“The word is out!” as Deborah Cox has been saying today on social media posts. She has dropped a bomb on the theatre community by letting the world know she will be starring in The Bodyguard: The Musical set to embark on a U.S. national tour in the fall of 2016. Cox has been seen on the Broadway stage in Aida and recently in the revival of Jekyll & Hyde
The Bodyguard: The Musical was first mounted on the West End starring Tony Award winner Heather Headley (Aida, The Lion King) in 2012. The same director from the West End, Thea Sharrock, will also direct the tour. Cox will star as Rachel Marron, the character made famous by Whitney Houston in the movie of which the musical is based.
We were expecting this musical to head to Broadway at some point but it doesn’t seem likely if the show is going straight into a national tour. However, you just never know what will happen.
Just In: @Deborah_Cox will star in The Bodyguard Musical National Tour as Rachel Marron starting in Fall 2016! pic.twitter.com/ai5rum5fR2
— Broadway Black (@BroadwayBlack) May 14, 2015
According to Playbill, Deborah Cox had the following to say:
“The opportunity to sing all of these songs that people have grown to love over the years — to share her legacy and her catalogue of music and bring it right to the people. I mean, ‘Bodyguard’ is one of my all-time favorite movies, and it just has the best music, and I think the show is going to be compelling and mysterious, and it’s going to have the backdrop of all this really beautiful classic music.”
Singing the music from the soundtrack made legendary by Whitney Houston, as we all know, isn’t the first time Cox will have had her voice around some of these tunes. Recently she sang the music for a Lifetime biopic on Houston’s life. The made for television film was directed by Angela Bassett and starred Yaya Docasta as Whitney Houston.
Read more of her interview to find out how she feels about stepping to this iconic role, what all she had to say about the life and death of Whitney Houston, and what the music means to her. READ HERE
Additional casting and cities will be announced at a later date. Visit TheBodyguardMusical.com.
Former Secret Service agent, 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… Based on the smash‑hit film, this breathtakingly romantic thriller features a whole host of irresistible classics, including One Moment in Time, I Wanna Dance with Somebody and, of course, the legendary I Will Always Love You.
Watch the trailer of The Bodyguard: The Musical from when Heather Headley starred in the show on the West End below.
