Richard Fleeshman will join the cast of the West End’s Legally Blonde as Warren Huntington III at the Savoy Theatre on June 14.
Fleeshman is best known for his roles on TV’s Coronation Street and All The Small Things and his winning turn on the Stars in Their Eyes Celebrity Special musical competition. He is also a successful solo musician and recently accompanied Elton John on tour.
Fleeshman joins current Blonde cast members Sheridan Smith (Elle Woods), Jill Halfpenny (Paulette), Peter Davidson (Professor Callahan) and Alex Gaumond (Emmett). Based on the hit 2001 movie of the same name, Blonde follows former sorority girl Elle Woods as she follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School in hopes of winning him back, but pursues a successful law career of her own.