Legally Blonde to Open at Broadway's Palace Theatre on April 29, 2007

Legally Blonde, the musical adaptation of the hit film, will land at Broadway's Palace Theatre next spring. The show is scheduled to officially open on the Great White Way on April 29, 2007 three days later than previously announced.

Prior to the MGM film, Legally Blonde started life as a novel by Amanda Brown. The film comedy, which was released on July 13, 2001, was directed by Robert Luketic and starred Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge and Holland Taylor. It went on to gross $141 million internationally. The 2003 sequel, Legally Blonde: Red, White and Blonde, found similar success on the big screen, grossing $124 million in total.

In Legally Blonde, stylish sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone more "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

Legally Blonde will mark the Broadway directorial debut of Tony Award-winning choreographer Jerry Mitchell, who will also choreograph. Music and lyrics are by Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe, and the book is by Heather Hach. Legally Blonde is set to have its world premiere at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre, where its limited engagement is scheduled to run January 23, 2007 through February 25, 2007. Broadway previews for Legally Blonde are expected to begin April 3, 2007.

The Palace Theatre is currently dark. The prime venue recently housed the short-lived Lestat, which shuttered on May 28.