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Legally Blonde: The Musical debuts
A Q&A with director
Madison Baker
For Elle and honestly a lot of girls in the show, it’s very
much a girl power show in a way. You kind of see the two
dimensional version of all the girls when you fi rst meet
them and then throughout the show, because Elle starts
as sorority president and it’s all she thought she could be
but what’s interesting is that as much as she’s stuck in this
world of west coast rich girl, Vivian has the same thing
on the East Coast but I think for her she does it where her
family is East Coast royalty, this is her duty. She has to go
to Harvard. One of the things I think is so cool about the
women in the show in general is you see them go from
these girls who are pretty defi ned by their circumstances
and what they’ve always thought they were capable of,
and nothing more than that, to challenging everyone to
look at things from a different viewpoint. They end up
defying the odds. They lift each other up to this different
level of greatness they didn’t think they were capable of.
What’s powerful about the show to me is that at the core,
it really does speak to the power of women building each
other up. There’s something in Elle’s story for everyone
about not letting circumstances defi ne what you can do.
Is the dog in the show?
There are two love dogs in the show. When I pitched
the show I said I didn’t want to use a fake dog because ev-
eryone would come expecting the dog so I knew that was
going to be a thing for me that I was going to have to make
happen. Autumn (Elle) actually has a chihuahua, Sasha,
and she’s a little star. She gets carried around and walks on
a leash in the show and we blocked it so the dogs wouldn’t
have to be on stage a ton. Every time she makes her en-
trance, the audience has to aww over her. Our other dog,
Jasper plays Paulette’s dog, Rufus and he’s also adorable.
What should audiences look for in this production?
Is there a stand-out scene for you?
A fun fact about the show is that there’s 28 people in
the cast, 13 are brand new to the CT stage and have never
been there before. They are absolutely killing it so hon-
estly, the cast as a whole is absolutely phenomenal. I’m
incredibly lucky. Opening night, I sat back and watched
the show and watched the audience’s reaction and was on
Cloud Nine . There are a lot of CT regulars too and peo-
ple will be really, really pleasantly surprised by Autumn
Carter who’s played in a lot of shows at Cottage Theatre.
She has worked really, really hard for this show and does
a beautiful, phenomenal in the show. But I’m lucky be-
cause everyone is so good. People will be surprised at how
many moving parts there are. We have moving set pieces
from store racks to doors to salon counters to rotating plat-
forms. It’s a big show.
pretty seamlessly transition from song to
lines. It wasn’t one of those shows where it
was obvious that now it’s a scene, now it’s
a song. One of the keys is from an actor’s
perspective, fi guring out who your charac-
ter is so that the core of who they are goes
with you from scene to song so when you
transition, the base of who the character is,
is still there. I think that’s a key and on the
director’s side, as an actor and someone
who has learned from phenomenal direc-
tors like Alan Beck and Tony Rust, they’re
invested in the story and the actors really
fi nd their characters so when the scenes are
done, you’re invested in that character. So,
I took a similar approach and for the few
scenes that aren’t choreographed, I had a
map of what actors were going to do and
said, 'At this point I want you here and exit
here' and told them to go and see what nat-
urally happened. It became a natural pro-
cess.
This show has also been a movie and
one a lot of people are familiar with.
What can audiences expect from your
run?
One of the things is that they’ll be glad
to know is that it’s similar enough to the
movie in terms of the storyline that it’s not
something totally different. Instead of two
best friends, there’s three and you see them
a lot throughout the show. That’s one of
the initial differences I think people will
notice. One of the things I love about the
musical is that music allows for a depth in
the characters that movies and books don’t
and don’t get me wrong, I love books and
movies but when it comes to musicals, the
show starts with a song called “Omgod you
guys” and you get that immediate sorority
girl, giddy excitement in your face right at
the start. All of that is counter balanced with
a somber song when (SPOILER ALERT)
Elle gets hit on by the professor. The songs
are very cleverly written and add a depth to
the show that the movie doesn’t have.
Without spoiling it for people who
may not be familiar with the show, talk
a bit about Elle and her transformation
from someone audiences may not con-
nect with right away and her path to re-
demption.
April Free Events to the public
Free Fitness Class Mon-Friday 9:30-10:00am
April 4th Writing Club Meeting 10:00am
"Legally Blonde: The Musical" is playing through April
29 at Cottage Theatre. For tickets, visit cottagetheatre.org
or call (541) 942-8001.
APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH
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April 10th Louis Farro Piano music 2:30pm
April 12th Timothy Patrick Guitar 6:30pm
April 15th Jr. Clark Band 1:00pm
April 17th Sewing and quilting Club meeting 2:30pm
April 19th Spring Flower Arranging 2:30pm
April 20th Toby Moore Guitar 2:00pm
April 24th Water Color Class with Mary Gary! 2:30pm
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