Actress Bailey Hanks has been recently named the winner of the MTV reality casting competition called “Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods.” Hanks will make her Broadway debut in the musical on July 23 at 8PM. Hanks was confirmed the winner of the reality show on March 18 and she succeeds Legally Blonde’s original Elle Woods, Laura Bell Bundy. Bundy played her final performance on June 20.
Legally Blonde is based on the film of the same name, originally starring Reese Witherspoon. It has music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin. The show centers around the blonde Elle Woods who decides to follow her boyfriend to Harvard to prove to him that she has the intelligence to go along with her girlie good looks. Be sure to check out Bailey in Legally Blonde on Broadway. Get your own pair of Legally Blonde tickets from Stubhub.com.