, instead of "Try not to get upset, it's time for me to go brunette" she says "And you might want to sit down, gotta dye my hair a mousy brown". I don't see what was wrong with the old line either!

Also I think earlier in Positive they changed the "Violence is never wise, not the way to win back guys, anyway she's twice my size" lines, I can't remember what to though, something about her believing in sisterhood.

In Positive it's now:
'Violence is never good. I believe in sisterhood.'
Serena: 'Hit her with a piece of wood?'
Which works fine, and obviously had to be changed since the twice my size lyric would no longer work.

Saw Allie today as Margot and much preferred to Isaac. It still doesn't sit right for her voice and in places still didn't sound good but she does work with it better I thought.

On my return visit my thoughts haven't massively changed from before. It's all a bit tacky and cheap and the dogs are beyond embarrassing but there are some lovely performances in there. Michael's Emmett is still the heart of the show for me but Nadine's Paulette threatens to steal it. I'd love to see them in a better production.

I have to give Courtney credit also, I was not enthused by her casting but she really is a lovely Elle with great comic timing.

Yes, just some small lyric changes. Only because I love the show I realised something was different but I usually couldn't spot what had changed.

"And you might want to sit down, gotta dye my hair a mousy brown" sounds like a cheap lyric that should only be a placeholder until the second rewrite comes in, its clunky. The original line is so good, why would you need to change this? Do they not think British people know the word brunette?

My only other thought is, since they took out the line about Elle "denying her highlights" is it to get around that Elle already dyes her hair blonde, so "going brunette" wouldn't be enough of a change (if that was already her natural hair colour) so to emphasise how for her being brunette is downplaying her hotness they added mousy? I'm sure I'm overthinking!