Legally Blonde

Act One

At the Delta Nu Sorority House at UCLA, the sisters are excitedly signing an engagement card for Elle Woods. Meanwhile at the mall, Elle is shopping for an “engagement” dress (“Omigod You Guys”). Later that evening, Elle and her boyfriend, Warner Huntington III, are having dinner in an outdoor courtyard restaurant. She is expecting a marriage proposal, but finds, instead, that Warner is breaking up with her. He is only interested in a girl who is “less of a Marilyn more a Jackie” (“Serious”).

Two weeks later, a depressed Elle sits in her room and her sorority sisters, Serena, Margot, and Pilar, are concerned about how she might be doing since her breakup with Warner (“Daughter of Delta Nu”). They have brought her a few magazines to cheer her up; in the magazine Town and Country, they find a photo of Warner’s brother, Peyton Huntington IV and his new wife. Elle realizes that the kind of woman Warner wants is “someone who wears black even when nobody’s dead.” Suddenly, she comes