2009. Lauren Ashley Zakrin as U/S Elle Woods in Legally Blonde First National Tour.
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The Seach for Elle Woods was a reality show aired by MTV in 2008, created in order to cast an actress to replace Laura Bell Bundy in the role of Elle Woods in the Broadway production of Legally Blonde: The Musical. The winner was Bailey Hanks. Autumn Hurlbert, the secont finalist, became Elle Woods understudy.
At the Legally Blonde first National Tour in 2008-2010 Lauren Ashley, one of the finalists on "The Search", was part of the chrorus and also Elle Woods understudy. In January of 2009 Becky Gulsvig, the oficial Elle Woods on tour, broke her big toe at backstage and the actress who was the Elle Woods standby suferd an accident, so Lauren Ashley leaded the show for six weeks at the matinees and Laura Bell Bundy (the broadway Elle Woods) was invited to came back to the show to play the part at evening performances. Rhiannon Hansen, another "The Search" finalist, played the part of Margot on tour and after the this incident became one of Elle Woods understudies.
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