Sunday, November 4, 2012
Performances of Legally Blonde start in December at the Northbrook Theatre.
The Northbrook Park District is tickled pink to present the sassy and sweet Legally Blonde, to kick off the 2012-13 Children’s Theatre season. Based on the book and film of the same name, the musical is a romantic comedy about a ditzy blonde “Valley girl” who follows an ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School and discovers she’s much smarter than she or anyone thought. “I chose this show because the young actors in Northbrook have been asking for it,” says Gregg Dennhardt, Performing Arts Manager for the Northbrook Park District, the producing organization. “Many of them have seen the movie and enjoyed it. The production has a variety of good, strong roles and combines a catchy and clever score with humor that adults and children can enjoy.” …
Friday, August 17, 2012
Boy and girl auditions are scheduled for Wednesday, Sep. 5 and Thursday, Sep. 6 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Northbrook Theatre, 3323 Walters Ave.
The following release was provided by the Northbrook Park District. OMG! The hit musical Legally Blonde will bounce onto the stage in Northbrook, and auditions are scheduled for Wednesday, September 5 and Thursday, September 6 from 4-6pm at the Northbrook Theatre, 3323 Walters Avenue. Auditions are open to boys and girls in grades 6-10 and include acting, dancing and singing. The award-winning Northbrook Theatre Children's Company has presented theatre by youth for youth for more than 30 years and is pleased to kick off the 2012-13 Children’s Theatre season with the pop musical. Based on the novel and award-winning film of the same name, Legally Blonde is a romantic comedy about a ditzy blonde sorority girl from California who tries to be…
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Sally catches up with the cofounders of an innovative retail website (and compares their story to "Cinderella" and "Legally Blonde").
Re-tooling fairy tales seems to be in vogue these days. Apparently the players in Hollywood believe that the world is hungry for a contemporary spin on the old standbys. After all, there’s universal appeal in stories featuring power, privilege, greed, love and a ball gown. That’s why I’m making a pitch for turning By Invitation Only: How We Built GILT and Changed the Way Millions Shop into a movie. It’s got blockbuster potential written all over. If you haven’t heard of Gilt, or visited the website, you will. After all, their target audience seems to be humans. Correction. That’s Facebook’s target audience. Gilt’s target audience is humans with credit cards, which is a slightly smaller demographic, but not by much. The concept of Gilt is …
