This fizzy, fun, candyfloss-pink musical night out carries a message of tolerance and inclusion. It features a winning central turn from Courtney Bowman as Elle Woods, the mocked Malibu ditz who unveils a razor-sharp legal mind. There’s some killer choreography, plenty of laughs and lots of you-go-girl affirmation. The latest of this venue’s bold, scrappy musical reinventions is hugely enjoyable, though parts of it still land oddly.
The 2007 stage hit based on the 2001 Reese Witherspoon movie has been dragged squealing into the present day by Lucy Moss, co-creator of Six the Musical. The ensemble is a smorgasbord of different shapes, genders and ethnicities. The casting of Bowman, who is of mixed heritage and describes herself as plus-sized, and who has a sweet singing voice and excellent comic timing, acknowledges that not only rich, skinny, white girls suffer discrimination. Well, quite.
