The Critics Have Spoken: Legally Blonde is a Hit!
-TheaterMania

April 30, 2007 -- On the stiletto heels of its triumphant run in San Francisco, Legally Blonde: The Musical made its Broadway debut at the Palace Theater. Don Buchwald & Associates proudly represents five actors in the cast, including Laura Bell Bundy, who stars as the irrepressible Elle Woods. “The show … make[s] a star of Laura Bell Bundy,” raves FoxNews. Joining Bundy on stage and in stellar reviews are DBA clients Orfeh, Michael Rupert, Andy Karl and Becky Gulsvig.

Says Clive Barnes of the New York Post, “[T]he effervescent and radiant Bundy … is pretty damn good,” “[S]he sings and dances flawlessly,” seconds the New York Times, while Variety adds, “She could hardly be more winning.” The New York Sun calls it “a sparkling performance,” one that “sets the performance level bar very high for all those who dare to follow.” (TalkEntertainment).

Also gaining rave reviews is Broadway veteran Orfeh, who Newsday calls “irresistible as Paulette,” Elle’s manicurist and confidante. “Engaging” and “lively” adds the Hartford Courant.

In the role of Paulette’s love interest, the hunky UPS man, Orfeh’s husband Andy Karl “gets the evening’s biggest laughs with his deadpan delivery,” (New York Daily News). Says the New York Times, “Andy Karl is a hilarious walking sight gag.”

Rounding out the “impressive supporting cast” is Michael Rupert, who “brings hauteur and musical force to the arrogant and womanizing [Professor] Callahan,” (Hartford Courant). Newsday calls him “dashingly cool;” he has a “terrific voice as the predatory … professor,” seconds the New York Daily News.

Don Buchwald and Associates congratulates all of our stars.