Quentin Letts' Sunday Times review 'unacceptable' – Legally Blonde director Lucy Moss

Director Lucy Moss has labelled Quentin Letts’ Sunday Times review of her revival of Legally Blonde as “unacceptable”.

Moss, who won the Tony award for best original score for Six with co-writer Toby Marlow, was responding to Letts’ review of her production of Legally Blonde, which is running at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park.

Letts was condemned on Twitter for commenting on the physical appearance of performers in the show, and making remarks about its diverse casting.

It prompted the theatre to issue a statement, in which it said it would stop inviting critics to press nights if they did not show "respect and sensitivity" in their commentary.

Moss, speaking on the red carpet at the Tony Awards in New York on June 12, said: “What a bore, sorry. But the theatre is amazing and the team is so brilliant.”

She added: “I think it’s unacceptable to make comments like that about people’s appearance. Fortunately the show is doing really well.”

Moss revealed that she and Marlow were working on two new projects – a stage musical called Why Am I So Single? and a new animated musical film for families.

She said she would focus on those projects this year, and put directing to one side for the time being.

“I am going to concentrate on these projects we have to write first of all. But I really loved Legally Blonde. It was a huge step up in terms of process, and it was really stressful, I’m not going to lie, as it was a huge undertaking and I wanted to make sure I did the cast and team justice. So I will maybe dabble in the directing but for the rest of this year I will be writing with Toby,” she said.