{"id":43500,"date":"2017-06-20T17:16:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T07:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/?p=43500"},"modified":"2017-06-20T17:38:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T07:38:24","slug":"the-bodyguard-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/the-bodyguard-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW – The Bodyguard: The Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there\u2019s one karaoke favourite with strong odds of drawing serious cringe from the audience (and serious laughter from the performer\u2019s \u2018friends\u2019), it has to be \u2018I Will Always Love You\u2019.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong – the song is power-ballad perfection. But the truth is there will only ever be one\u00a0Whitney.<\/p>\n

Which may be the reason why whenever I mention I\u2019m off to see The Bodyguard: The Musical<\/em> I\u2019m met with an element of caution and variations of the following:<\/p>\n

Oh, wow, they made that into a musical? That should be interesting. Who ever\u2019s playing Whitney better be able to handle the challenge!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, they did. It really is. And she definitely does.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m getting ahead of myself.<\/p>\n

Based on the hit 1992 romantic thriller film, the smash-hit Bodyguard<\/em> musical made its mark in London before heading Down Under in May this year. It premiered at The Star\u2019s Lyric Theatre in Sydney<\/a> and will run here until July 2 before touring Brisbane<\/a> and Melbourne<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

My date for the night is none other than my mother-in-law Jan, and she\u2019s more than qualified for the job. Not only did she include a Whitney song reference in her speech at our wedding, the woman has serious dance floor cred and can boogie to \u2018I Wanna Dance With Somebody\u2019 better than anyone else I know. My brothers-in-law, who also join us for the show, can vouch for this \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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?Oh, I wanna dance with somebody!? Great night at @thebodyguardau with these beautiful people \u2764\ufe0f<\/a><\/p>\n

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