If you seen the movie Legally Blonde, starring Reese Whitherspoon and Luke Wilson, you definitely know about the Bend and Snap. (You can google the video, but you pretty much bend to the floor and show off your leg and butt seductively then "snapping" your hands to your sides in a flirty fashion).
But in 2007, a musical version came out of this hit movie, titled Legally Blonde the Musical, starring Laura Bell Bundy as Elle Woods, Christian Borle as Emmett Forrest, and Orfeh as Paulette Bonafanté. Since then, the musical has been nominated for Tony awards in the following categories: Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Male in a Musical, Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Musical, Best Coreography, and Best Costume Design in a Musical. (Alas, the show didn't win any of these categories.)
Part of the reason why I'm posting about this show is because I recently watched a Legally Blonde marathon this weekend and I really enjoyed the movie! Another reason why is because today's St. Patrick's Day, and the musical features a song sung by the character Paulette (played by Orfeh in the recording below) is a song called "Ireland," where she sings about how much she longs for the good ol' country of Ireland and finding a "red-headed sailor named Brendan."
(This show was the first one I thought of but I'm sure there are more!) If you don't want to see the entire clip and just the song, fast forward to about a minute and a half in.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone!
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