"Legally Blonde the Musical" opens its national tour on Friday at Walton Arts Center. The cast and crew discuss how they've brought the 21-year-old story into the modern era.
Modernizing an Empowering Musical
![The musical premiered in San Francisco in April 2007, then opened on Broadway in the same month.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/32f7968/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1340x760+0+0/resize/880x499!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F94%2Fa2%2Fb58fd4a748b1816a762ae3748272%2Flegallyblonde-grove.png)
"Legally Blonde the Musical" opens its national tour on Friday at Walton Arts Center. The cast and crew discuss how they've brought the 21-year-old story into the modern era.