Legally Blond

“Whoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed.” - Elle Woods

In spite of rave reviews, the production of Legally Blond playing at The Princess of Wales Theatre is fair to middling at best. Merv and I attended tonight's show as part of our Mirvish subscription. It wasn't completely without merit but was more of an opera than a musical and the significant plot changes which have been made to the screenplay didn't enhance the story.

We arrived at the theatre fairly early so we had lots of time for people watching. And there were all kinds of people in attendance tonight. A fair number of children were there as were many people in their late teens and early twenties. Most of the audience from young to old was dressed in shorts and t-shirts, with the odd pair of jeans, sweats or yoga pants thrown in for good measure. There were some young women and adolescent girls dressed in Elle Woods' type dresses and only a handful of others like Merv and I who dressed with a little more formality than the rest of the crowd.

There is one couple who stood out from the rest. I see this pair each time we attend the theatre so we must share the same timetable for our subscription. I haven't quite figured out their relationship. He is about 6'4" tall. She doesn't quite reach his shoulder. They are middle aged, I would think in their late forties or early fifties. He wears his hair short in a conventional style and he is long and lean. She is a little bit plump and quite conservative in her appearance. What makes them stand out, is that he dresses in women's clothes and shoes and he carries a purse. Tonight's ensemble was a pair of loose black trousers with a black and white blouse and a pair of black pumps with kitten heels. He was carrying a mid-sized handbag in plum and black. Part of the mystery is that while he is dressed like a woman, they seem like a married couple and he makes no attempt to look like a woman - no makeup, no wig - just a tall, undistinguished man dressed like woman. Very strange indeed.