Looked over the announced cities for the national tour of "Legally Blonde: The Musical" and didn't see any L.A. dates. Costa Mesa, yes, from Sept. 8 to 20 of 2009 at the OC Performing Arts Center, but nothing more local.

You know "Blonde" is coming, of course, a big pink MTV wave of musical fluff in its wake. And here's something else just announced: "Wicked" which has occupied the Pantages Theatre since February of last year announced that it must play its last performance Jan. 11 of 2009 so that Broadway/L.A.'s subscribers can actually watch other shows in the Pantages. I'll bet you any Elle Woods article of clothing in your wardrobe that "Legally Blonde" will be one of the shows on the B/L.A. menu.

Incidentally, I've been asked to EMPHASIZE that "Wicked" would have played on, were it not for those subscribers who no longer want to catch their entertainment at the Ahmanson or the Wilshire Theatre of Beverly Hills.

This from James M. Nederlander, chariman and CEO of the Nederlander Organization which owns and runs the Pantages:

"Although WICKED could continue to run for some time in Los Angeles, the Pantages Theatre is also home to Broadway L.A. and its subscription series. And, while we've been happy to send our subscribers to other venues during WICKED's run, we felt it was time to bring them back to the Pantages for our upcoming productions. So it is with reluctance, but great pride with both the success of WICKED and the strength of our subscription base, that WICKED will conclude its run in January 2009.”

Barring yet another extension then, (not out of the question), I will finally get people to stop asking me how to get "Wicked" tickets by Jan. 11 of 09 having run 791 performances and 12 previews.

Apparently for some people it really IS easy being green.