The Bodyguard to open in Toronto

Interesting

Could they possibly be prepping Beverly and that cast for a Broadway transfer?

^where are you getting the west end from. The west end is in London not Toronto. Also wouldn't it be easy to transfer a Canadian cast since AEA and Canadian equity are sister unions?

Call_me_jorge said: "^where are you getting the west end from. The west end is in London not Toronto. Also wouldn't it be easy to transfer a Canadian cast since AEA and Canadian equity are sister unions?



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from the instagram link in the OP:

Beverley will be travelling across the pond with the entire West End company that's currently performing at London's Dominion Theatre #MirvishSeason

Call_me_jorge said: "Also wouldn't it be easy to transfer a Canadian cast since AEA and Canadian equity are sister unions?"

Kind of maybe "easy" in theory but it would never happen.

Right, I'd forgotten about that one (well, forced it out of my memory). The Stratford cast transferred, which was mostly Canadians and a few Americans.

As you pointed out, The Bodyguard is a different situation.

Very strange indeed that Deb isn't playing her hometown. And I'm confused as to what is taking it so long for it to hit Broadway. The itinerary for the US tour seems like it'll be playing forever before they finally transfer it to Broadway. I wish the producers of "Josephine" would've been able to get that show to Broadway first. I'd rather that vehicle for Deborah than "The Bodyguard."

I have no interest in seeing this unless Heather Headley is attached.

Jeremiah said: "Very strange indeed that Deb isn't playing her hometown. And I'm confused as to what is taking it so long for it to hit Broadway. The itinerary for the US tour seems like it'll be playing forever before they finally transfer it to Broadway. I wish the producers of "Josephine" would've been able to get that show to Broadway first. I'd rather that vehicle for Deborah than "The Bodyguard."

Btw, the US tour seems to be running from Nov 2016-Aug 2017 so a Fall 2017 Broadway opening doesn't seem too unrealistic.

Tag said: "Curious to know whether the current West End/Toronto version will be the same as the US tour version (in scale, physical production, cast size, etc.).



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Most probably, yes. The West End/Toronto version uses the UK tour set (sans Beverley Knight who only stepped in for London). Essentially the current London run is just an extension of the UK tour. The production is Germany is more or less the same as the UK/current London production with exception to using the original cabin set, and just a few visual elements like the chorus boys jumping out of a trip door in Queen of the Night. Otherwise it's identical, so there's no reason for the US tour not to be the same. It's not a complex production by any standard, especially if it were to tour US theatres which are by far better than the UK town ones.