It’s less than a month until LEGALLY BLONDE hits Denver on February 2!  Here’s a Q & A with Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone (Ensemble, u/s Elle Woods, Margot) pulled from the “Legally Blonde on Tour” website.

You’re new to the cast — tell us a little about what you were doing before you joined the show.

Before the Legally Blonde tour I was auditioning a lot! Pretty much believing that something would break through (like the Legally Blonde tour). I was part of a play festival at the Public theatre in NY this last summer.

Kathleen Elizabeth Moteleone

What’s your favorite thing so far about being in the show?

I love the people! They are super-talented, have great attitudes and are just so fun to be with. I’ve been performing in the show just a few weeks now and every night I discover some new, funny thing that happens on stage. Whether it’s CJay’s comments under her breath as the judge, Sarah Shepard’s amazing facial expressions as Chutney or Kyle and Connie’s performance as Nikos and Carlos, each night I’m finding myself onstage saying “Kathleen, hold it together, find some professionalism”.

What do you like doing when you are not on stage?

I love traveling. My husband and I run a production company and it allows us to see new places depending on what we’re producing. We were in Australia last year. We also have a cabin in New York and I LOVE being there and working on new things around the house. I went to Target yesterday and went nuts over all their decor! I love anything Betty Crocker-ish/Martha Stewart-ish. It’s so opposite than “showbiz” and I like the balance.

What’s on your iPod right now?

Legally Blonde the Musical (of course), Ingrid Michaelson (obsessed), Jason Mraz, a little Glee, some country (Dolly Parton, Lady Antabellum) and all of my vocal sessions with Kyle our musical director (not as entertaining as the other stuff. I hit a lot of wrong notes during the learning process).

What would you say is your signature color?

Oooh, I would say black. Ha! I actually don’t know, but now that I’ve learned the role of Elle Woods I’ve been inspired to stay on top of the beauty standards every girl should know – for example: signature color.  I did get a dark pink pedicure today. I’m at least improving.

What’s the most fun thing about working with animals on stage?

They remind you to stay calm and normal. I love that when I pick up Bruiser or hold him, it brings me back to Earth. It keeps me from “performing” Elle Woods and requires me to just be in the moment.

What are you looking forward to the most this year on tour?

Getting to be onstage! I’m still pinching myself that I got this job. And getting to see the country.

Finally, what’s your best Blonde Moment?

Do I have to pick one? How ’bout the first week I joined the tour in Costa Mesa, my brain was so fried from retaining so much information I couldn’t find our rental car in the parking lot of the theatre. So I tried to open every white car in the lot. Of course they were all locked and I swore someone had stolen it. I called Lucia (Enid) frantically and she reminded me where it was. It was pretty much five steps to my left (the one place I didn’t look) behind a dying parking lot tree. From that moment on Lucia has definitely considered me a “blonde”. (We blondes do have more fun though!)

Becky Gulsvig as Elle Woods and the cast of the National Tour of Legally Blonde the Musical. Photo: Joan Marcus

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