"The Bodyguard manages to fall simultaneously into two pretty suspect categories - the screen-to-stage adaptation and the jukeboxmusical, " write Paul Taylor in The Independent.
Of course, taking already existing hits and throwing them onstage the so-called jukeboxmusical is easier than writing new material and hoping fans will come.
"Today's girls aren't as cynical as you'd think, " said Mr. Barry, who remarried in 1974, has four children including two adult daughters and is considering a Broadway jukeboxmusical about his life.
Certainly, putting the orchestra on stage for a rock or jukeboxmusical is in keeping with the show's sensibility, which tends to be more Hammerstein Ballroom than Rodgers and Hammerstein.