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  • @PhantomTsubasa I know I prefer them too. But yeah this is okay

  • i do prefer the cast on the mtv cast but this okay

  • @PhantomTsubasa The original cast was even better than the MTV cast, but this is definitely the worst.

  • she has really defined cheek bones....

  • Sheridan Smith is AMAZING! She went to the Northern Theatre School, I go there! We are so proud that she has done so fabulous in the west-end, it gives Northern a great image too! :D

  • To be fair as the ending was sung by Elle and Warner which is not the case in the show they did ok

  • Where's Emmett?!

  • oh my gosh...this musical is so totally cute!!

  • Man Sheridan improved as the show went on.  I remember seeing this and thinking....oh god it’s dreadful. But she was amazing by the end. Her vocals got so much stronger. She was probs nervous here performing for the first time as Elle.

  • Margot is one of my fave characters!

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  • is this a joke? how fake :$

  • It's so different now Sheridan was amazing !!!

  • watch the girl in the yellow tracksuit bottom left at the end, she takes a fall bad looool

  • @110292rv I just watched with a friend, and I noticed that and laughed

  • i really dont like elle here.......

  • i think sheridan smith is good but definitely doesnt have the vocal strength to pull of elle unlike Laura Bell Bundy

    still really good actress tho :D

  • Love this cast just as much as the US cast!

  • NOT a show I'D have picked to go see myself,,,,, BUT,,,, I thoroughly enjoyed it,,, it's no Wicked or Les Mis but is fantastic fun,,,, loved it :o)

  • the cast and ensemble performances were AMAZING! but the 'Elle', SHeridan SMilth i think, honestly; was hurrendous! really screechy and awful tone. really let the performance down!

  • AWSOME! LONDON CAST FTW!!!

  • In my opinion NOTHING can beat the cast that Laura Bell Bundy was apart of BUT I must say these ones are AWESOME, not a huge fan of the one who they picked to play Paulette but still they are awesome nevertheless, definitely my favorite cast after the original.

  • i dont like this perfomance, show like the show have a different story with Warner at the end =(

    and Sheridan looks like if She was Sarpay, only wants to all the world look her, sorry if i extreme, but is true, i like MUCH BETTER Laura Belle Bundy

  • I saw that wth my school :D i loved it lol wouln't midn seeign it again :D verygod 5/5 stars i saw the one with Sheridan Smith buy Duncan James wasn't in it

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  • Caroline <3 and sheridan :) Love this musical!

  • omg i love this so much!!! Sheridan is amazing!!! :) <3

  • To be fair to them they have just finished one performance before this..

  • I saw this in theatre and it was the most amazing musical ever. :D

  • Laura Bell Bundy is the only Elle Woods.

  • @LoveCiaran Sheridan is the ONE AND ONLY Elle Woods

  • @theinvinsablechicken Whiney voice and unconvincing accent. She's useless as anything except Rudy.

  • @LoveCiaran This performance was ages ago and I've got to admit that this does sound a bit screechy but if you see her now you will be amazed at the improvement!! Can't compare to anyone else!!

  • Aww can't believe Legally Blonde has been on the west end for a year already... Can't wait to see the show on sheridan's last matinee, and so glad that Susan is taking over as Elle full time :)

  • It's an amazing performance, even better in the West End. Sheridan is so talented! :)

  • OMG Sheridan Smith is amazing singer I didn't know she has such a beautiful voice!! I remeber her in Two Pints Of Lager as a great actress but this... well very very very good!

  • An observation coming from someone a bit too obsessed with the show...Amy's wig is so much curlier here than it ended up in the actual shows (:

  • I just realised I am still smiling!!

  • this was really good. i still like the broadway version better. but thats only because i LOVE laura bell bundy. but this was amazing. i must admit :)

  • 2:14 The one who ruined the pitch was Sheridan.

  • lol at the girl who falls over at the end :P

  • @tricia165 this was like last November when they were halfway through rehearsals, their first time performing the songs. Listen to the live recording on iTunes and then judge.... They are a million times better than Broadway and Tour.

  • for all the latest Legally Blonde the Musical news follow twitter.com / lbtmnews

  • wow the London cast kinda sucks....

  • This performance was awful compared to how spectacular the cast actually are! Sheridan was slightly screechy and I didnt like how the melody was just thrown together. But live, they are AMAZING!!! The energy they have and the humour they portray is just seriously amazing! I applaud them for doing it 8 times a week!

