Broadway In Detroit is delighted to announce that the first U.S. National tour of the hit musical
THE BODYGUARD, will play the Fisher Theatre from January 16 to 28. Tickets start at $39 and go on sale Sunday, October 15 at all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at 1-800-982-2787 and online at
www.broadwayindetroit.com or
www.ticketmaster.com.
Starting Monday, October 16, tickets will also be available for purchase at the Fisher Theatre Box Office.
Grammy® Award-nominated and multi-platinum R&B/pop recording artist and film/TV actress
Deborah Cox*
stars as Rachel Marron. In the role of bodyguard Frank Farmer is television star
Judson Mills.
Based on
Lawrence Kasdan’s 1992 Oscar nominated Warner Bros. film, and adapted by Academy Award-winner (Birdman)
Alexander Dinelaris, THE BODYGUARD had its world premiere on December 5, 2012 at London’s Adelphi Theatre.
THE BODYGUARD was nominated for four Laurence Olivier
Awards including Best New Musical and Best Set Design and won Best New
Musical at the Whatsonstage Awards. The UK production of the musical
recently completed a triumphant return run in London’s
West End after a sell-out 16-month UK and Ireland tour.
Former
Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to
protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to
be in charge; what they don’t expect
is to fall in love. A romantic thriller, THE BODYGUARD features a host of irresistible classics including
So Emotional, One Moment in Time, Saving All My Love, Run to You,
I Have Nothing, I Wanna Dance with Somebody and one of the biggest selling songs of all time –
I Will Always Love You.
Direction is by
Thea Sharrock. Set & costume design is by
Tim Hatley, lighting design by Mark Henderson, sound design by Richard Brooker and video design by
Duncan McLean. Choreography is by Karen Bruce,
orchestrations by
Chris Egan, musical supervision by Richard Beadle and production musical supervision by
Mike Dixon. Musical director Matthew Smedal conducts the live orchestra. The U.S. National tour of
THE BODYGUARD is produced by
Michael Harrison, David Ian and Nederlander Presentations, Inc.
Rounding out the principal cast are
Alex Corrado (Gotham, Hannibal) as Tony Scibelli, Rachel’s personal security guard, Charles Gray
(Broadway: The Color Purple, Tour: The Lion King) as manager Bill Devaney, Jonathan Hadley (Broadway:
Jersey Boys, A Class Act) as publicist Sy Spector, Jorge Paniagua (Regional:
The Full Monty, Oregon Shakespeare Festival) as the Stalker, Jasmin Richardson (Tour:
Memphis, Dreamgirls) as Rachel’s sister Nicki Marron, Mark McCollough Thomas (NYC: Consent, Godforsaken) as FBI agent Ray Court,
and Kevelin B. Jones III (Idlewild Music Festival) and Sebastian Maynard-Palmer (Tour:
Kinky Boots) alternating in the role of Rachel’s son Fletcher.
Performance times for
THE BODYGUARD
appearing January 16 - 28, 2017 at the Fisher Theatre, located at 3011 West Grand Blvd., in Detroit are:
·
Tuesday through Saturday evening performances at 8:00 p.m.
·
Sunday evening performance at 7:30 p.m.
·
Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.
·
Special Open Captioned performance on Sunday, January 21 at 7:30 p.m.
*Deborah Cox is not scheduled to perform at the Saturday Matinee and Sunday Evening performances.
Tickets for of
THE BODYGUARD
start at $39 (includes facility and
parking fees) and will go on sale October 15 at all Ticketmaster
locations, by phone at 1-800-982-2787, and online at
www.broadwayindetroit.com or
www.ticketmaster.com.
Tickets will also be available for purchase starting
on October 16 at the Fisher Theatre box office. A limited number of
premium seats will be available through Ticketmaster and at the Fisher
Theatre box office. For group sales (12 or more) please call
313-871-1132 or email
groups@broadwayindetroit.com.
Tickets for the Open Captioned performance
may be purchased in person at The Fisher Theatre Box Office or by phone
at 313-872-1000, ext. 0. Performance schedule, prices and cast are
subject to change without notice.
Broadway
In Detroit uses Ticketmaster as its sole, authorized ticketing agent.
Individual tickets purchased from a ticket broker or “third party”
ticket reseller involves risk and may not be
authentic, sold at box office prices, or with correct performance and
venue information. Broadway In Detroit box offices cannot reprint or
replace lost or stolen tickets sold through a third party or ticket
reseller. Broadway In Detroit is also unable to contact
third party purchasers with pertinent updates or changes regarding
performances.
The
Broadway In Detroit Series at The Fisher Theatre is sponsored by the
Chrysler Pacifica. As part of this sponsorship, the Chrysler Pacifica
will be on display this season at The Fisher
Theatre.
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