It’s not always the case that an alternate leading lady ends up the star, but that is now happening at London’s Savoy Theatre, where 27-year-old Dubliner Susan McFadden has replaced Sheridan Smith as law student Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. McFadden has been with the production from the beginning, playing the cheerleader-ish Serena and doing two shows a week as Elle since November to give Smith a break. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:23PM on January 19, 2011