  • i actually saw this musical and it was absolutely amazin i think i smiled the whole way thru. i met sheridan after and she was lovely

  • @twihard2 How do you get to meet her? I'd love to and I'm going to see the show for my birthday?

  • Everyone who says this is bad, please remember

    a) acoustics in studios are always bad

    b) the clapping drowns out the singing, therfore they have to sing louder and strain their voices

    c) the show is much, much much better in the theate becuase the acoustics are better

    d) the people who say "being nervous is not acceptable" this is live telivision, they have 5 minutes to get audiances to like the show, and as she has not done any live stuff before, it's fair for her to be nervous

    So yeah :)

  • i love this musical which i was surprised cos i didnt really like the film. probs because sheridan smith is THE BEST

  • Sorry, but Sheridan was very pitchy here. I thought this was a very bad performance. However, to those slagging of these performers, go and see the show! I've seen it twice and it was amazing! Sheridan is absolutely fantastic! This performance did them no justice. Bear in mind they were still in rehearsals and this was their first time performing to the public.

  • i think that it's brilliant.

    Okay maybe us brits haven't seen the american version, and i'm sure it's just as good, but as we haven't then we can't say.

    So i mean this in the most nicest way possible, please don't be mean about it because you americans haven't seen the west end version either :)

  • Was this before it officially came out in the West End??

    I saw the show a few months and thought it was amazing I LOVED Sheridan Smith, Jill Halfpenny and Peter Davison :)

  • @HaiDerSaxophone they were like a couple of weeks in rehearsal when they did this.

  • @sweetdreams1405 ahh ok cool. Thanks :)

  • They were awesomee :) why are people saying they are bad lol...?

  • Sheridan is such a great Elle :) *so in love* she plays a totally different Elle than LBB and that makes her unique. so stop comparing them please...

    I went to see her yesterday and its a really really really great musical :D

    hopefully the cast recording is coming out soon

  • Emmet wasn't there!

  • Love this video

  • during serious elle was very pitchy, she doesn't even look like she should be a blonde, there's one problem.

  • @everyday4aweek but she is blonde in real life! and this was before the show even opened shes so much better (ha) now than she was - i saw it last week and she was pitch perfect!

  • Fortunately this isn't at all representative of the actual show... Sheridan is much, much better in the actual show than she was in this. I remember being worried about the show when this was aired but the actual thing is brilliant <3

  • her mannurisms are SO MANLY and not feminine

  • What's up with Elle? She sounds sick or something!

    Sweet medley though!

    And most of them hide their dialects really well!

  • What was up with Elle?

    She sounded sick or something!

    Sweet medley though!

  • this was FANTASTIC! i was like "the west end isnt always as great as bway" but now im like WOW THEY WERE GOOD!!! and like think of all the pressure of all those ppl looking at you, and on tv, id be shaking, but they were great!

  • Sorry,I dont like the london cast. And this meledy is weird and If you havent seen the show you wont get it.

    PS why is she in love with emmett at the end?

  • fuck all you haters, i love sheridan smith, when i saw this in london she wasnt there......i loved it so much tho i am going again! love to see any of you lots slagging her off do better!

  • Horrible.

  • Fantastic... I loved this show, best ive ever seen! xx

  • the songs are great! the cast is great! the musical is great!

  • im going to see this

    is it good

  • God she's worse than i thought she'd be - nasal, unsupported, flat, and just an unpleasant voice. Oh, and she's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay TOO OLD. Sack the casting director, could they have picked a worse Elle Woods???

  • Really enjoyed this show on Broadway!

  • it was really good but she did struggle to hit the last note

  • ah im going to see this in december i cant wait

    this video was brilliant

  • Wait a minute. Warner takes Elle out to dinner so he can break up with her. Why are they french kissing? And this is a very good cast!

  • i do love this!

    but i preferred the the Broadway version

  • 1. Where was Vivianne I didn't see her at all.

    2. The back the hell out of her way part and long legally blonde part at the end is sung by Vivianne, At least here on broadway NY.

    Can someone plz explaine

  • This was just to help promote the show and also to raise money for charity. Vivenne comes up at the end in the dark suit.They just got Duncan and Sheridan who plays Warner and Elle to sing Enid and Vivenne's bits for this performance because they are well known over in the UK. Sheridan's a tv actress and Duncan was in a boy band a few years back. Susan Mcfadden and Jill Halfpenny who play Serena and Paulette are also quite well known here so they get the limelight too.

