A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

BEND AND SNAP: A question spurred by the recent announcement that Legally Blonde: The Musical will be taped and televised in its entirety on MTV later this month, while continuing to run on Broadway--is this sort of thing good or bad for live theatre? I'd submit it's probably good. Even poorly received film versions of musicals in recent years (Rent, Phantom of the Opera) have led to significant bumps for their Broadway versions, with well-reviewed versions (Chicago, Hairspray) sometimes breathing life into a wobbly-selling show. While a lot of the stuff in Legally Blonde is a great fit for MTV, I don't know how well an extended "Greek Chorus" joke and the Riverdance parody/tribute "Ireland" are going to go over with viewers of The Hills, but "Omigod You Guys" could score with a bullet.