“Bend and Snap”

“Legally Blonde: The Musical” performed at OCHS

Article by Aundrea Koger

Every fall, during Dead Week, a group of students at Osage City High School puts on a production for all to see.  This year “Legally Blonde: The Musical” was performed.  And despite it being the first musical put on by OCHS in eight years, the recently released broadway adaptation was a major success, not only in the opinion of the audience, but also in the eyes of the cast and crew.

“This was by far the best play we’ve had, while I’ve been here at least,” said senior Paige Pearson, who played Elle Woods, the star role in the hilarious but touching story of a typical California sorority girl, who suddenly finds herself in law school at Harvard.  The seasoned performer, who has participated in the play for three out of her four years in high school, thinks that some of Legally Blonde’s success is due to the fact that it was a musical, not just a play.  “I think musicals just add a lot more pizzazz to the whole thing,” noted Pearson.  However, the cast and crew couldn’t have brought on all the “pizzazz” without the endless hours of practice that they put in.

Rehearsals started in early October, and endless hours of work were put in until opening night on Friday, November 14th.  “I thought Friday night went perfect,” said Mrs. Kathy Camarena, the director of the play this year.  So it’s apparent that the cast and crew truly worked their tails off to make “Legally Blonde: The Musical” one of the best performances ever put on by OCHS.