  • sheridan is amazing, i love her and wish i could go and see this, and she was obviously nervous this night, she doesn't normally sing, we can forgive her one night, anyone with any musical ability can tell that any faults were just nervous slips, and she is not lacking any musical theatre capability whatsoever

  • @missvicky122 Anyone with any musical ability would know that it's unprofessional to just say, "sorry, i'm nervous!" A professional theatre actress on the west end shouldn't make such basic errors and then use nerves as an excuse. She's awful

  • fahr cehrrots...

    :)

  • hahaha the girl fell over at 4.06.. i laughed

  • this better be good! the broadway show was just WOW i am taking my little brother on thursday as a birthday gift and spent £150 on both tickets if this is shit,i wil cry hehe

  • is that sheridan smith, aka Lucie MIller, the 8th Doctor's companion? She is good!

  • Can't wait to this on the west end. Will say I prefer the original Paulette rather then Jill Halfpenny but well done to her all the same :)

  • really gooood !

  • Some of this is way better. Bend and Snap, for instance, is so much better than the orginal version.

  • They had huge sound problems that night, and they admit, it was a disastrous performance.

    I have seen this in the west end... and it was absolutely fantastic! Sheridan is totally amazing, and hilarious. Her voice is brilliant.

  • Look at Suzie fall at the end (in the yellow tracksuit).

    I saw the show last Wednesday and I personally think it is worth spending £40 a ticket on! :D

  • honestly, i didn't think i'd care for the london cast because i love laura bell bundy and the tour and what not.

    but, this was actually really good!!

    :)

    snaps!!

  • I've heard nothing but great things about this show and they said they were extremely nervous.

    I'm going to see it and I usually hate musical theatre.

    Sheridan's worth it alone.

  • why is the london version like the tour the way the tour works is terrible this is very bad

  • @BroadwayBootlegs121 They had to do this like the tour version because they didn't have room for the sorority house etc. In the actual production they have everything the broadway one has :)

  • I love them and all, but the chick who plays Pilar, Sheridan, and Duncan need work on their American Accents!!!

  • @krazykittymatt I saw it last Wednesday. If I shut my eyes I wouldn't have been able to tell it was Duncan, he's got a whole different voice!

  • I'm actually REALLY glad to hear that they are doing good, one I love Sheridan, two I love Legally Blonde and three, I would like to think that Duncan is more than a handsome face!!!

    But I REALLY hate the way they did the hair in this show, it is so UnElle!!!

  • It wasn't that bad! I think Sheridan was possibly just really nervous, I saw her in the show on Monday and she was insanely good! Honestly, I love her and even I was surprised at how good the show was!

  • Elle was terrible....

  • Woah she is bad :/ dissapointed much!

  • why did they all freak out when warner came on stage??? he was HORRIBLE!

  • The only thing I think the cast "Duncan" as Warner is because he's a really good looking guy.

  • I know, I was VERY disappointed!!! He wasn't very good!!!

  • Elle and Warner were terrible in that performance! I'm going to see it a few days after xmas and I really hope it will not be that bad!!! The rest of them were AMAZING mind you. :)

  • did they change the lyrics for that particular show or on the musical? i think it was just for the show. she is very pretty in the music video. why did they put so much make up? she looks like a drag queen. sorry, sheridon. i would have liked to see Vivian and the other girl.

  • Duncan is crap! usually really like him, not now!

  • They were fantastic!! Fuck the bad comments. So talented!

  • someone who speaks the truth!!!

  • they just weren't out of tune for the majority of the video. it's a shame

  • Have you heard audios from Opening night? They were amazing! People when crazy!

  • that doesn't make this performance any better

  • You guys are mean. OK, maybe it's not that good. But trying, you British and have to sing and act in an American accent is not good. And the first time the promote the musical, ON NATIONAL TV. Cut some slack! They were good. 'Cause you're not there, doing all this, is them who are fuckin' themselves. You sit and type!

  • it is not mean it is merely an observation. i am currently training to be in the west end and one of the fundamental aspects of singing is tuning. i'm not saying they are bad singers, but to promote a new west end musical on t.v. you expect a higher standard than that.

  • Ehh. The Elle looks funny, Warner doesn't say "back the hell out of her way" Serena is to pale and her wig is to big.

    Of course all the good shows get a London release, can't it just stay in America?

  • dot know why people slated this. the cast has a great sound and it got people on their feet. ok sheridan and duncan arent fantastic, but they had only been doing it a few days, they will get better.

    PLUS SHERIDAN IS FIT AS FUCK

  • Warner singing "back the hell out of her way." No. Just no.

