Westfield Students To Perform 'Legally Blonde: The Musical'

WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield's Roosevelt Intermediate School will perform "Legally Blonde: The Musical" on Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 11 at 2 p.m.

Based on the 2001 motion picture, the musical follows the transformation of Elle Woods (Alyrie Silverman) as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. When Elle’s college boyfriend, Warner (Charlie Garretson), dumps her and heads to Harvard Law School, claiming she is not “serious” enough, Elle takes matters into her own hands.

She decides to join Warner at Harvard by crafting a showy song-and-dance personal essay and quickly studying her way into law school. Befriending teaching assistant, Emmett (Lucas Hubner), and spunky hairdresser Paulette (Bella Jarecki), along the way, Elle finds that books and looks are not mutually exclusive. As Elle begins outsmarting her peers, she realizes that law may be her natural calling after all.

“We are so excited to bring this fun and inspiring story to our community,” said Kimberly Jonny, director and public speaking and drama teacher at Roosevelt Intermediate School. “Our very talented cast and crew have dedicated so much energy to this performance. The audiences will love the many OMG! moments, amazing songs and hilarious performances!”

The musical was choreographed by Samuel Spare, who has been performing professionally for the past 10 years for such companies as Six Flags, Busch Gardens, and more recently Norwegian Cruise Line. The musical direction was provided by Roosevelt School music teachers, Sabino Losco and Karen Romero.

Tickets for Legally Blonde: The Musical are $10 each and are on sale at ris.booktix.com for reserved seating. Advance purchases are recommended. Any tickets not sold in advance will be available at the door.

All performances will be held in the auditorium of Roosevelt Intermediate School located at 301 Clark St., in Westfield.

(Images via Beth Jarecki)

Photo 1- Lucas Hubner (Emmet), Alyrie Silverman (Elle Woods) and Charlie Garretson (Warner).

Photo 2- Bella Jarecki (Paulette) and Alyrie Silverman (Elle Woods).

Photo 3 - Juliette Adler, Norah Chin, Lexi Pace, Ava Ostroff, Kyra Paternoster, Alyrie Silverman (Elle Woods), Aiyana Bell, Courtney Pinkin, Meredith Shepherd, Domenica Allarde, Sarah LaMonica and Olivia Mazzola.

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