LEGALLY BLONDE Comes To Civic Center 2/24-3/1

LIKE, OMIGOD! Broadway's biggest pink hit LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL is totally coming to the Civic Center! In its first national tour, LEGALLY BLONDE is coming to the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb. 24 to March 1, 2009 as part of the Willis Broadway Series.

ELLE'S LOUNGE Enjoy an exclusive VIP experience with the Elle's Lounge package. It includes: premium seating, autographed program, Legally Blonde merchandise, and an exclusive post-performance Q&A with cast members. The cost is $125 per ticket. Quantities are limited.

POST-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSIONS! There will be a post-performance discussion with cast members of LEGALLY BLONDE immediately following the 7:30 p.m. performances on Thursday, Feb. 26 and Friday, Feb 27. Audience members are invited to a Q&A in the main hall with members of the LEGALLY BLONDE Company who will share their experiences of this show and provide an opportunity for questions and answers. The Q&A is free to all ticket holders.

STUDENT RUSH DISCOUNT TICKETS! The Civic Center is also offering discounted student rush tickets for all performances of LEGALLY BLONDE at $25 per ticket. Student rush tickets will be available for purchase to any student with a current/valid student ID. Tickets must be purchased on the same day as the performance they wish to attend at the Civic Center Ticket Office and are limited to one ticket per student.

LEGALLY BLONDE, a presentation of the Willis Broadway Series, appears at the Civic Center Tuesday, Feb. 24 to Sunday, March 1, 2009. Tickets for LEGALLY BLONDE are on sale now at the Civic Center Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster locations, charge-by-phone at (800) 745-3000 and online at CivicCenter.org.

All pricing includes a Building Restoration Fee of $2.50

In its first year on Broadway, LEGALLY BLONDE earned seven 2007 Tony Award nominations, ten 2007 Drama Desk Award Nominations, a 2007 Outer Critics Circle Award and the chorus of the musical was honored by Actors' Equity Association's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) with the first ever ACCA Award. The musical also ranked in the top ten list of the most requested Ticketmaster "Arts & Theatre Events" for 2007.

Becky Gulsvig, the Elle understudy in the original Broadway cast, is Elle Woods in the tour. Fans of the MTV reality show "Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods", which premiered on June 2, 2008, will recognize a familiar face in the tour casting: finalist Lauren Zakrin is an ensemble member and understudies the role of Elle. The reality show represented the musical's second venture with MTV. In the fall of 2007, MTV aired Legally Blonde The Musical in its entirety to stellar ratings and was subsequently nominated for two 2007-2008 Daytime Emmy Awards.

As on Broadway, Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell is the director and choreographer. Music and lyrics are by both Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, and the book is by Heather Hach. The production features scenic design by David Rockwell, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Kenneth Posner and Paul Miller, orchestrations by Christopher Jahnke and sound design by ACME Sound Partners.

LEGALLY BLONDE is produced by Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and Dori Berinstein, in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber.

The Civic Center of Greater Des Moines

The Civic Center of Greater Des Moines is a private not-for-profit corporation celebrating its 30th season of presenting the performing arts to Iowa and the surrounding states. It is the presenter of major Broadway and educational touring companies, performers and groups, and is the performing home of many local and regional groups, including the Des Moines Symphony and StageWest. All performances of the Broadway Series are supported by Willis Auto Campus. All performances at the Civic Center's Temple Theater are supported by Prairie Meadows.