  • I'm going to see this tomorrow night! Can't wait! :D

  • was it good? :D

  • It was amazing! People shouldn't judge the show based on this performance because they were fantastic when I was at the first preview.

  • duncan is shite :P

  • Duncan isnt right isnt for warner

  • You all need to sit back and read what youve put. It's not going to be the same as the orginal FULL STOP - there two different people taking Elles part so there never going to be the same. Sheridan is made for this role, and is doing a great great job, and doesn't deserve any of this I can't wait to see it - they did a brillaint job on children in need night, raising lots of money for a great charity. Well done guys!!! xxxxx

  • Wow I'd like to see this show, glad Susan McFadden is back in the West End :0)

  • I think some people are failing to acknowledge the fact that the company only met for the first time and began rehearsals just four days before this performance. To have put all that together in such a short space of time is nothing short of incredible; but like I said they had only 4 days to do it, they're still mining the text, find their characters and learning the script/music/blocking. You cannot expect it to be indicative of the final product.

  • they like finished the first act befor they started rehearsing this

  • they had got together before this, theyres videos on the website

  • Yeah that's what I said. But I did just draw attention to the fact that it was a mere 4 days before this.

  • no i mean they had got together more than 4 days before, cause the videos of them rehersing have been up for weeks

  • Nope, the first meet n greet/read through video was uploaded the Tuesday before this aired, just 3 days before. And it had been filmed the Monday.

    Some of the principals did meet up to make the promo pop video about a month or so beforehand and that was uploaded along with a 'Making Of' the pop video. But they had only been rehearsing the show for 4 days by this point.

  • i think it took them 4 days to do this- they had like finished the show by now

    if you follow some of them on twitter they tweet alot about it

  • So much better than that music video... I love her voice but it was soo damn corny.

  • Have you ever sung with an accent?

  • C'mon give her a break... It's the same with all the other shows! If it's been on stage before there are always differences! And everyone always likes the original because that's what they are familiar with! She was good and she will get way better!! And what's with the accent thing? Yes they are british doing an American accent.. It's not going to sound exactly the same but it's not awful!

  • Oh, wow, I only meant that they were British but they were playing American roles so they seemed to have some air in their voice.

  • "i've gotta package" at 2:34 made me crease because of how random it was lol

  • THIS AND THE KOREN CAST OF LEGALLY BLONDE ARE THE WORST EVER!

    They lack voice training!

    I'm super disappointed with the West End cast!

    I thought it'll be similar that of Broadway when it comes to energy and how the brought up the whole show...

    I hope the Philippines and the Netherland productions do well...

    PLEASE OH PLEASE...

    :|

  • ok, like u could do better

    maybe you should go and do 8 shows a weeks plus performe in front of 4 million people around the country

    maybe you should rethink that comment befor you relise how much work and effort and cuts they have to put in to do this

  • Agree!!!!

  • What are comments for if it isn't YOUR OWN opinion!

    And besides if you do not want these kinda comments, maybe you shouldn't post any videos anymore!

    And besides, I wasn't comparing this cast from my own cast!

    I'm comparing it to the Broadway version!

    And I know how hard it is to put on a show.

    This just doesn't make convinced and satisfied with LB West End!

    You get what I'm saying?!

    So don't be so cruel to people commenting on your videos!

    Thank them coz they said something about your video!

  • well if you dont like it then dont comment!

    and when you do your just giving me more views so thxs!

    and if you acually new how much they put into this then and how much presure they are put under from then fans to make it like broadway then u wouldnt be critical about it

  • I didn't like it. They were all kind of underbreath. I guess that's cuz they are british not American.

  • urm not really. In many cases the west end is of a much higher standard than broadway - chitty chitty bang bang - chicago (revival) - Crazy for you - Cats - Blood Brothers - etc. Dont bash the west end and our performers. And guys dont judge them on a 5 min medley, have some faith. Also we are a small island with less resources than broadway u have america!!!!!!!! We have ourselfs. Think before you comment.

  • If you read what I've written, i'm talking about this show and similar shows where people are cast because of their name rather than their talent.

    I'm not bashing west end performers, I never would. we have excellent talent in the UK but they shine if roles r given to tv stars. Also if your going to use show's like chitty chitty bang bang and cats as proof that we are better than broadway, i think you'd better find something with more gravitas anybody can fly a car round a stage!

  • Seriously? I don't think Sheridan has been cast because of her name..if they were going to that ( no offence to her intended ) they would have picked someone with a much bigger name is showbiz.

    do you think before you write? she has amazing talent otherwise she wouldn't be doing half the stuff she does.

