The Facts
During its first year on Broadway in 2007, Legally Blonde the Musical earned seven Tony Award nominations, 10 Drama Desk Award nominations and an Outer Critics Circle Award. The show also ranked in the top 10 for the most requested Ticketmaster “Arts & Theatre Events” for 2007.
There are 18 songs in the show and Elle sings 16 of them as well as having 19 costume changes!
In the movie starring Reese Witherspoon, the closing scene of the graduation was filmed at the Great Hall of Dulwich College in London because Reese was in England filming. The scene needed to be re-shot so they did so with the London College standing in for Harvard Law School.
A perfect score on the LSAT (US Law School Admission Test) exam is 180 therefore Elle’s score of 179 puts her in the top 0.1%.