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Bow-wow-WOW! The new musical Legally Blonde opened last night at the Palace Theater, followed by a glittery party at Cipriani 42nd Street. Here's leading lady Laura Bell Bundy, who plays fashion-obsessed law student Elle Woods, with her canine co-star, Chico.
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Lucky Laura gets two on-stage love interests: Richard H. Blake as the rich-but-obnxious Warner and Christan Borle as the poor-but lovable Emmett. Guess who wins?
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The fabulous Orfeh and her hunky husband Andy Karl play beauty salon owner Paulette and UPS guy Kyle -- who end up living happily ever after. We can't wait to her Orfeh's big number "Ireland" on the show's CD, which will be released on July 17 by Ghostlight Records.
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Former Miss America Kate Shindle makes a welcome return to Broadway as Elle's arch-enemy Vivienne...
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...as does Nikki Snelson, pictured here with longtime beau Christian Campbell, in the role of fitness guru/murder suspect Brooke Wyndham.
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Legally Blonde marks the directing debut of Tony Award-winner choreographer Jerry Mitchell (right), seen here with fellow director-choreographer Denis Jones, who has worked with Mitchell on the annual Broadway Bares benefits.
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Here's director Jack O'Brien (left), who worked with Mitchell on Hairspray, with world-renowned designer David Rockwell, who designed the sets for Legally Blonde as well as Hairspray and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...
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...and here are Hairspray's Tony-winning stars, Dick Latessa and Harvey Fierstein.
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Kathie Lee Gifford, whose new musical Saving Aimee is playing to enthusiastic crowds at Virginia's Signature Theater, brought her daughter, Cassidy Erin Gifford...
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...while Rescue Me star Denis Leary was accompanied by his lovely daughter, Devin.
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Among the others celebrities in attendance were High School Musical star Corbin Bleu...
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...Company star Raúl Esparza and his wife, Michele...
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...Broadway choreographer Sergio Trujillo and actor Jack Noseworthy...
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... Jersey Boys leading man John Lloyd Young...
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...and actress/producer Tamara Tunie, cosmetics bigwig Georgette Mosbacher, and newsmaker Rosie O'Donnell.
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