    Poor girl beign bashed before she even starts the show.

    she's nervous as im sure anyone would be there is so much presure on her with such a huge role, i think she's got guts!!

  • I'm just saying that they are trying to speak in American accents when their actual accent is British. Their accents aren't natural. I mean, in New York, Mary Poppins isn't as good as it was in the West End, they are British but they are using an American accent.

  • you should never excuse the accents.. im sorry , but if im going to see a production in west end or braodway.. i EXPECT!! the accent to be top notch.. becuase 1 they should be trained and not just famous people who are shit... and 2.. ive paid money! so i exspect a pro performance not amature... so accents should be there. they should have them,,,

  • she needs more rehersals the ensemble showed her up!

  • I love it, but the medlay was really weird!!

  • Brilliant.....i mean come on they havent even started yet their still in rehearsals! they must beee shitting it!

  • 18th December,, heree we comeee,,

    didnt think much of duncan james likee :/

  • Listen guys, stop bashing her just because she wasnt completely brilliant on some tv perfomance in a 5 min medley. No, she wasnt spectacular, but I saw her in little shop of horrors and she was fantastic. She has a great voice, can dance, and looks great. I am sure when the show opens in december she will be fabulous. The casting team would not have cast her if she was not up to the job. Give her a break and have some faith.

  • Yeah Mattie506 is right. She got nerves, as she said on her Twitter. This was a first proper performance in front of the UK! She'll adjust to it and she'll be great!

  • There are soo many talented female performers in the UK that could have nailed the part. Why aren't they playing the role!By casting her in a part so big when she is clearly out of her depth is not only wrong, it makes the West End look amateur.

    Sorry to be negative but it's the truth, the longer producers cast names and reality TV stars in lead and supporting roles who are way out of their depth, then the longer the West End will be 2nd to Broadway!

  • nerves, sound, live performance.....whatever they're professionals and have to deal with it. The ensemble were great and the majority of the cast are acceptable, but..Miss Smith is not going to be infinitely better onstage,I'm sorry she's not, her voice was flat, and does not make a good sound. I don't understand why she's playing the part, listen to the Broadway recording and tell me she's as good...you can't, because she's not.

  • Nerves aren't an excuse, but I always wonder how well they can hear themselves and the orchestra in such a situation.

    I can imagine she's infinately better on stage, performing in a studio always appears to have a severly negative effect.

  • it doesnt matter how long they had to rehearse it there on the west end and are professionals every performance should be their best !!

  • *crys*

  • diction duncan diction!!!!!!!

  • this is posibley the worst verison of the songs iv heard worse than bailey who got it canceld in new york :( it doesnt compair to broadway bring it back with laura bell bundy :)

  • they had to show the public what the whole things about in a 4 min slot and they had a day to rehears this

    they were all so nervous

    this is LIVE

    u try and be perfect on something that like 3 million people watched

  • emm the ameican one was live on mtv they songs diffrenan ta an in th leall blon remix and serou warner andelle dont kiss its compleetly difrent :(

  • It won't be like this in the actual production, silly! This is a medley so they could try and cram in as much of the show as possible. Unfortunately, it was a bad idea. They should have stuck to one show stopper, like So Much Better, to promote the show. I still have faith in them though. I've seen Sheridan perform and she was fantastic and incredibly powerful, I believe she'll pull it off when it opens. I'll get back to you when I've seen it!

  • but like i want laura bell bundy to do it :( silyl bailey ahnks got it canceld :(

  • Bailey didn't get it cancelled... it was already on its way out. The reason they partnered with MTV was to try and give the musical more publicity and keep it on Broadway. Bailey was simply a marketing tool, she probably kept it open longer than it would have otherwise... But I agree, LBB is fantastic and was wonderful as Elle!

  • everyone says that she did cause she wasnt a good enough singer to be elle i liked biley but not asmuch as becky or laura :) are they gonna have the house :O

  • Saw this on broadway and have been waiting for 2 years for it to come to London to see it again but after seeing this im not sure id want to waste my money on this Sheridan is a poor singer although Laura Bell Bundy is a hard act to follow she was amazing as Elle

  • another thing I've noticed. at times none of these were singing - example "omigod omigod you guys looks like elle's gonna win the prize.."

  • they are from what i can see....

  • It's going to be great!

    REMBER! Sheridan was almost peeing herself as she was so extremely nervous. It's why some longer notes sound a little shaky.

    All the cast are excellent and they will be great after the first few weeks of the show in London!

    <3

  • i love it