The exciting conclusion to the runaway Web series "Legally Brown: The Search For The Next Piragua Guy" will be posted this weekend to coincide with the closing of Legally Blonde, The Musical on Broadway which plays its final performance at the Palace Theater on October 19th. "Legally Brown" is a tongue-in-cheek look at the reality competition phenomenon, inspired by the MTV series, Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search For The Next Elle Woods. "Legally Brown" can be found on the Usnavi Channel of Youtube as well as www.legallybrownonbroadway.com
Created and Directed by
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Tony Award winning-composer-lyricist-star of Broadway's In the Heights), each Legally Brown webisode acts as behind-the-scenes highlights to the fictitious show, "Legally Brown" – where nine Broadway actors compete to get their next gig, as The Piragua Guy in
In The Heights. Along the way they face the humorous challenges, high drama and shocking twists we've come to love and expect from the Reality Competition format.
Contestants include :
Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu),
Allison Janney (9 to 5),
Matthew Morrison (
South Pacific),
Noah Weisberg (
South Pacific),
Hunter Bell (Title Of Show),
Norm Lewis (
The Little Mermaid),
Derrick Baskin (
The Little Mermaid))
Telly Leung (Rent), and Eliseo Roman (
In The Heights) defending his role as The Piragua Guy.
The Judging Panel includes: Bernie Telsey (Casting Director), Quiara Alegría Hudes (
In The Heights Writer, Pulitzer Finalist),
Rickey Tripp (
In The Heights):
Seth Rudetsky (Broadway Vocal Coach)
Andy Blankenbeuhler, (Tony-Winning
In The Heights Choreographer),
Thomas Kail (Director,
In The Heights), as well as
In The Heights Cast members
Janet Dacal, Andréa Burns, Robin DeJesus and
Lin-Manuel Miranda. Asmeret Ghebremichael (
Legally Blonde The Musical) hosts the show as Asmeret Duff.
"Legally Brown" was directed by
Lin-Manuel Miranda, produced by Andrew Fried, edited by Lucy Bickerton and
Lin-Manuel Miranda, and written by Owen Panettieri and
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Additional Production credits include: Accompanist: Cian McCarthy, Graphics by Gage Ullman, Director of Photography: Paul Bozymowski, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Wei-Ming Lam, Director of Operations: Owen Panettieri, Assistant Director of Operations: Laura McDonald
The Legally Brown Team sends Special Thanks to The Producing Office, 37 Arts, SpotCo, Jon Kamen and Radical Media,
Heather Hogan,
George Wagner, and congratulates everyone from
Legally Blonde The Musical on their successful Broadway run.
Photo Credit Peter James Zielinski
