<P> In February 2007, a musical adaptation premiered on Broadway to mixed reviews, starring Laura Bell Bundy as Elle, Christian Borle as Emmett, Orfeh as Paulette, Nikki Snelson as Brooke, Richard H. Blake as Warner, Kate Shindle as Vivienne, and Michael Rupert as Callahan . Other cast members included Andy Karl, Leslie Kritzer, Annaleigh Ashford, DeQuina Moore, and Natalie Joy Johnson . The show, Bundy, Borle, and Orfeh were all nominated for Tony Awards . Later, the Broadway show was the focus of an MTV reality - TV series called Legally Blonde: The Musical--The Search for Elle Woods, in which the winner would take over the role of Elle on Broadway . Bailey Hanks from Anderson, South Carolina, won the competition . </P> <P> Legally Blonde had a successful run at the Savoy Theatre in London's West End, starring Sheridan Smith, Susan McFadden, and Carley Stenson as Elle, and Duncan James, Richard Fleeshman, Simon Thomas, and Ben Freeman as Warner . During the three - year run, the cast also included Alex Gaumond, Denise Van Outen, and Lee Mead . </P>

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